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South African golfing great Gary Player is to receive the US Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Donald Trump.
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— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) November 12, 2020
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On Tuesday, June 2, the superstar singer listed the states where primaries took place and told people that their vote means a lot, regardless of what they may think.
But in the comments one person wrote, “Voting ain’t gon change s–t.”
The “Diamonds” singer responded and said she’s fed up with that kind of thinking because it guarantees that nothing in the U.S. will get fixed.
Not doing s–t.”
The primaries came at a time when racism and police brutality have been dominating headlines due to the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died in Minneapolis while in police custody.
Like Rihanna, other celebrities have encouraged people to use their vote as a form of protest.
They include Tracee Ellis Ross, Lena Waithe, and Zoë Kravitz, who all shared Instagram posts that listed the states where primaries were taking place.
Bonny Pointer, born Patricia Eva Porter, of the Pointer Sisters has passed away. She was 69.
Makaka, who worked at Royal Media Services' as the Business Manager in charge of Hot 96, is said to have rammed a trailer on Mombasa road.
\"It is with great sadness that we announce the passing on of our colleague Allan Makaka, Business Manager in the Commercial department through a tragic road accident,\" the company said on Saturday morning in a memo to staff.
The accident occurred on Mombasa Road, a highway listed on a recent report by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) as having accounted for a high number of accidents since January.
NTSA however, says there were fewer accidents nationally since January as compared to last year, in what is attributed to stringent measures to contain COVID-19, including the dusk to dawn curfew because most accidents occur at night.
In the same period under review, some 2,151 people sustained serious injuries compared to 1,844 in 2019 while 1,636 were slightly injured since January compared to 1,363 last year.
Erica Dixon is having twice the fun as a new mother since the arrival of her 1-year-old twin daughters Eryss and Embrii, whose older sister is Dixon’s 15-year-old daughter Emani Richardson by rapper Lil Scrappy.
Eryss and Embrii both wore onesies of different patterns, which included a green floral design and pink polka dots.
While the girls had on different outfits, fans still couldn’t identify which twin was Embrii and which was Eryss.
Eryss and Embrii were dressed in birthday girl blouses, pink polka dot pants, pink tutus, white booties, and their hair done up in puffs.
Days later, on May 11, Dixon revealed that she considers her twins miracle babies after she previously had a miscarriage.
Alarm bells have been sounded in Georgia’s presidential primary and down-ballot elections as state and local officials reacted to the chaos as voters faced long lines and confusion as they attempted to cast their votes in-person.
Georgia’s secretary of state and the governor could have deployed resources to provide a smoother and more seamless voting experience for its citizens during Tuesday’s Election Day.
“Georgia’s election was a complete catastrophe,”said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law successfully issued pre-litigation demand letters to officials in Fulton, Cobb and DeKalb Counties, Georgia urging that officials voluntarily take action to extend poll hours.
More importantly, Georgia must fix these problems before November’s national and state elections.
LAPD Chief Michel Moore on The Passing of Larry Aubry
It is with great sadness that I heard the news of the passing of Mr. Larry Aubry.
Mr. Aubry and I have met on several occasions throughout my law enforcement career.
Since becoming LAPD’s Chief-nearly two years ago-Larry attended several community meetings and he would challenge many decisions and policies of the LAPD.
He wanted to ensure the decisions of law enforcement was fair to everyone-particularly to those within the African American communities.
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Bonnie Pointer, one of the famed members of the Pointer Sisters, has passed away.
“It is with great sadness that I have to announce to the fans of the Pointer Sisters that my sister Bonnie died this morning,” Anita Pointer said in regards to her sister Patricia aka Bonnie.
“Bonnie in particular was driven, citing a desperate need to do something with her life,” Ruth Pointer wrote about her sister in her memoir, I’m So Excited: My Life as a Pointer.
Bonnie Pointer left the Pointer Sisters in 1977.
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And as various industries make public promises to \"do better,\" Black creatives are starting to hold retailers accountable by having them pledge better support to the Black community.
Aurora James, designer and creative director of Brother Vellies, took to Instagram this week to ask big-box stores to invest 15% of their shelf space in-store and online to Black-owned brands.
James started a separate Instagram account and tagged a series of larger retailers highlighting the disparity in business loans, wages, and the long-term effects of the pandemic on Black-owned businesses.
