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Policing Reform, Civilian Oversight And More: After Months Of Protest, Voters Decide

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Michael Jordan Pledges $100 million To Black Community

Legendary basketball player Michael Jordan, and his Jordan Brand pledged $100 million over 10 years to organizations “dedicated to fighting racial inequality, social justice, and greater education,” Jordan Brand announced in a statement Friday

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COVID-19 Dallas County Update

Dallas County on Tuesday reported the largest number of positive COVID-19 cases and deaths counted on a single day, health officials

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Chicagoans marching united in protest over murder of George Floyd | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Most of the crowd of estimated hundreds this past weekend that flowed from Federal Plaza to Michigan Avenue and the Magnificent Mile as well as to other Loop streets were young people—white, Black and brown—who echoed a united call for

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Black Lives Matter Has Been Doing The Work To 'Defund The Police' For Years

LOS ANGELES — On Monday, after the Los Angeles Police Department spent days violently attacking people protesting police brutality and racism, the City Council appeared set to allow a new budget — which would allocate nearly 54% of the city’s discretionary spending to the LAPD — to go into

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Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. to host one-on-one with Senator Elizabeth Warren in virtual town hall meeting - Sat. at 9AM on Facebook & Youtube | The Crusader Newspaper Group

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Downtown Detroit To Be Lit In Purple To Honor George Floyd

The effort is spearheaded by Councilmember Castañeda López, Mayor Mike Duggan and Cynthia Pasky, Strategic Staffing Solutions CEO and Chair of the Downtown Detroit Partnership, with strong support from Detroit City

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Creating During a Crisis: Black Muralist Sydney G. James To Recreate Iconic Malice Green Painting

During this time of Strange Fruit, Artist, and Muralist, Sydney G. James has found a way to hang her frustrations by re-creating the mural in honor of unjustly slain Malice Green, killed at the hands of Police

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OP-ED: The stuff of Dreams — MLK goes right on marching

George Floyd is sadly one of many, many African Americans who have been the victim of racial profiling and

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Harry Lee, Willie Mae and Fannie Lou: ‘Lest we forget’

As a product of segregation, I so vividly recall mama, grandma, granddaddy, community activists, and educators sounding the alarm: “Education is the way up and

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Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order on Safe, Secure and Accessible General Election in November

SACRAMENTO — Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring a statewide General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, and signed an executive order to ensure that Californians can exercise their right to vote in a safe, secure and accessible manner during the upcoming

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The Black Card: We Are Our Own Solutions; We Must Praise Our Own

Social isolation can force us to want to be busy rather than reflect and address our mental state of mind, dealing with the pandemic and all the controlled chaos that comes with

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Mural Painted On Road To White House

The street was also renamed BlackLivesMatter BLVD. The streets is getting prepped for a mass crowd expected to protest over the weekend

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Health experts fear second wave of coronavirus cases

LOS ANGELES — California, where health experts warn of a potential second wave of the coronavirus as the economy reopens, is seeing cases rise at a rapid clip, even as other states have seen the first wave fade, it was reported June

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Quit Playin’: Virus In, Vanity Out!

“Don’t break a dollar to spend a dime” was Big Mama’s caveat of caution; think before you part with your hard-earned

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Scant Evidence For Trump Claim That Antifa Is Behind Protest Violence

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scott Nichols, a balloon artist, was riding home on his scooter from the protests engulfing Minneapolis last weekend when he was struck by a rubber bullet fired from a cluster of police officers in riot

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Attorney General Bill Barr Denies Nation's Police Are Systemically Racist

Attorney General Bill Barr said Sunday that he does not believe that there is systemic racism in the nation’s police force, contradicting a staggering body of evidence that shows racial bias in virtually every part of the American criminal justice

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Doja Cat Donates $100,000 To Justice For Breonna Taylor Fund

She revealed on Instagram that on Taylor’s birthday (June 5), she made a donation to the Justice For Breonna Taylor

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Don't Use Domestic Violence Victims To Derail Police Reform

Who, they ask, will protect women against domestic abuse and sexual violence, if not the

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The Pros And Cons Of Online Therapy According To A Therapist

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Ben Carson Echoes Trump Administration's Ignorant Response To Kneeling Protests

Ben Carson, President Donald Trump’s secretary of housing and urban development, on Sunday suggested that NFL players who kneel during the national anthem to protest police violence should thank the military in the

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7-Year-Old NY Girl Goes Viral After Marching in Black Lives Matter Protest – Free Press of Jacksonville

After becoming an overnight sensation after her first rally, Wynta-Amor Rogers marched in her second protest Thursday in New York City, and said she wants to prompt change like Dr. Martin Luther King

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Tedx Speaker Dena Crowder Offers 5-Minute Guide on Tapping into Your Own Power to Affect Meaningful Change (WATCH)

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Protesters Topple Confederate Statue in Virginia Capital | Afro

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STREAMED: Run The Jewels Re-Up’s With “Run the Jewels 4,” Jim Jones Stands In Solidarity With “The People” & More

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They Were Cleaning Up One Of America's Most Polluted Neighborhoods. Then Came COVID-19.

The exhaust fumes from the highways surrounding her neighborhood have finally let up, and Gordon hears fewer trucks leaving the nearby Port of Oakland each day as the coronavirus pandemic reduces

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Michael Jordan Pledges To Donate $100 Million To Racial Justice Efforts

Basketball legend Michael Jordan committed to donating $100 million over 10 years to organizations advancing racial justice amid protests nationwide over systemic

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HOSTS ROUND TABLE TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM •

For 75 years EBONY and JET have been the authoritative voice highlighting the injustices of Black Americans from featuring the open casket of the lynching of 14-year old Emmett Till, to the footage of the brutality against nonviolent protesters during the Civil Rights Movement to the need for bail

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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has “Black Lives Matter” Painted on Street Leading to White House

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Black Residents Clean Minneapolis Streets As Another Form Of Peaceful Protest - Blavity

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