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It's well known that Black people have higher rates of poor outcomes after surgery than their White counterparts. The prevailing cause of such disparity may be that, before surgery, Black adults have higher rates of chronic diseases — in addition to other potential factors such as implicit bias and
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Kenya: Uproar As Ministry Asks School Heads to Get Data On Pregnant Girls
[Nation] The Ministry of Education has ordered head teachers back to work and asked them to start collecting data on schoolgirls who have become pregnant during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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IN MEMORIAM: John Lewis, an American hero and moral leader dies at 80 | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Correspondent Born in 1940, John Lewis, the son of a sharecropper, helped to lead America out of an era of racism. Through his activism and bravery, Lewis carried the moral authority that few other leaders in U.S. history could claim.  On July 17th he died in
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‘Political week from hell’ - Holness admin ‘overwhelmed’ navigating choppy waters as polls loom
With another Cabinet minister in the Andrew Holness administration stripped of portfolio responsibilities over a controversial land arrangement and another thrust under the microscope over contracts awarded to a public-relations firm, one political...
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Kenya coronavirus: 13,353 cases; Nairobi's 1,200+ new cases in 3 days | Africanews
Kenya continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic with cases steadily rising each day. Government have locked down a handful of counties including the capital Nairobi and imposed a night-time curfew as part of containment
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They were a lifeline to the country that segregated them - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Pfc. Mary J. Barlow, Pfc. Mary H. Bankston and Sgt. Dolores M. Browne endured stifling segregation while serving their country, yet with their comrades they maintained a lifeline between American troops and their families back
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Legacy of Ida B. Wells Through Her Great-Granddaughter’s Eyes | Chicago Defender
This week, Michelle Duster joined Carey Cranston, President of the American Writers Museum, online to discuss the legacy of her great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells.  Michelle Duster is an author and educator who regularly speaks on the legacy of Ida B. Wells. She has written, edited, or contributed to
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Rwandan Humanitarian Nominated for Waislitz Global Citizens' Choice Award
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When racists bombed home of Percy Julian, the trailblazing chemist who saved lives - Face2Face Africa
The obstacles put in the path of Percy Lavon Julian could disjoint a saint but he persevered and achieved excellence. Julian, born in Montgomery, Alabama on April 11, 1899, to a railway mail clerk, came from a stock of enslaved grandparents. And when he arrived, the world was prejudiced in all
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Michael S. Haper's Poem-American History
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Big Mac Racism at McDonald’s - Voice and Viewpoint
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Like Donald Trump, Joe Biden Would Be a Right-Wing President. - ThyBlackMan
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As demonstrations against police brutality and white supremacy continue across the country, the federal government is reportedly finding new ways... View Article The post Oregon protesters are being detained, questioned by federal agents in unmarked vans, DHS says appeared first on TheGrio.
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SUMMERTIME IN AMERICA The July 4th gun violence afflicting Black America from coast to coast continues in NYC. During the July 11/12, fifteen people were shot. On Monday, July 13, seventeen people were shot in the city, ten of them in Brooklyn where there were seven fatalities, including
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John Lewis, an American Hero and Moral Leader Alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., Dies at 80 | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Born in 1940, John Lewis, the son of a sharecropper, helped to lead America out of an era of racism. Through his activism and bravery, Lewis carried the moral authority that few other leaders in U.S. history could claim.  On July 17th he died in Atlanta on the same day that another civil rights
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