\"I am calling on businesses of all sorts and consumers to look at this economic pledge in 3 parts,\" says Aurora in her post.
How many Black-Owned businesses are you buying?
A family spokesperson said she died peacefully, shortly after a visit from her children and friends.
$3 Trillion HEROES Act promises more COVID-19 relief for consumers and businesses
Will the U.S. Senate act swiftly on the new legislative plan?
Introduced on May 12 by New York Congresswoman Nita Lowey, the HEROES Act had 11 co-sponsors representing the additional states of Arizona, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Virginia and provides a broad assortment of new and renewed assistance targeted to essential workers, first responders, minority-owned and other small businesses, students, the homeless and others.
“The HEROES Act focuses on real people because consumers drive our economy and we can’t just leave American families to trickle-down help from businesses,” said Lauren Saunders, associate director of the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC).
“By prohibiting the government from incarcerating people for nonpayment of debts, restricting the use of money bail to detain poor people who have not been convicted of a crime, and incentivizing state and local governments to suspend imposition and collection of fines and fees during the crisis, the HEROES Act protects people from being imprisoned or trapped in the broken criminal justice system merely because they are unable to afford a debt or a fine.”
“The HEROES Act shows strong promise and addresses important needs of low-wealth families impacted by COVID-19, such as mortgage and forbearance relief, extended unemployment benefits, food assistance, and protections against harmful debt collection activities and negative credit reporting”, said Ashley Harrington, CRL’s Federal Advocacy Director and Senior Counsel.
Parties must let the parliamentary administration know how many of their members will attend the sitting at Parliament in Cape Town.
Speaker of the National Assembly Thandi Modise said they are still awaiting a report on the interruption of the committee's meeting two weeks ago, which was interrupted by pornography and racial and sexual slurs directed at Modise.
EFF MP Veronica Mente asked that Parliament be temporarily moved to Pretoria because it is more central and, therefore, easier for more MPs to reach than Cape Town.
She said the EFF only has three MPs in Cape Town, and they all have \"underlying issues\".
Modise said she requested a legal opinion and wrote to the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) to enquire whether MPs will be allowed to cross provincial borders to attend the virtual sitting.
Thurman Lee Thomas is a retired professional football player who played as a running back with the Buffalo Bills. He was born on May 16, 1966 in Houston Texas. He started playing football at a young age. He was part of his high school football team at Missouri City Junior High School and Willowridge High School, where he led his school team to win the Texas Class 4A State Title. After high school, he attended college at Oklahoma State University where he played football with future NFL player Barry Sanders. He had an impressive college career, which included 897 rushes for 4595 yards, 43 touchdowns and 5,146 total yards. He was a candidate for the Heisman Trophy and was also selected to the College Football All-America Team in 1985 and 1987. He was also voted the conference Offensive Player of the Year in both those years.
A knee injury at the start of his junior year made him miss a few games. The following year he carried the ball 898 times, which was the record for the most rushing attempts made in Oklahoma State history. His jersey number 34 was retired when Thomas graduated. In 2008, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. In the 1988 NFL Draft, he was picked in the second round by the Buffalo Bills. In 1990, 1991 and 1993, Thomas was the rushing leader of the American Football Conference. During the first three seasons of his professional career, Thomas scored at least a hundred yards rushing in 12 games, all of which were won by the Buffalo Bills. In 1990 and 1991, he was voted to the All-Pro team. He was also selected to the Pro Bowls every year from 1989 to 1993. In 1991, he was chosen as the National Football League’s Most Valuable Player, which was also the year he became the 11th player in the history of the National Football League to achieve 2,000 yards.
Thurman Thomas holds the rushing record for Buffalo Bills as well as the record for total yards from scrimmage. He is also the only player in NFL history to be the highest scorer of total yards from scrimmage for four straight
Born: 8/31/1935 Beaumont, TexasFrank Robinson is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He played for five teams from 1956 to 1976, and became the only player to win league MVP honors in both the National and American LeaguesBusiness / Schooling: Awards / Achievements:
On Saturday, June 6th, Raymond Santana Jr., famously known as one of the exonerated “Central Park Five” men and Flavor of Love star Deelishis said “I Do” at their gorgeous outdoor wedding in Duluth, Georgia, just six months after getting engaged.
