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Saturday Night Owls: Pandemic and climate crisis remain linked thanks to the impacts and denial

Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week 18 DAYS UNTIL JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE Ilana Cohen at Inside Climate News writes—Covid-19 and Climate Change Will Remain Inextricably Linked, Thanks to...

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In recent days, Trump and his allies have aggressively pushed conspiracy theories about Obama designed to fire up the president’s conservative base, taint Biden by association and distract from the glut of grim health and economic news from the coronavirus

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Biden makes 1st in-person appearance in more than 2 months

NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months on Monday as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware

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South Sudan: Reducing Preventable Maternal and Child Deaths in Lakes State of South Sudan

On a cold Tuesday night, at about 12:00 am, in Malek village, Ms Rebecca Akeer, 26 years old gave birth to a bouncing baby boy in her house in the absence of a skilled birth attendant in February

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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Maryland (1785- )

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Bethel A.M.E.), Baltimore lays claim to the designation as the oldest independent continuously operating African American church in the state of Maryland tracing its origins back to 1785 when a group of African Americans met at the Strawberry Alley

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Joe Biden’s Plan for Empowering Black America

In a news release, the campaign noted that Biden “knows we need a comprehensive agenda for African Americans with an ambition that matches the scale of the challenge and with a recognition that race-neutral policies are not a sufficient response to race-based

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Somalia: 71 More People Test Positive for Covid19

Somali Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed 71 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total tally of infections to

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F.W. de Klerk , in full Frederik Willem de Klerk (born March 18, 1936, Johannesburg, S.Af.), politician who as president of South Africa (1989–94) brought the apartheid system of racial segregation to an end and negotiated a transition to majority rule in his country. He and Nelson Mandela

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Biden asks Amy Klobuchar to undergo vetting as possible running mate

Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat of Minnesota, has been asked by Joe Biden to undergo a formal vetting to be considered as his vice presidential running mate, one of several potential contenders now being scrutinized by his aides ahead of a final decision, according to people familiar with the

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What is Trump trying to achieve with 'Obamagate?' | The Atlanta Voice

What’s clear is that President Trump is attacking Obama with the goal of discrediting his opponent in 2020: Joe

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(2013) Ben Carson's Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast

On February 7, 2013 prominent neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson became a nationally recognized political figure when he gave a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. that was critical of President Obamas policies and particularly Obamacare when the President and First Lady Michelle

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Goodwin And Matthews Unopposed In Re-Election Bids | The Oklahoma Eagle

State Rep. Regina Goodwin and State Senator Kevin Matthews will return to work having no one opposing

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‘Obamagate’ May Just Be Trump’s Return To His Racist ‘Birtherism’ Comfort Zone | HuffPost

Trump began sprinkling the term “Obamagate” into his public statements last week after his attorney general decided to drop charges against Trump’s first national security adviser, retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who had already twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI regarding his phone

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Newsom moves to slash school, health spending — but asks feds for a rescue | Black Voice News

In revising California’s budget down to $203 billion Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom charted a plan to fill a huge deficit by tying many cuts to additional federal

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Newsom moves to slash school, health spending — but asks feds for a rescue

In revising California’s budget down to $203 billion today, Gov. Gavin Newsom charted a plan to fill a huge deficit by tying many cuts to additional federal

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Facebook buys GIF website Giphy to integrate with Instagram

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Congress Needs to Reboot Our Economy – Here’s How.

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Dr. Kelvin Baggett named as COVID-19 health and health care access czar

Mayor Eric Johnson named Dr. Kelvin Baggett as the new city of Dallas COVID-19 health and health care access

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Obama Emerges As Central Figure In 2020 Presidential Race

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Quick to judge: Let’s reform how healthcare workers treat people with substance use and mental health disorders

Another weakness to consider is the stigma and bias that those with mental health disorders and substance use disorders experience in the healthcare

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Blacks see Trump as greatest threat

With a national sample size of only 604 African Americans, the African American Research Collaborative was able to determine the impact of COVID-19 on black voters across the nation, with a margin of error of only

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Joe Biden says he “should not have been so cavalier” after he told a prominent black radio host that African Americans who back President Donald Trump

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Africa: USAID, USADF, and CITI Foundation Team Up To Invest In Young African Social Entrepreneurs

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Black Democrats: ‘Choose a sister’

“Joe Biden owes black people, and black women in particular, a debt of gratitude for reviving a campaign that was dead,” said Colette Phillips, founder of the Get Konnected social network and a supporter of the former vice president in the

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‘We’ve Succeeded!’ Florida’s Governor Claims Coronavirus Victory As Second Wave Looms

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Meek, Carrie (1926- )

Carrie Meek was born on April 29, 1926, in Tallahassee, Florida. Her parents were sharecroppers and her childhood neighborhood was racially segregated. Meek attended and graduated from Florida A&M University. Graduate schools in Florida were still segregated at this time so she was forced to

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Reform for how healthcare workers treat people with substance use and mental health disorders

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Mena Leaders Say Without Census Data We’re Invisible And Disenfranchised

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Racial divide of coronavirus is real, so are innovations that can help

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Black Voters Who Support Trump 'Ain't Black,' Joe Biden Tells Charlamagne Tha God (UPDATE: Biden Apologizes)

Joe Biden sought to defend his Washington record on a wide range of issues in an interview Friday with New York radio host Charlamagne tha God before joking at the end: “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you

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Scott, Timothy (1965- )

U.S. Senator from South Carolina, Timothy Eugene Scott is the first black Republican elected to the Senate from the South since Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce served in that body representing Mississippi from 1876 to 1881. He is also the first Republican Senator elected since Edward Brooke represented

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