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Op-Ed: Governor Can and Should Stop Predatory Lending in Illinois with the Stroke of His Pen | The Crusader Newspaper Group
If we want to build economic stability in communities that have been devastated by the deadly COVID pandemic and its destructive economic wake, we must first shore up protections against practices that strip the meager wealth of those very communities. That’s why I call on Governor Pritzker to
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Cornwall’s COVID ward overflows
Western Bureau: The Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, has exhausted the 25 beds initially allocated to treat COVID-19 patients and has been scrambling to find additional space amid a continuing rise in virus cases. Clinical...
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Journalist gets much-needed sports gear to low-income kids
KNOXVILLE (AP): Assistant Principal Sharif Ford knew just who to call when an athlete at East St Louis High School in Illinois needed a new pair of shoes. The same woman helped a high-school junior outside Chicago secure a sparkling new kit as...
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Gov't makes third announcement to establish teaching council
For the third time in five years the Andrew Holness Administration has announced that the long awaited and controversial Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) Bill is to be put back on the front burner.
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No big bucks for public sector workers
Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has indicated that public sector workers should expect a modest increase in wages in the upcoming financial year as the government gives attention to Jamaica’s economic recovery and the vaccination of ...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Father and Son Launch Program to Educate Disadvantaged Communities About Financial Literacy
Meet Kevon and Kamari Chisolm, the father and son founders of Junior Wallstreeters, Inc, a new nonprofit organization focusing on decreasing the wealth gap between disadvantaged groups and whites.
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‘I’m In This For We’: Mckayla Wilkes On Why She’s Challenging Steny Hoyer For His Seat In Congress
Wilkes, 30, an activist and movement leader, recently launched her second campaign to run for Maryland's 5th Congressional District, in hopes to beat out Rep. Steny Hoyer, the longest-serving House Democrat.
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'Racists should be fired': The first black woman to host a self-titled TV show explains why she thinks the media racism that pushed her out remains alive and well - Voice Online
“FAIRLY SOON there could be a Jamaican rapist or paedophile coming to a street near... The post 'Racists should be fired': The first black woman to host a self-titled TV show explains why she thinks the media racism that pushed her out remains alive and well appeared first on Voice Online.
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GG outlines hectic legislative schedule
The Government has indicated its intention to have a busy 2021-2022 Parliamentary year as it moves to bounce back from the ravages of COVID-19 over the past 12 months.Governor General Sir Patrick Allen outlined plans by the Andrew Holness Administration to amend, and replace, a raft of legislation
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Recovery budget
Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke yesterday tabled a $830-billion budget for fiscal year 2021/22, which, he noted, is strategically aimed at economic recovery following the ravages of COVID-19 in 2020.He said the Government's task this year is to begin the recovery
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Biden urges allies to show democracies can 'still deliver' - Black News Channel
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first big appearance on the global stage, President Joe Biden called on fellow world leaders to show together that 'democracies can still deliver' as he underscored his administration's determination to quickly turn the page on Donald
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Good Soil
By Robbie Colson Ramsey, Contributing Writer Good Soil  Like most people during the pandemic, I was in a bad cycle of getting up, taking a shower, putting on clean yoga pants, going to the kit…
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Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder - Houston Forward Times
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most widely diagnosed behavioral disorders among children, affecting… The post Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
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Government to undertake $60 billion economic recovery, vaccination programme
The government is to undertake a $60 billion programme to help boost the economy as well as the health sector, including pursuing a COVID-19 vaccination initiative.  The initiative is called the Social and Economic Recovery and Vaccine (SERVE...
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Black life expectancy lost 2-plus years in first half of monster year 2020 - DefenderNetwork.com
To say 2020 was a killer of a year is not hyperbole, statistics bear this out to be fact. A new study revealed that in 2020,life expectancyfor Americans dropped by a full year, and for minorities, the news is even worse. According toAP,during the first half of 2020, the general li
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Diddy Announces New Celebrity Basketball Series ‘The Crew League’ Debuting On REVOLT
Sean Combs announced a partnership to launch a new unscripted basketball series featuring fan favorite celebrities competing for a charitable cause. Season one of The Crew League premieres February 19 to REVOLT featuring the top names in Hip Hop such as Swae Lee, Jack Harlow, Russ, Lil
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JABS AND JOBS - Vaccination, construction to lead economic revival
The Government has crafted a lean Budget for the upcoming fiscal year, focusing on an ambitious vaccination programme and jobs as linchpins to spark economic recovery. Both the recurrent and capital budgets are flat year on year, but the Government...
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Pennsylvania lawmaker Malcolm Kenyatta, 30, announces bid for US Senate - TheGrio
Malcolm Kenyatta, the history-making Pennsylvania state representative, has announced that he is running for the U.S. Senate in 2022. If... View Article The post Pennsylvania lawmaker Malcolm Kenyatta, 30, announces bid for US Senate appeared first on TheGrio.
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‘Emerging oil power’ Guyana is IMF pick for regional economic growth this year - Stabroek News
The economic impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the indelible mark that it has left on tourism industry in the Caribbean is reportedly doing little to interfere with the prediction by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the region will record some level of growth this
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Fulton County Offers Business Training Program - Atlanta Tribune
Fulton County Offers Business Grant Training Program The pandemic has changed how we work, learn and interact as social distancing guidelines have led to a more virtual existence, both personally and professionally. It’s impact on the way we conduct business has been substantial – businesses have
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Chiquita Brooks-LaSure on Track to Become the First Black Woman to Head Medicare, Medicaid
Four people who spoke anonymously to The Washington Post confirmed that President Joe Biden has picked Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a $1 trillion
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Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune dissolves parliament | Africanews
Algerian President Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has dissolved the parliament and called for an early legislative election.
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Legislature must fully appropriate the Sadowski Affordable Housing Trust Fund
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Chiwenga takes first COVID-19 jab
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US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII - Black News Channel
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths, health officials are reporting. Minorities suffered the biggest impact, with Black Americans
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