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Americans divided over armed civilians who flock to protests - African American News Today - EIN News
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The scenes have become commonplace in 2020: People gathered at state Capitols with semiautomatic long guns strapped across their chests. A couple near St. Louis emerging from their mansion brandishing firearms as Black Lives Matter demonstrators marched by the house. Men roaming
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#Election2020: Biden to blame Trump for violence in Pittsburgh speech | The Atlanta Voice
Joe Biden is mounting a more aggressive offense against President Donald Trump with a rare public appearance Monday where he will say that a second term for Trump will mean more violence in America’s streets — not less. “Does anyone believe there will be less violence in America if Donald Trump is
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Colin Kaepernick Writes LeBron James, Thanks Him After NBA Walkouts Over Jacob Blake Shooting
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Facebook Goofed By Not Booting Kenosha Vigilante Group Earlier, Zuckerberg Admits
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Donald Trump's Republicans Scoring on Issues Democrats Wouldn't Mention.
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NBA roundup: Lakers defeat Trail Blazers, advance to semis - Stabroek News
Anthony Davis scored 43 points and LeBron James added 36 to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 131-122 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night near Orlando to win the Western Conference first-round series in five
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Kenosha Mayor Does Not Want President Trump To Visit 'At This Point In Time'
President Trump is scheduled to visit the Wisconsin city this week to survey damage from recent protests. Mayor John Antaramian says it would be better for him to wait "for another time to come."
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Trinidad: Babies of COVID patients test negative for virus - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Guardian) COVID-positive pregnant women treated at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex Women’s Hospital have given birth to babies who are negative for the virus. The article Trinidad: Babies of COVID patients test negative for virus appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Activists gather for another March on Washington, 57 years later | The Atlanta Voice
Fifty-seven years to the day Martin Luther King Jr. gave his 'I Have a Dream' speech, relatives of African Americans killed or injured in recent police encounters took to the same spot on the National Mall to emotionally call for social and political change. 'We will not be a footstool to
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Counter-protester pulls gun on Black Lives Matter protester - TheGrio
On Saturday, a fistfight broke out during a Black Lives Matter demonstration at the Capital building in downtown Tallahassee, Florida.... View Article The post Counter-protester pulls gun on Black Lives Matter protester appeared first on TheGrio.
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Law & Order: How BLM Protests Can Improve Trump's Election Odds Instead of Axing His 2020 Bid - African American News Today - EIN News
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2 shootings, 2 days, 2 miles: US inequality microcosm bared - TSDMemphis.com
by Jennifer Peltz and Russell Contreras -  KENOSHA, Wis. — A Black man, accosted by police on a domestic dispute call, is left with bullet wounds in his back that will likely keep him from ever walking again. A white 17-year-old, rifle in hand, strolls past authorities untouched amid cries that he
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At D.C. march, families decry 'two systems of justice' - Black News Channel
By AARON MORRISON, KAT STAFFORD and ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. famously laid out a vision for harmony between white and Black people 57 years ago, his son issued a sobering reminder about the
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‘We Got You Covered’ during pandemic – Florida Courier
Wearing a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic is not a political statement or a personal opinion. It is a moral and civic obligation to yourself, your family, your neighbors, and your community, so that we can slow the spread of the virus and ultimately, contain it. Since there is not an FDA-approved
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Biden hits campaign trail, blames Trump for city violence - Black News Channel
By Alexandra Jaffe, Jonathan Lemire and Will Weissert Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joe Biden is mounting a more aggressive offense against President Donald Trump with a rare public appearance Monday declaring that a second term for Trump will mean more violence in America's streets. 'Does
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Lip Service—The NFL’s hollow apologies | New Pittsburgh Courier
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Barack Obama Advised NBA Players During Brief Walkout
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Trump says people protesting against racial injustice were ‘thugs’ - African American News Today - EIN News
Democratic presidential candidate Biden, running mate say Trump is making America less safe with his rhetoric.
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Trump, Portland mayor blame each other for violence after protester shot - TheGrio
President Donald Trump called Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler a fool on Twitter, demanding that he end the violence that left... View Article The post Trump, Portland mayor blame each other for violence after protester shot appeared first on TheGrio.
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California Zeroes in on Reparations for Descendants of Slaves - African American News Today - EIN News
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55 Years After Riots, Watts Section of LA Still Bears Scars - Voice and Viewpoint
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