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The Formation of the Union of South Africa
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WHEDA Foundation now accepting housing grant applications
MADISON – Wisconsin organizations that provide emergency shelter, transitional residences and extremely low-income housing are encouraged to apply for grants from the WHEDA
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Newsom moves to slash school, health spending — but asks feds for a rescue | Black Voice News
In revising California’s budget down to $203 billion Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom charted a plan to fill a huge deficit by tying many cuts to additional federal
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Cameroon: Decentralisation Board - New Permanent Secretary Equipped For Work
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Two U.K. Companies Apologize, Pledge Donations Over Slavery Legacies
Two U.K. companies — insurer Lloyd's of London and pub chain Greene King —are apologizing and pledging charity donations after research publicized how founders had benefited from the slave
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Minority-Owned Small Businesses Were Supposed To Get Priority. They May Not Have
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Dems push $3T coronavirus relief bill toward House OK
The bill would flush almost $1 trillion to state and local governments and provide more money for virus testing and to pay front-line emergency
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PRIORITIES FOR the HEROES ACT
Washington, D.C. — As the House introduces The Heroes Act to provide much-needed federal resources to our nation, the CBC worked closely with leadership to develop legislation that responded to the urgent needs of Black America, who have been hit the hardest by
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Indonesian leader in ‘Trump-like’ fight with governors
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