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Communities of Color and Other Buyers, Beware of Bold Promises from Health Insurers | The Orlando Advocate
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought issues of healthcare equity to the forefront of discussions of racial justice. Even when controlling for factors like age and income, communities of color have been much more severely impacted than white Americans. A recent report by
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Source: The Orlando Advocate
US Retail Gas Prices Could Be Moving Higher Soon
With the U.S. economy starting to recover from the pandemic, analysts say retail gasoline prices could be flirting with $3 per gallon soon. Travel club AAA reported a national average retail price of $2.88 for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline for Tuesday, relatively unchanged since the start
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Experts: Texas Bill targeting ‘riots’ would criminalize right to protest - DefenderNetwork.com
A new bill in the Texas legislature purporting to crack down on “riots” would instead stifle people's ability to peacefully protest, experts say. Senate Bill 912would penalize someone for participating in a riot, sticking them with the bill for any damage to property, whether the
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Black Ministers on J&J Vaccine Pause: Transparency Needed to Regain Public Trust | Post News Group
“This is alarming,” said the Rev. K.W. Tulloss, president of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Los Angeles and Southern California. “People were already leery. But we put our name out there to help get people vaccinated. Many of us thought the one-shot J&J vaccine was the best for people in our
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Somalia: U.S. Issues Travel Advisory Against Somalia
[East African] The United States has warned its citizens against travelling to Somalia following violence that erupted in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday.
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Why Cardi B spoke up against the imprisonment of this Ghanaian actress, her 'best friend' - Face2Face Africa
Rosemond Brown sprang into Ghanaian and modest West African popularity about five years ago due to her signature rants on video which were posted on her social media accounts. These rants were usually highly charged criticisms of socialites and entertainers in her home country. Brown, nicknamed
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Police leadership give condolences to family of force’s late Music Director - Stabroek News
The Commissioner of the Police (Ag) Nigel Hoppie and other senior officers on Thursday visited the family of the late Senior Superintendent Charmaine Stuart to give their
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Somalia: Farmaajo to Address Anxious Somalia Public as Allies Flee His Camp
[Nation] Somalia's President Mohamed Farmaajo was on Tuesday evening expected to deliver a national address, as more of his closest allies fled his camp over a simmering electoral dispute.
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Black Business Leaders Are Energizing Corporate America On Voting Rights | The Orlando Advocate
by Marc Morial, TO BE EQUAL In the long arc of the nation’s history of racially-motivated voter suppression, 2021 will stand as a clear and distinct moment that changed everything that came after. Whether it will symbolize the demise of such suppression – or its shameful entrenchment – remains to
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The COVID-19 Vaccine. What Black Chicagoans want you to Know. | Chicago Defender
It has been a year since the world changed.  The COVID-19 pandemic altered every aspect of our lives.  Social distancing, wearing masks, remote work, and learning all became part of our regular vocabulary. The world as we knew it changed with many of us isolated from family, friends, and loved
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Black Unemployment Increases as California Job Market Recovers
There has been a gradual increase in the unemployment rate among Blacks Californians despite an overall improvement in the state’s labor market, according to a job report the Employment Development Department of California (EDD) compiled.
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Namibia: Landless People's Movement Leaders Sue Katjavivi Over Parly Ban
[New Era] Landless People's Movement (LPM) leaders Bernadus Swartbooi and Henny Seibeb are suing National Assembly Speaker Peter Katjavivi for banning them from the August House for an indefinite period.
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Sterling Brown settlement requires that MPD adopt weapon drawn reporting - Milwaukee Community Journal
Statement of Alderman Khalif J. Rainey April 27, 2021   I am pleased to learn that the settlement reached with the city in the case of former Milwaukee Buck Sterling Brown includes a requirement that a report be filed any time a Milwaukee Police officer draws or displays a firearm during an arrest
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Ex-Cop Who Fatally Shot Rayshard Brooks Seeking Reinstatement
The former police officer who was fired after fatally shooting Rayshard Brooks last year is seeking reinstatement into the force.