Santana, 45, shared several Instagram photos of the beautiful couple posing together for their wedding pictures, writing on each of the photos, \"#THESANTANAS....\"
Deelishis (Chandra Davis) wore a stunning white ball gown with a pearl and diamond headpiece.
The beautiful bride wore her hair styled in loose curls to done by celebrity stylist, Taresa and make-up by Teisha, who used Fenty Beauty, MAC, Morphe, Nars, and Tarte to achieve her gorgeous look.
Deelishis And Raymond danced down the aisle to Beyoncé’s Love On Top, while their bridal party sang along.
See more photos from the beautiful wedding below!
Recently released statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor now show that the pandemic has wiped out major employment gains and curtailed years of economic growth for Black people in America, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Black unemployment was at 5.8 percent in February before the pandemic created economic chaos nationwide.
Black people were on fragile ground prior to the pandemic, with less job security and overall wealth than white individuals, according to the WSJ.
Gains in employment were also less than any increase in the African American community, so as a result African American unemployment rose while the rate for others decreased.
Valerie Wilson, an economist with the Economic Policy Institute, told the WSJ that many public sector institutions like schools and city governments -- which are large employers of African Americans -- cut thousands of jobs.
Earlier today, The Breakfast Club’s Charlamagne Tha God did a virtual interview with presidential candidate Joe Biden and after the conclusion of discussing several topics, Biden, smiling as he says it, remarks to Charlamange that, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black” according to CBS News.
Charlamagne asked questions in regards to Biden and the importance of the black support and vote for this year’s upcoming presidential election.
At the conclusion of the interview, as a Biden aide was reminding Biden that he had to go, Charlamagne interjected by saying, “You can’t do that to black media!”
Biden suggested for Charlamagne to take a look at his voting record to see his longtime support for the black community.
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— Charlamagne Tha God (@cthagod) May 22, 2020
Symone D. Sanders, senior advisor to Biden posted on Twitter:
The comments made at the end of the Breakfast Club interview were in jest, but let’s be clear about what the VP was saying: he was making the distinction that he would put his record with the African American community up against Trump’s any day.
By PRNewswire- PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced a $530 million commitment to support Black and minority-owned businesses and communities in the U.S., especially those hardest hit by the pandemic, to help address economic inequality.
As part of its investment, the company is bolstering its internal programs to further increase diversity, equity and inclusion within the PayPal community.
We’ve listened to leaders in the Black community about the challenges facing Black business owners and the support and investments needed to sustain Black-owned businesses and create long-term economic opportunity.
The commitment includes short-term, medium-term, and long-term investments in the community:
“AEO advocates for economic inclusion and works to create transformational change in the marketplace for small businesses,” said Connie Evans, president and CEO, Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO).
PayPal is committing $15 million to strengthen its internal diversity and inclusion programs to foster greater awareness, build equity, and support recruiting, hiring and career advancement of Black and minority employees.
Another weakness to consider is the stigma and bias that those with mental health disorders and substance use disorders experience in the healthcare system.
The bias and stigma come directly from healthcare professionals.
I know firsthand the effects of stigma and bias on patients because I have been working in health care for 22 years; 19 of those years have been serving people with mental health and substance use disorders.
As a healthcare professional, I have been guilty of perpetrating stigma and fell victim to my own bias while serving this population.
The irony is that for 20 years I, myself, have been on a journey with five mental health diagnoses: bipolar II disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder and alcohol abuse disorder.
Nene Leakes and her husband Gregg Leakes were standing on the front lines in support of the Black Lives Matter movement this past weekend.
On Sunday, June 7, the original housewife of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” posted a thread of photos on Instagram that depicted her and her husband peacefully protesting.
Without a mask, Gregg Leakes stood at the edge of a sidewalk in one striking image.
Gregg Leakes, a real estate investor, was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in the summer of 2018.
At the beginning of June, the “Glee” star expressed in an Instagram post that looting was destroying the Peach State and urged fans to peacefully protest.
Just when we thought 2020 couldn’t break us any more, news shocked the internet earlier today that Nicole Thea, a London-based YouTube star, and her unborn child died on Saturday. []
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