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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner presents voting initiative honoring congressman

The fight to bring the spread of COVID-19 continues, but as the 2020 election approaches, this is what city leaders are doing to help get people to vote.

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LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Both President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, are swinging through key battleground states on Thursday, presenting dueling events in a way that hasn’t happened much in the age of coronavirus and that will showcase their contrasting styles in response to

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After historic election, what next for Malawi?

lilongwe — How significant is Malawi opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera’s win and what are the challenges ahead as he takes the reins of a divided country? Al Jazeera Chakwera has been sworn in as the country’s new President after beating the incumbent Peter Mutharika in an historic rerun

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Trump Again Tries to Kill Obamacare Amid Pandemic

A brief filed Thursday by the Trump administration would cost an estimated 20 million Americans their insurance coverage and nullify protections for preexisting conditions as the coronavirus pandemic rages on.

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Source: The Washington Informer

EDITORIAL: Intensify war against endemic corruption

Corrupt entities have taken advantage of global tax havens to evade paying taxes as well as hide proceeds of crime.

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Source: Business Daily

Barack Obama and Joe Biden Calls The George Floyd Family

Former President Barack Obama called Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, and offered his support and condolences shortly before Floyd’s memorial

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Ja Rule Revealed The Real Reason He Did The Papa Cristos Commercial

Ja Rule’s history of using his likeness for advertisements isn’t great (see: Fyre

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Claimed Pres. Election

President Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden claimed the presidential election. Republicans and Democrats claimed elections in Louisiana, South Carolina and Florida.

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1876

Speculation grows over date of next election in Sierra Leone

It will be recalled that the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) Candidate, Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio, and the All Peoples Congress (APC) Candidate, Dr. Samura Matthew Wilson Kamara, emerged first and second respectively, during the first round of the fiercely contested presidential election held

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Haiti

The beleaguered country was dealt a catastrophic blow in January 2010 when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, the countrys capital. It was regions worst earthquake in 200 years. The quake leveled many sections of the city, destroying government

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Dec

2010

A Noose Was Found Inside Bubba Wallaces Garage NASCAR Confirms

NASCAR has taken some serious steps in the right direction, but it still has a long way to go when it comes to weeding out the stench of racism among its fans.

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D.C. Council Passes Emergency Police Reform Bill | Afro

The Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, prohibits neck restraints and chokeholds, has restrictions on police hiring, emphasizes accountability procedures and punishments, and clarifies the meaning of deadly

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Malawi ruling party cries foul over presidential vote re-run

Malawi's governing party has called for a third presidential election, citing irregularities and intimidation in this week's re-run vote as unofficial tallies show incumbent President Peter Mutharika losing to the opposition

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Source: The East African

Nkurunziza's closed-door strategy worked to keep power

Nkurunziza’s sour relations with international organisations began in 2015 when he insisted on running for a for a third

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Guinea

An outbreak of Ebola hit Guinea in March 2014 and spread to Sierra Leone and Liberia. By September, is estimated to have killed about 430 people in Guinea, and there were nearly 650 suspected and confirmed cases of it in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control. In late August, the

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Lessons From Bush v. Gore: Every Vote Counts and Every Vote Must Be Counted

Special To The New Journal and Guide

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DeVon Franklin Calls Out Ryan Seacrest About Personal Silence On Racism [VIDEO]

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Carson, Benjamin S. (1951- )

Benjamin S. Carson, neurosurgeon and Republican Presidential Candidate in 2016, was born on September 18, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan. Carson was raised in a single parent home when his father deserted the family in 1959 when he was eight years old, leaving his mother, Sonya, and his older

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Kenya

Opposition leader Mwai Kibaki won the Dec. 2002 presidential election, defeating Mois protégé, Uhuru Kenyatta (term limits prevented Moi, in power for 24 years, from running again). Kibaki promised to put an end to the countrys rampant corruption. In his first few months, Kibaki did initiate

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Ghana

A series of military coups followed, and on June 4, 1979, Flight Lt. Jerry Rawlings overthrew Lt. Gen. Frederick Akuffos military rule. Rawlings permitted the election of a civilian president to go ahead as scheduled the following month, and Hilla Limann, candidate of the Peoples National

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1979

Watch Spike Lee’s '3 Brothers' Tribute to George Floyd

The 63-year-old has now released a short film in honor of Geogre Floyd, which aired on last night’s (June 9) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy

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Bakili Muluzi of the United Democratic Front (UDF) won the countrys first free election in May 1994, ending Bandas 30-year rule. In 1999, Muluzi was reelected. While Malawi was no longer the repressive society it was under Banda, Muluzis government was tainted by corruption scandals. Senior

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Dwyane Wade

Dwyane Wade is a professional NBA player who plays for the Miami Heat. He was born on January 17, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois to Dwyane Sr. and Jolinda Wade. His parents separated when he was very young and Wade and his older sister Tragil initially went to live with their mother. She was financially

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1982

Mauritania

Coup attempts in June 2003 and Aug. 2004 were thwarted. Tayas crackdown on Islamists and his support for Israel and the U.S. were believed to have sparked the attempts to overthrow him. In Aug. 2005, however, President Taya was deposed by military officers while out of the country. In June

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins reaffirms voter safety at the polls

The County Clerk’s Office has put in place the S.A.F.E. Elections Plan to ensure that the health and safety of voters and poll workers are protected this election

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Malawi: Commonwealth Judges Add Voice of Concern Over Mutharika's Attack On Malawi Judiciary

Commonwealth lawyers, judges and magistrates have added their voice to the chorus of concern that President Peter Mutharika continues to criticise the Judiciary following the nullification of the May 21 2019 presidential election

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Source: allAfrica.com

‘Pick positives from Marriages Bill’

ZIMBABWEANS should not only cast the Marriages Bill in bad light, but should also pick up positives such as putting an end to the discrimination and infringement of women’s civil liberties which are provided for in the proposed

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Danquah, J.B. (1895-1965)

Joseph Kwame Kyeretwei Boakye Danquah (Dankwa) was a Ghanaian lawyer, politician, and leader in that nation’s independence movement. He was born on December 18, 1895, to Emmanuel Yao Boakye and Lydia Okom Korantemaa in the town of Bepong in the Eastern Region of the Gold Coast (Ghana), then

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