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Biden Signs Executive Orders Aimed at Tackling Racism in America | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “America has never lived up to its founding promise of equality for all, but we’ve never stopped trying,” President Biden wrote on Twitter just before signing the executive orders.
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Russia warn Navalny supporters not to attend Sunday protests - Black News Channel
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police have issued a strong warning against participating in protests planned for Sunday to call for the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin's most prominent foe. The warning comes amid detentions of Navalny associates
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Federal conspiracy charges for 2 Proud Boys in Capitol riot - Black News Channel
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two men identified as members of the Proud Boys have been indicted on federal conspiracy and other charges in the Capitol riot as prosecutors raise the stakes in some of the slew of cases stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection. Dominic
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Biden Signs Executive Orders Aimed at Tackling Racism in America - Black News Channel
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders that his less than two-week-old administration hopes will be a catalyst to tackling America’s long-standing race problem. Biden’s action focused on equity and included police and
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Remembering John Chaney: Outburst just a chapter in the story of a coaching great
The Hall of Fame coach was so much more than a fiery competitor who became best known for his postgame run-in with John Calipari.
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Texas Universities Promised Action After Summer’s Racial Reckoning. But They’re Still Reluctant - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Blocked sewerage network in Port Antonio cleared
The National Water Commission (NWC) says it has cleared blocked sewerage lines that resulted in the overflow of effluent on Harbour Street in Port Antonio, Portland.  The overflow resulted in a foul stench that caused the closure of...
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UN SG offers to play `Good Offices’ role between Guyana and Venezuela - Stabroek News
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has offered to play a “good offices” role between Guyana and Venezuela on important issues apart from the border controversy between the two
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Vaccine rollout faces challenges in France's poorest region - Black News Channel
by ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Samia Dridi, who was born, raised and works as a nurse in Saint-Denis, fears for her impoverished town, recalling how the coronavirus cut an especially deadly path through the diverse area north of Paris, a burial place for French kings
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New DNC Chair Jaime Harrison | Afram News
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Trump parts with lawyers a week before impeachment trial
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Consumer advocates push President Biden in his first 100 days | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Charlene Crowell As President Joe Biden begins his term of office, the nation and much of the world are waiting and watching to see how his promises become policies and practices that relieve long-term and widespread suffering. In his January 20 inaugural speech, President Biden said, “The
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San Francisco Board Of Education’s Document Arguing For School Renamings Is Riddled With Historical Errors
A document produced by the San Francisco Board of Education to justify renaming 44 different schools is riddled with spelling and historical errors.
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Lawmakers push mental health days for kids amid pandemic - Black News Channel
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Biden repeals Trump’s military transgender ban – Florida Courier
BY CHRIS SOMMERFELDT NEW YORK DAILY NEWS/TNS President Joe Biden on Monday rescinded his predecessor’s widely reviled ban on transgender people in the U.S. military, describing the restrictions as irrational and detrimental to “our core values.” In addition to immediately scrapping the ban first
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Biden, Democrats hit gas on push for $15 minimum wage - Black News Channel
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Black Art Is in Demand. But Telling Our Stories Comes at a Cost
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Liberia: Embattled LACC Boss, Nwabudike, Asked to Resign
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Trust the vaccine and get your shot – Florida Courier
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Weather: More rain and floods in Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
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Indian farmers begin hunger strike amid fury against Modi - Black News Channel
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