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Senate race thrusts 'Black America's church' into spotlight
For decades, the red-bricked Gothic Revival church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached has been a monument... View Article The post Senate race thrusts 'Black America's church' into spotlight appeared first on TheGrio.
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Islandwide curfew in Barbados | New York Carib News
The Government of Barbados on Thursday imposed a curfew for the entire island starting at midnight until January 14, in an effort to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Remembering the silver linings of 2020 – Daytona Times
The nations watching us from the far shores of the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans and our neighbors to the north and south are keenly aware of the weakness of our character and our moral bankruptcy. There was little to celebrate or be happy about in 2020, particularly for Black America. The year
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4-H Clubs to ramp up youth engagement in agriculture this year
THE Jamaica 4-H Clubs will be introducing new initiatives and programmes this year to engage more young Jamaicans in the business of agriculture.Executive director of the organisation, Dr Ronald Blake, told JIS News that the first quarter of the new year, between January and March, will be spent
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Rihanna Shares Cryptic Update About Next Album
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Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley to Object to Electoral College Votes
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is the first senator to announce plans to object to the results, which is significant because both a House member and senator are required to mount an objection when Congress counts the Electoral College votes on January 6,” CNN reported.
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Leading health expert in Caribbean | New York Carib News
As the chief executive of the Caribbean’s leading public health agency, Dr. Joy St. John, a former Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization in Geneva, knows what makes the hearts of the region’s health care system tick. The physician, a former chief medical officer of
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2020 – A Year of Consequences, Calamities and Heroism | New York Carib News
Most of us, when saying goodbye to 2020 would say “Good Riddance”, and for valid reasons.
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Covid-19: SA death toll now at 29 175 amid renewed and amplified calls for urgent vaccine rollout
The total recoveries are 897 704, representing a healing rate of 82,4%, according to the Health Department.
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Clippers play before fans Friday for the first time since March | L.A. Focus News
The last time the Clippers played with fans in the stands to witness it was March 10, on the eve of the NBA shutdown following Utah center Rudy Gobert’s positive coronavirus test. They thwacked the Golden State Warriors at Chase Center that spring night, in front of a crowd that was announced as
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Violette N. Anderson: First Black Female Attorney Admitted to Practice Before the U. S Supreme Court
Violette Neatley Anderson became the first African American female attorney admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1926. Anderson was born on July 16, 1882 in London, England to Richard and Marie Neatley.  The family immigrated to the United States and settled in
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Zimbabwe: Zim Gobbles Us$46m Monthly On Maize, Wheat Imports
[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE is spending over US$46 million a month on the importation of maize, wheat and crude oil indicating deep weaknesses embedded in the country's agriculture sector.
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2020 Year-in-Review | Afram News
The highs and lows of 2020 ranged from the rage surrounding murders of innocent Black folks, to the giddiness of discovering the availability of toilet paper. Overall, it was a year of learning how to truly count your blessings, embrace loved ones and feed families on a pot of beans, rice and
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Men living under St Mary bridge hoping for better year
They have been living under a bridge longer than even they can remember.Daniel Stewart and Nicholas Rowe are on one side below the roadway at Heywood Hall, central St Mary, not too far from the entrance to the other popular community of Hampstead.
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Zimbabwe: Khupe Will Cool Down - Mwonzora
[New Zimbabwe] NEWLY-ELECTED MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora says his predecessor Thokozani Khupe will eventually cool down after she has been ranting and raving over being cheated out of her position by the former at a party extraordinary congress (EOC) weekend.
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Biden says he’ll speed release of the COVID vaccines | L.A. Focus News
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Zeke Miller | Associated Press WASHINGTON — With COVID-19 surging and vaccinations off to a slow start, President-elect Joe Biden will rapidly release most available vaccine doses to protect more people, his office said Friday, a reversal of Trump administration
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Domestic Terrorist Attack U. S. Capitol - The Seattle Medium
The insurrectionists had been invited to D.C. and sent to the Capitol by President Donald Trump and his lawyer, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani who, at a rally Wednesday morning, encouraged the crowd to go forward and “Let’s have trial by
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Trump has not been alone in undermining American democracy
… organising campaign that particularly targeted African Americans, a reliable Democratic constituency with … against blatant efforts to repress African American votes, in many cases forcing …
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Uganda: I Am Working With Museveni - Mbabazi
[Monitor] Former prime minister Amama Mbabazi has said he has rejoined President Museveni and is returning to the mainstream National Resistance Movement (NRM) for an active role in the party's affairs.
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Set Up Shop Vol 4 released | New York Carib News
A great reggae song can be a laid back groove, spiritual meditation, conscious message, social commentary, or a high energy celebration.
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Guest Editorial: Happy New Year, finally! | New Pittsburgh Courier
Most people will probably agree that the year 2020 was one heck of a ride, and many will not be sad to see it go. For some people, it has been one of the most difficult years of their lives. People have experienced multiple deaths in their families, have lost jobs, endured political intrigue, have
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Asia Today: Australian state under fire for slow response - Black News Channel
By Associated Press Undefined SYDNEY (AP) — Australia's leading medical group says the New South Wales state government has put the rest of the country at risk by its decision not to go 'hard and early' in its response to the COVID-19 outbreak on Sydney's northern beaches, which is suspected to
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OP-ED: Black Girl Magic-Stacey Abrams Saves Democracy! | Chicago Defender
All hail Stacey Abrams! The tyranny at the U.S. Capitol by domestic terrorists, a noose built on federal grounds by racists, and a Confederate flag toted inside the U.S. Capitol by a white nationalist, will not overshadow one of the most extraordinary feats. For the first time, the new blue state
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Opinion: The jarring, revealing video of Black men cleaning up the Capitol
Issac Bailey writes that the video is the latest example of how Black Americans remained steadfast throughout our history come what may. It feels wrong that they had to pick up the pieces from a failed insurrection attempt that had it been successful would have disenfranchised millions of
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Israel postpones Netanyahu’s trial amid virus lockdown
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has postponed the next hearing in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial because of a tightened coronavirus lockdown that began Friday. The Jerusalem District Court said the hearing scheduled for Wednesday would be postponed indefinitely because of the number
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Fetty Wap Apologizes For ‘Embarrassing His Daughters’: ‘I Am Not Proud Of The Man I Am Today’
The "Trap Queen" rapper apologized to his daughters and the current woman in his life for his "bad decisions."
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Zimbabwe: Esigodini Miners Case Against ED in False Start
[Zimbabwe Standard] THE case of the Esigodini miners who were trapped at Matshetshe Mine had a false start at the High Court as Justice Christopher Dube Banda indicated that the court has no jurisdiction in the matter before postponing it to this month.
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What to watch in New Jersey politics in 2021 as pandemic settles in for second year | Stile
The New Jersey political landscape in this New Year will depend on how swiftly the nation emerges from the nightmare that was 2020.
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Ramaphosa outlines ANC priorities for 2021 in January 8th statement
Ramaphosa, in the historic January 8th statement, said the ANC's immediate priority is to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic.
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