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[Nairobi News] Rongai lawmaker Raymond Moi says he is ready to inherit his younger sibling Gideon Moi's Baringo senate seat come 2022.
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Carnival 2020 will be a virtual affair - Voice Online
IN THIS unprecedented year and for the first time in its 54 year history, Notting... The post Carnival 2020 will be a virtual affair appeared first on Voice Online.
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Latest Quinnipiac poll shows Biden leading Trump by 15 points : TheGrio
A new leading national poll shows Democratic presumptive nominee, Joe Biden leading the incumbent President, Donald Trump, by 15 points. The post Latest Quinnipiac poll shows Biden leading Trump by 15 points appeared first on TheGrio.
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(BPRW) NABOB selects their Chief Diversity Officer | Press releases
(BPRW) NABOB selects their Chief Diversity Officer (Black PR Wire) The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters Telecommunication Education and Management Foundation (NABOB) and Personal Selling Principles, LLC (PSP) wants…
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Why the Trump administration's win over Huawei could be bad news for TikTok - L.A. Focus Newspaper
"We convinced many countries, and I did this myself for the most part, not to use Huawei, because we think it's an unsafe security risk," Trump said at a White House press conference on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, the UK government said it was reversing a decision to allow Huawei to build parts of
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Candace Owens, Who Once Sympathized With Hitler, Weighs In On Nick Cannon's Anti-Semitism Controversy
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Tubberville defeats Sessions for Republican U. S. Senate nomination, will face Doug Jones in November
Tommy Tubberville, former Auburn football coach won the Republican second primary on Tuesday to defeat Jeff Sessions, former Senator and Trump’s first Attorney General.Tubberville won in Greene County by 206 (62.42%) to 124 (37.58) for Jeff Sessions, as well as winning statewide by 333,890
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The Meaning Of The Fourth Of July In The Words Of Frederick Douglass
By Aman Thakur On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was giving a speech about Independence Day when he asked the crowd the following question, “What to the slave, is fourth of July?” He gave a hint in the form of a reason. The hint was to dig the hypocrisy of the day concerned. He then gave the
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Florida NAACP issues recommendations on amendments – Daytona Times
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Biden campaign manager says he'll 'make good' on 'progressive agenda' - TheGrio
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Oklahoma's Governor Says he has Tested Positive for COVID-19 - Black News Channel
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Zambia rejects reports linking president to top Rwandan rebel | Africanews
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The Four Progressive Politicians Win Their Primaries
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Evanston Sanitarium’s original home at 1918 Asbury Ave. named new African American heritage site
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Canada says to hold accountable all those preventing transparent conclusion to electoral process - Stabroek News
Canada yesterday strongly regretted the extended delay in declaring the election results from the March 2nd general elections and says it is prepared to use all “tools at our disposal” to hold accountable those who prevent
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Africa trade deal to push ahead even if another Covid-19 wave hits
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White House defends Trump after Atlanta mayor accuses him of breaking mask law - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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TGR COMMENTARY: How Democrats Could Lose the Election | The Orlando Advocate
By Lucius Gantt       Two and a half cheers for the Joe Biden Presidential Campaign. Biden finally spent money with some Black newspaper owners. The buy was probably via the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) but, if you don’t know, less than one half of
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Trump Replaces Campaign Manager Amid Sinking Poll Numbers - Black News Channel
By JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press/ BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump shook up his campaign staff Wednesday amid sinking poll numbers less than four months before the election, replacing campaign manager Brad Parscale with veteran GOP operative Bill
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A Former Black Panther Party Leader Reflects on Her Revolutionary Work
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Walter E. Williams, Black Voice of Libertarian Economics, dead at 84 | Chicago Defender
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