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Nigeria: We're Religiously Committed to 2023 South-East Presidency Project - - Godsent
[Vanguard] A former Imo State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chief Vitalis Orikeze Ajumbe, opined that "the ugly situation not only shows the level of disunity in Igboland but also, amply typifies the fabled crab mentality story. Late Alhaji Balarabe Musa told me in his Kaduna house
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New Steelers draft pick Najee Harris hosts draft party at shelter where he once lived - TheGrio
Newly signed Pittsburgh Steeler Najee Harris has taken giving back to the next level. Read More: Ciara, Russell Wilson gift... View Article The post New Steelers draft pick Najee Harris hosts draft party at shelter where he once lived appeared first on TheGrio.
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Nigeria: Inside Story of Awolowo's Political Revolution
The Action Group was publicly inaugurated at the historical hall on the hill in Owo, Town in Ondo Province on the 28th of April 1951 and had representatives from 22 out of the 24 Administrative Divisions of the Western Region. AFENIFERE, therefore, could not have been created by anybody recently as
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West Africa: Christians Say They Are 'Marginalized' During Ramadan
[DW] Upholding minorities' religious freedoms in predominantly Muslim countries can be a delicate matter when members of other religions are asked to follow Islamic customs.
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Minnesota High School Switches To Distance Learning After Racist ‘Promposal’ Goes Viral
On Thursday and Friday Big Lake High School in Big Lake Minnesota switched to distance learning in an effort to keep the school community safe due to violent threats.
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Nigeria: Insecurity - Tearful Ortom, Reps, Call for Emergency
[Vanguard] The House of Representatives, and a tearful governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom yesterday called on the Federal Government to urgently declare a state of emergency on security in the country.
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Kenya: Court Blocks Repatriation of Kakuma, Dadaab Refugees
[Nation] The High Court in Nairobi has temporarily blocked government from repatriating refugees and asylum seekers dwelling at Kakuma and Dadaab camps.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham doubles down on claim there is no systemic racism in US, South Carolina - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… term African-American president. The vice president is of African-American- … voting if you were African-American. The laws were … term African-American president. The vice president is of African-American- … voting if you were African-American. The laws were …
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Barbara Jordan: Congresswoman, Lawyer and Civil Rights Leader | Black Star News
Photo: FacebookBarbara Charline Jordan was born in Houston Texas’s Fifth Ward on February 21, 1936. She received her education in public schools in Texas and graduated from Texas Southern University in 1956 with a B.A. in political science and history. Jordan then received her LL.B. from Boston
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Here’s Why People Think Kim Kardashian And Van Jones Are Dating
This is the second time that Jones and Kardashian's names have been linked together since they both appeared as keynote speakers at Rolling Stone’s Criminal Justice Reform Summit. The two first began to forge a friendship when they met at the White House that same year.
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South Africa: 'The Roaming Pigs Come and Eat Our Poo'
[GroundUp] About 400 protesters blocked roads in Gqeberha before being dispersed by police with rubber bullets.
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Rwanda: Munyenyezi to Be Arraigned in Court on April 28
[New Times] Genocide suspect Beatrice Munyenyezi will be arraigned in court on Wednesday, April 28.
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Seychelles: Rwanda Sees Tourism, Education As Areas of Future Cooperation With Seychelles
[Seychelles News Agency] Tourism and education are two areas where cooperation is expected to be developed between Seychelles and Rwanda, the newly accredited high commissioner of Rwanda to the island nation said on Tuesday.
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Nigeria: Special Report - Govt Looks Away as Companies Spew Waste Into Aba River Endangering Lives
[Premium Times] For decades, companies operating in Aba channelled waste into the historic water body, and the Abia government has done nothing about it.
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UI poetry professor to create a play about African American trailblazer using Guggenheim grant - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
University of Iowa Professor of Poetry Tracie Morris said that, while she wasn’t anticipating receiving a Guggenheim fellowship — one of the most prestigious art grants in North America — it felt fated the moment she received a letter informing her that she’d won. The poet had been talking on the
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Nigeria: 2023 - Igbo Don't Need Special Unity to Produce President - Ohuabunwa, Amucheazi
[Vanguard] When criminal Fulani herdsmen were terrorizing the country, kidnapping for ransom, killing and destroying farmlands, the South West region of the country responded by setting up a regional security outfit which the region named Amotekun. The Federal Government objected to the security
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