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I can’t wait for the midterms, and I said this before Texas went full fascist

Remember way back when, say, in August, when Republicans were sure that the Afghanistan evacuation would be the top issue for them in the 2022 midterms? Sensible people knew that ending an unpopular ...

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Kenyan police killed three people when they fired at a crowd of motorcycle taxi drivers protesting against the arrest of a colleague for flouting coronavirus

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Radio Talk Show Co-Host Ken Gordon Survived Heartbreak, Deception and Politics

Being called to provide leadership and a voice is nothing new for Ken Gordon, co-host of the “Commitments with Ken + Leslie” radio talk show, along with his

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Over 300 Black Hollywood Artists and Executives Demand Change With New Initiative ‘Hollywood 4 Black Lives’

The way that Hollywood and mainstream media have contributed to the criminalization of Black people, the misrepresentation of the legal system, and the glorification of police corruption and violence have had dire consequences on Black

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Source: The Black Chronicle

ICT: Precious skills for individuals, and for society

We need significant new investments and mechanisms for upskilling and reskilling in the digital and ICT

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Source: TechCentral

Teachers, parents resist schools reopening

Teachers and parents in Marondera have said there was no need for the reopening of schools in the wake of COVID-19

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

‘I CAN’T GO HOME AND TAKE MY SKIN COLOR OFF’

Black people can’t gather in large crowds because some type of violence happens, whether it’s a fight or someone getting

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Thousands bid farewell to former Burundi president at state funeral

Thousands of Burundians clad in white gathered on Friday in the capital Gitega to say a final goodbye to former president Pierre Nkurunziza at a state funeral after his sudden death earlier this

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House Democrats pass sweeping ‘George Floyd’ policing act

The House approved a far-reaching police overhaul from Democrats Thursday, a vote heavy with emotion and symbolism as a divided Congress struggles to address the global outcry over the deaths of George Floyd and other Black

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

COVID-19: 50% of manufacturing sector in `partial operation’, 17% closed completely - GMSA survey

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the local business community has pushed more than 50% of businesses in the manufacturing sector into a condition of partial operation and forced the complete cessation of operations of more than 17% of the

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Civil Rights Groups ‘Pause’ On Facebook Ads | Afro

Several civil rights and other advocacy groups are calling on large advertisers to stop Facebook ad campaigns during July because they say the social network isn’t doing enough to curtail racist and violent content on its

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

MGT to get proposed two-year extended contract | The Crusader Newspaper Group

With failing grades and poor graduation rates, Indiana’s Distressed Unit Appeals Board last week voted 4-1 to give MGT Consulting a two-year contract to manage Gary’s state-controlled school

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

New exchange rate trebles customs duty

THERE has been an outcry at all ports of entry after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) hiked duty of all imported goods following a hike in the exchange rate by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on Tuesday when it pegged the United States dollar at 1:57 against the Zimdollar, abandoning the

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

NGC concludes COVID-19 sensitization in the South East region of Sierra Leone

Following a five-day visit to the southeast of Sierra Leone, Hon. Kandeh Yumkella – leader of the national Granf Coalition (NGC) in parliament, has completed his coronavirus disease sensitization

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Seaweed influx could provide opportunities

Director of the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) at The University of the West Indies (UWI) Dr Patrick McConney says that Caribbean countries must be prepared for an influx of sargassum that is likely to continue for some

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As COVID cases rise, White House seeks to scrap 'Obamacare' | The Atlanta Voice

The administration’s high court filing at 10:30 p.m. Thursday came the same day the government reported that close to half a million people who lost their health insurance amid the economic shutdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 have gotten coverage through

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

‘Gone with the Wind’ returns with a disclaimer

Based on a novel by Margaret Mitchell, the film is set in the American South during the Civil War, when slavery was in its death

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A salute to the AKA AKAdemy Class of 2020

Zeta Upsilon Omega Chapter and the men of Eta Rho Chapter of Omega Psi celebrate and congratulate the AKA AKAdemy Class of 2020

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Supreme Court permits 16 listed companies to hold virtual AGM

THE Supreme Court has given the green light for 16 companies listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) to hold their annual general meetings (AGMs) virtually, either in full or

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Govt, lending sector key to small business post-COVID recovery

It has not been simply a matter of these small businesses generating significant levels of employment and creating additional income streams for their owners, it was also, in many instances, a matter of ordinary people proving to themselves that they possessed skills and capabilities that they

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Defund the police should lead to community control of resources

Although there is no intrinsic contradiction between the three most-voiced demands of the current movement—community control of police, defunding the police, and abolition of policing as we know it—only proposals for community control of the police directly confront the issue of power in the here

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“I’m Not Finna Patty Cake And Accommodate No More”: Lecrae Says He Learned A Valuable Lesson After “White Blessing” Controversy

Christian rapper Lecrae sat down with the hosts of radio show, The Morning Hustle, to talk about the kerfuffle that transpired when he was witness to a conversation with christian leaders, where a prominent white pastor tried to re-brand the phrase “white privilege” as “white

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Eighteen million barrels of Venezuela’s ‘untouchable’ oil languishing at sea

As if Venezuela’s economic woes were not enough to demand the full-time attention of President Nicholas Maduro and his government, the administration in Caracas must contend as well with the pressures of working out just how it extricates 18.1 million barrels of the country’s oil stuck at sea on an

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Mississippi Lawmakers Face Pressure To Change State's Official Flag

Momentum is increasing to change Mississippi's official flag, which includes the Confederate battle flag's saltire.

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US senators call on Granger to concede and for transition of power to begin

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, as well as Ben Cardin (D-MD) to also express concern at “questionable” manoeuvres to delay a final declaration of

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FEAST Food Pantry reaches out across the county during COVID-19 crisis

In Palm Harbor, FEAST Food Pantry has operated for nearly 37 years as a nonprofit distributing food to low-income residents of North Pinellas

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Trump administration says Huawei, Hikvision backed by Chinese military

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The interior ocean in Jupiter’s moon Europa may be able to sustain life, Nasa scientists

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Harris County COVID-19 relief fund sees record number of applicants

This week, the Harris County COVID-19 Relief Fund opened its application for aid to the public as part of its second phase of

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

17-Year-Old Teen Raises Money For Atlanta Black Businesses

Seventeen-year-old CJ Pearson is the founder of Last Hope USA, an organization and initiative that supports Black-owned businesses that have been adversely affected by recent

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Brooks hails impact of warm-up fixture following half-century

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Rookie Shamarh Brooks believes the opening three-day warm-up game was critical for West Indies’ batting group in becoming acclimatised to English conditions, especially since it was their first taste of competitive action since arriving here two weeks ago for next

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