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Two and a half years since the January 12, 2010 earthquake hit Haiti, the nation was still knee-deep in recovery mode. Despite billions of dollars in aid, many people were still without safe, permanent housing in the fall of 2012. In fact, hundreds of thousands were still living in tent camps while
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Jan
12
2010
Urban League marks 100 years
The Bay State branch of the national economic and civil rights advocacy group acted to counter the challenges, urging the Massachusetts delegation in Congress to support federal anti-lynching laws while firmly pushing open the door of hiring opportunities for black men and women throughout Greater
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Source: The Bay State Banner
US farmers push for free milk market access to Kenya in trade talks
Kenya recently introduced a 10 percent import levy on dairy products to protect the local industry from unfair competition.
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Source: Business Daily
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Jamaica on Virtuoso's top 10 destinations for affluent travellers
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Jamaica is among the top 10 destinations that well-heeled travellers are now booking for their holidays, according to a Virtuoso survey published in CNBC 's Personal Finance section earlier this
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Demand for apartments surge as buyers cut costs
KBA said sales rode on lower property prices that contracted by 0.2 per cent, on top of a 0.52 per cent drop reported in the first quarter.
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Source: Business Daily
The Wrong Black Lives Matter Organization Received Millions Of Dollars In Donations [Details]
According to Buzzfeed News, the Black Lives Matter Foundation received millions of dollars in donations on behalf of the movement but is … somehow not at all affiliated with the BLM
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The Time is Always Right to Do Right
George Floyd’s name will forever be etched into history alongside others like Derek Williams, Michael Brown and slain civil rights workers Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner—regular Americans who were killed by law
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MoBay Bypass could cause flooding, environmentalist warns
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Isabel dos Santos seeks to revoke asset freeze over 'forged' passport
Angola's billionaire former first-daughter Isabel dos Santos and her husband are seeking to revoke a court order that froze their assets last year as part of a massive corruption probe, their lawyer said
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Source: https://www.news24.com
No Sesso's Autumn/Winter 2020 Campaign Pays Homage To The Harlem Renaissance
No Sesso’s Autumn/Winter 2020 campaign comes at just the right
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Swizz Beatz Shares How He and Timbaland Turned Down Millions for Their Verzuz Battles Series
Swizz Beatz and Timbaland‘s Verzuz battles have been a bright spot for many in the dark days of COVID-19, with iconic artists facing each other to play some of their biggest
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Espy, Mike (1953- )
Alphonso Michael Espy in 1986 became the first black Congressman elected from Mississippi since John R. Lynch, who served during Reconstruction.  He was also the first African American to hold the post of Secretary of Agriculture.  Mike Espy was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. He received
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Dec
2
1998
Zimbabwe’s health minister charged in COVID-19 graft case
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s health minister on Saturday was charged with criminal abuse of duty as a public officer, accused of illegally awarding a multi-million-dollar contract for COVID-19 medical supplies to a shadowy company that sold the government $28 face masks and other materials at
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Los Angeles begins clean up and rebuilding
Los Angeles begins clean up and rebuilding after the Rodney King riots (58 deaths, 600 fires, 1 billion dollars of property damage)
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May
2
1992
(1866) Civil Rights Act
An Act to protect all Persons in the United States in their Civil Rights, and furnish the Means of their
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Apr
6
1866
Super Moves: Cam Newton Signs One Year Deal With The New England Patriots
As spotted on ESPN the Atlanta native has signed a deal with the New England
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Source: The Urban Daily
Young Buck Released From Prison, Claims He Does Not Owe Fofty Any Cashville Coins
For those who not in the know the “Shorty Wanna Ride” rapper recently spent four months on child abandonment charges from Newton
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BMe Community mobilizes local Black veterans to drive the agenda for Black L.O.V.E. | New Pittsburgh Courier
B Who? BMe! by Leonard Hammonds II For New Pittsburgh Courier BMe Community is a Black-led network of social innovators, community leaders and champions who invest in aspiring communities. A … Continued
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Georgia legislature agrees to tax on vaping products | The Atlanta Voice
Thursday evening, the Georgia House of Representatives voted in favor of creating a 7% tax on vaping products, Senate Bill 375, passing
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Quicken Loans Community Fund Releases Findings of 2019 Neighbor to Neighbor Campaign | News | The Michigan Chronicle
The Quicken Loans Community Fund today announced key findings from its 2019 Neighbor to Neighbor campaign, a partnership with the City of Detroit Board of Review to provide Homeowners Property … Continued
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Inflation shield: Zimbabwe public workers get 50% raise
Zimbabwe raised salaries for government workers by 50% on Wednesday, hours after nurses stopped work at a major government hospital in the capital Harare, demanding to be paid in dollars because of soaring
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Angola's arrest warrant plans 'unjustified' - Isabel dos Santos
Angolan billionaire businesswoman Isabel dos Santos, suspected of corruption in her native country and Portugal, on Friday slammed as "unjustified" the possible issuing of an international arrest warrant against
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Source: https://www.news24.com
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GSMA to slash workforce after MWC event called off
The decision follows the cancellation of February’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona — an early major industry casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic — which accounts for as much as 80% of the trade group’s annual
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Protest Writer
Pauline Hopkins, a Black high school student in Boston, won the first prize of 'ten dollars in gold,' offered by the Congregational Publishing Society of Boston in 1895 for her essay on the 'Evils of Intemperance and Their Remedies.' She went on to become a writer for theColored American
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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years
Tanzania: Acacia Officials Pay 1.5bn/ - Fine for Tax Ducking
THE Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam yesterday ordered three senior officials with subsidiary companies of the defunct Acacia Mining to pay 1.5bn/- compensation to the government for tax
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DR Congo court hands top presidential aide 20-year sentence in graft case
A top DR Congo court on Saturday sentenced Vital Kamerhe, chief of staff to President Felix Tshisekedi and a key powerbroker, to 20 years hard labour for corruption in an unprecedented case testing the government's anti-graft
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Jamie Foxx, Shaquille O’Neal Surprise 5-Year-Old Boy Who Stole His Parents' Vehicle
But for 5-year-old Adrian Zamarripa, it got him a trip to Los Angeles, where he got to meet Jamie Foxx and Shaquille
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Impact of Covid-19 on African economies; a look at Nigeria [Morning Call]
A UN report released on May 12 projects the global economy to contract by 3.2% this
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Mexico’s Leftist Leader Rejects Big Spending to Ease Virus’s Sting
In Mexico, no such rescue effort has
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Instead Of Painting Over Black Lives Matter Graffiti, This Church Memorialized The Message
In the midst of protests over police brutality, this Portland church hopes the Christian community wakes up to the issues of racial injustice in this country.
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