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AP-NORC poll: Only half in US want shots as vaccine nears - Black News Channel
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As states frantically prepare to begin months of vaccinations that could end the pandemic, a new poll finds only about half of Americans are ready to roll up their sleeves when their turn comes. The survey from The
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Black Farmers May Be Able to Redeem Millions of Acres Following New Bill
By Victor Omondi A team of U.S. senators, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, and Kirsten Gillibrand, inaugurated the Justice for Black Farmers Act. The objectives of the Act are “to address the history of discrimination against black farmers and ranchers, to require reforms within the Department of
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James Milton Turner: Pioneer Leader in Education & Civil Rights
James Milton Turner was a significant leader in the areas of African American education, civil rights, and foreign diplomacy during the decades after the Civil War.Turner was born into slavery in St. Louis County in either 1839 or 1840, James Milton Turner and his mother, Hannah, were freed in
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Black Millennials Responsible For Increase In African American Homeownership
The trend is happening despite the economic downturn.
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Pennsylvania Mail-in Ballot Case Won't Hand Trump a Win, Says Lawyer Petitioning Supreme Court | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
The Supreme Court of the United States on Tuesday declined a request for an injunction that would have pressed pause on Pennsylvania's effort to deliver the state's 20 Electoral College votes to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden. Republicans asked the court to consider tossing out nearly
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‘Uhm What?’: K. Michelle Fans Baffled After She Says She Misses ‘Mentor’ R. Kelly, Later Tries To Clarify Tweets
K. Michelle took to Twitter on Tuesday, Dec. 8 expressing how much she missed her jailed “mentor” R. Kelly in a series of controversial tweets. […]
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As California Shuts Down Again, GOP Lawmakers Push for Health, Education Data 
Last week, when the governor announced the impending shutdown, he said health officials had carved the state into five regions. Their goal is to coordinate a broad emergency response that would reach across county lines and consider the proximity and capacity of health services within each area
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Famous for Her Roles in Cinderella and B.A.P.S., Actress Natalie Desselle-Reid Dies at 53
By Victor Omondi After battling colon cancer, a fight that the public knew nothing about, actress Natalie Desselle-Reid, unfortunately, lost the battle at the age of 53. Her family took to her Instagram page on Monday afternoon to break the news, posting, “It is with extremely heavy hearts that we
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Why Biden Picking Lloyd Austin For Secretary Of Defense Has Become So Controversial
The man who could become the first Black person to lead the Department of Defense is at the center of a brewing inter-Party controversy as a growing number of Senate Democrats have signaled their opposition to his nomination.
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Health officials sound alarm on rising COVID cases | Afro
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has sounded the alarm about the increasing number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. With approximately 273,000 reported deaths
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Jericka Duncan and Adriana Diaz To Anchor 'CBS Weekend News'
CBS News has announced it has named national correspondents Jericka Duncan and Adriana Diaz the newest anchors of the "CBS Weekend News."
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These 20 Black Designers Are Providing Effective Face Masks
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New York Attorney General Warns That Federal Pardons Won't Protect Trump or His Family from State Prosecutors
New York Attorney General Letitia James told 'The View' on Tuesday that President Donald Trump won't be able to 'avoid justice' after he leaves office, […]
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US virus deaths hit record levels with the holidays ahead
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - Deaths from COVID-19 in the US have soared to more than 2,200 a day on average, matching the frightening peak reached last April, and cases per day have eclipsed 200,000 on average for the first time on record, with the crisis all but certain to get worse
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NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 73, reveals he battled prostate cancer in essay on healthcare - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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#Election2020: Georgia Senate GOP push for end to no-excuse absentee voting | The Atlanta Voice
Republicans in Georgia’s state Senate are calling for an end to absentee voting without cause and want to ban ballot drop boxes, after an increase in mail voting helped propel Democrat Joe Biden to a narrow victory over President Donald Trump in the state. Trump has for months made unsubstantiated
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Johns Hopkins, patron of namesake hospital and university, owned slaves
School officials disclosed that Johns Hopkins, the 19th-century businessman with a university and hospital named after him, owned slaves. According... View Article The post Johns Hopkins, patron of namesake hospital and university, owned slaves appeared first on TheGrio.
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Black Women Leaders to Sen. Feinstein: Give Up Your Own Seat for Sec. Padilla - Los Angeles Sentinel
Black women leaders have a recommendation for Dianne Feinstein, California’s senior U.S. Senator: consider giving up your own seat so that California Secretary of State Alex Padilla can fill it. Their call is to appoint a Black Woman with political experience and a track record of success – someone
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Supreme Court rejects Republicans' attempt to block Biden Pennsylvania win - TheGrio
The Supreme Court rejected a request by Pennsylvania Republicans to block the certification of the state’s election results in President-elect... View Article The post Supreme Court rejects Republicans' attempt to block Biden Pennsylvania win appeared first on TheGrio.
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Study Proves Racism Is A Factor In Accelerated Aging Among Black People
A lengthy research project showed effects of discrimination.
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Support for Obamacare back at record high, Gallup poll shows - TheGrio
It looks like the public's support for Obamacare is now at one of its highest points. Support for the controversial... View Article The post Support for Obamacare back at record high, Gallup poll shows appeared first on TheGrio.
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Lillian Wen: Dementia care important during COVID-19 - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
The complex health needs of dementia patients have somehow been neglected as COVID-19 took the world by storm. Eight months in, the pandemic is taking a devastating toll on the estimated 5.8 million Americans living with dementia.These patients require hands-on care and can be sensitive to changes
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COVID-19 Testing for African Americans in Montgomery County, Maryland During the Holidays
… ;⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The African American Health Program Executive Committee’s … DeVaughn to engage and encourage African Americans to get tested. Also included … back to the Tuskegee Study, Black Americans have consistently expressed distrust in …
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#Election2020: Trump thought courts were key to winning. Judges disagreed. | The Atlanta Voice
President Donald Trump and his allies say their lawsuits aimed at subverting the 2020 election and reversing his loss to Joe Biden would be substantiated, if only judges were allowed to hear the cases. There is a central flaw in the argument. Judges have heard the cases and have been among the
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Family: Black man shot by deputy held a sandwich, not a gun — The Sacramento Observer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Civil rights and FBI investigators will help look into the fatal shooting by an Ohio sheriff’s deputy of a Black man whose family says that he was holding not a gun, but a sandwich, and that he was shot in front of two toddlers and his grandmother while inside his home, […]
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'Driving While Black’ Documentary Explores How African American Mobility Impacted Racism
"Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America,” a documentary by filmmaker Ric Burns and historian Gretchen Sorin, traces the racial profiling African Americans have encountered on the road since slavery. VOA’s Penelope Poulou spoke with the
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“We celebrate the appointment of the third CBC Member to serve this country in the Biden-Harris Administration. The appointment of former CBC Chairwoman Marcia Fudge as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development is an historic selection, as Congresswoman Fudge will be the first
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By Joseph G. Phillips, Sports Editor The Chicago Crusader Newspaper The Chicago Bulls look to kick off their 2020-2021 NBA season on Wednesday, December 23, against their Eastern Conference opponents the Atlanta Hawks, with a starting lineup featuring Coby White, Zach LaVine, Otto Porter
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Chuck urges Justice Brooks to clear court backlog
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