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For decades, the children’s center at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, a maximum security prison in Westchester, New York, featured a wall with the words “Joy is Unbreakable” etched
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D.C. Health Officials and Faith Leaders Offer Assistance in the Wake of Multiple Infant Deaths - The Washington Informer
When they come upon the scene of a dead child or a teenager, even the most hard-edged police officer turns ashen. When the deceased is an infant or toddler, the reaction is often bitter
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State Public Health Officials Announce COVID-19 Resurgence Mitigations to Take Effect in Region 3 on November 1, 2020 | Chicago Defender
Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) are announcing COVID-19 resurgence mitigations will be implemented in Region 3—West-Central Illinois—beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, November 1, 2020. The region has seen a 7-day rolling average test positivity rate of
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Cameroon: UPC - Calls for Reconciliation, Unitary Congress
[Cameroon Tribune] Hon. Robert Bapooh Lipot one of the Union des populations du Cameroun (UPC) faction leaders has appealed for reconciliation and unity to rebuild a strong party.
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Kenya: Muturi Demands Accountability Over the Murder of Kianjakoma Brothers
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kianjakoma brothers who died while in police custody were on Friday laid to rest, even as several leaders continued to pile pressure on the police over brutality.
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Africa: A Real Threat to National Security
[Africa In Fact] African countries must realise that resilient public healthcare systems are a human security issue and vital for stable government
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Protests In White And Black, And The Different Response Of Law Enforcement
… Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, who teaches African-American Studies at Princeton University, said …
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Somalia: Mobile Money Transfers Give Somali Farmers a One-Up On the Climate
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Kenya: Junet Under Fire Over Remarks Against Senator Mwaura on Albinism Status
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Biden wins Georgia for the third time; Trump's Georgia lawsuit is dismissed | The Atlanta Voice
Monday afternoon, the state of Georgia certified the election results, for the third time. Joe Biden won the Peach State by 11,779 votes. President Donald Trump requested a recount after the State certified the state-mandated audit administered by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. All
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Africa's Single Currency Realisable, Says AfCFTA Scribe
[This Day] The Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Mr. Wamkele Mene, has predicted that Africa would one day have a common currency that would ease constraints of settling intra-African trade in foreign denominated currency.
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Africa: Why China-Africa Ties Can Only Get Better in 2021
[Nation] Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has concluded a five-nation visit to Africa, extending a three-decade tradition in which Chinese foreign ministers have chosen Africa for the first overseas visit each year.
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Last Saturday’s 8 Kingz Collective and the New Deal for St. Pete candidate forum for Pinellas County Commission District 7 included former Pinellas County School Board member Rene Flowers, Rep. Wengay Newton, Frank Peterman, Jr., former state representative, and Maria L. Scruggs, former NAACP
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Get ready for Rainey. Ma Rainey, that is. Yep, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” from Netflix is headed to theaters AND your streaming device. But, what’s it all about? Read on for the summary. Tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon recording session in 1920s Chicago as a band of
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Jazz Onscreen, Depicted by Black Filmmakers at Last
… to explore the changes to African-American life wrought by the Great … history: “In film after film, African-Americans, who invented the music, get …
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The Best Fashion Moments From The 2021 Golden Globes
The 78th annualGolden Globe Awards is taking place this evening with a completely digital landscape due to the ongoing pandemic. Like most award shows within the past year, the Golden […] The post The Best Fashion Moments From The 2021 Golden Globes appeared first on Essence.
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From Grief To Good Trouble: Why Lewis And Vivian’s Legacy Should Inspire Us To Continue Fighting - Blavity
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‘I Feel Like Beyoncé Uses Tina’s Instagram to Clap Back’: Tina Knowles-Lawson Defends Beyoncé After Black Twitter Calls Out Singer for Latest Tiffany & Co. Campaign
Tina Knowles-Lawson took to Instagram on Tuesday, Aug. 24, to defend her daughter Beyoncé after the singer received major backlash following her Tiffany & Co. […]
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Georgia Democrats Back AG Garland’s Lawsuit On Voting Laws, Say They Are Being Purged Over Race | Atlanta Daily World
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Hospice improves quality of life for cancer patients in great pain
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Take in Inauguration Day from home with these food and drink specials and virtual events - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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The white minority finally consented to hold multiracial elections in 1980, and Robert Mugabe won a landslide victory. The country achieved independence on April 17, 1980, under the name Zimbabwe. Mugabe eventually established a one-party socialist state, but by 1990 he had instituted multiparty
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