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After Record Turnout in 2020, Texas Set to Pass Most Restrictive Voting Laws in the U.S. - Milwaukee Community Journal
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor A new law in Texas, passed during Memorial Day weekend, would make Texas one of the most restrictive in terms of ease of voting. Texas’ voting laws were already restrictive compared to other states. Texas had the highest voter turnout in 30 years
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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper
Unsolved shooting deaths leave family and friends distraught
Mystery still surrounds the April 12 deaths of Lyft driver Ahmed Badal and 15-year-old Jaden Blackmon in South Minneapolis. Source
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Cowboys continue roll with win over Panthers, 36-28 - North Dallas Gazette
By Dwain Price NDG Sports ARLINGTON - After the way they meticulously dismantled the Carolina Panthers this past Sunday at AT&T Stadium, this has all the makings of being a very special season for the Dallas Cowboys. The then-undefeated Panthers came to Arlington ranked first in the National
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Source: North Dallas Gazette
Bout Time: Boston Officially Replaces Columbus Day With Indigenous Peoples Day
You can almost see MAGA country foaming at the mouth after learning about this.
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Source: The Urban Daily
Nigeria government bans Twitter days after President Buhari’s tweet is deleted - Face2Face Africa
Nigeria’s government says it has 'indefinitely suspended' Twitter's operations in the country. 'The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria,' the Ministry of Information and Culture saidin
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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice
Hanover top cop declares war on sex offenders
WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent Sharon Beeput, the police commanding officer for Hanover, is vowing to make the lives of sex offenders in that parish miserable as the police continue their relentless search for a man who allegedly sexual molested a...
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Bad news for Springboks as Duane Vermeulen's ankle 'doesn't look good'
The Springboks were dealt a potentially major blow after Duane Vermeulen left the field with an ankle injury against the Stormers at Loftus Versfeld.
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Ethiopia: Stem Power Program in Generating Energetic Youths
[Ethiopian Herald] STEMpower has exerted its maximum effort to boost Science ,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education to empower women and creating generation of problem -solver youths, so disclosed by STEMpower.
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Omari Hardwick to star alongside Halle Berry in upcoming sci-fi drama
ROLLING OUT - Berry is executive producing the film, which will also feature John Ortiz and Molly Parker. According to the film’s synopsis released to Deadline, Berry will play Sara Mose, a woman who has to navigate her life following the disappearance of her husband from their farmland the
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Black Students-Only Dorm Set Up At Western Washington University - Atlanta Tribune
Photo: Getty Images Students at Western Washington University recently moved back into their dorms to start a new school year. However, things are a bit different on campus this fall. The public university has opened up an affinity housing program that allows 40 Black students and faculty members
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Source: Atlanta Tribune
Family of Texas school shooting suspect Timothy Simpkins says he was bullied
The teenager accused of a shooting at an Arlington, Texas high school this week chose violence after being bullied, family The post Family of Texas school shooting suspect Timothy Simpkins says he was bullied appeared first on TheGrio.
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Jones Shines Giants Win - The New York Beacon
Jones Sparks Big Blue Photo: Special to the NY Beacon   By Andrew Rosario   It would have been very understandable if the New York Football Giants to go on the road against the New Orleans Saints and see their losing streak reach
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6 Tips To Grow Your Small Business in The Second Half Of 2021
A good start is to focus on matters that are most important and that can bring fruitful results. Consider practicing the 80/20 rule.
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African American Museum, Dallas Announces Summer Lineup - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… theater and writing.  COMMUNITY AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COURSE (Virtual): … issues in the African American experience.  JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL … as approximately 300 African American cowboys and … historical contributions that African Americans contributed to …
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Houstonians rally to fight GOP discriminatory district dismantling - DefenderNetwork.com
Since 1994, Sheila Jackson Lee has represented the 18th Congressional District, which includes Third Ward, downtown Houston, the University of Houston and Texas Southern University. Congressman Al Green began in 2005 representing the 9th District, which includes most of southwest
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Spokesperson For Family Of Texas Teen Who Shot Peers Speaks Out: 'Bullying Is Real' - Blavity
Eighteen-year-old Timothy George Simpkins turned himself in after carrying out a school shooting that injured four students on Wednesday morning at Timberview High School, ABC 8  reports . H is family says the student had previously been bullied.  Police report a teenage girl, a pregnant
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Ex-LMPD Officer Joshua Jaynes Is Trying To Get His Job Back
The Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officer who improperly filled out the no-knock warrant that led to Breonna Taylor's death wants to get rehired.
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Residents of Eastern Cape district cautiously support Expropriation Bill - Parliament | News24
The majority of residents of the Joe Gqabi district in the Eastern Cape support the Expropriation Bill because they believe it to be the solution to ensuring equitable access to land.
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How this Ghanaian immigrant built a multi-million dollar hair business after dropping out of college
Growing up, Vivian Kaye was expected to fit into the social norms constructed for women. She could not dare to be different or be overly expressive. She was expected to go to school, get a degree and get a job. However, Kaye was a non-conformist and always wanted to do things her way and style....
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Ball dribbled in MPs court - The Times Group Malawi
Members of Parliament have pledged to lobby for increased funds for Flames ahead of 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals slated for Cameroon next year and World Cup qualifiers. This was disclosed after Malawi National Council of Sports acting Executive Secretary, Henry Mereka, met the Parliamentary
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Alexander: Dodgers win wild-card game, rather than whine about it - L.A. Focus News
LOS ANGELES — “There’s no crying in baseball,” Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer said Tuesday, channeling his inner Jimmy Dugan (played by Tom Hanks, for those who never saw “A League of Their Own”). No Dodger fan is crying today. A taut, stressful game when the threat of elimination hung over their
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Holder blasts “racist” ECB - Barbados Today
Barbadian and former international umpire John Holder has dismissed the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) comments claiming he has withdrawn his claim of racial discrimination against them as “disingenuous” and vowed to never work for the organisation again. Holder and Ismail Dawood had
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Rwanda: Over 1,000 Outstanding Teachers Get Motorcycles, Laptops
[New Times] A total of 1,008 teachers across Rwanda have been awarded motorcycles and laptops for their outstanding contribution to education.
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Help Make Christmas Merry for Native American Children | New Pittsburgh Courier
(NewsUSA) - Many Native American children living on Reservations in the United States are growing up in unimaginable poverty. High unemployment means limited job opportunities and no income source for their parents, so multigenerational families often live together in small, dilapidated
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OP-ED: Successful Black American-Owned Business Leaders Unfairly Targeted
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Across the nation as business owners are attempting to recover from the COVID-19 global pandemic, African American business leaders who are defying the odds with their financial success are often targeted by “mainstream media” and others who summarily and unfairly castigate Black
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White mom forced adopted Black child into numerous unnecessary surgeries and treatments, authorities say - Face2Face Africa
A Washington State woman is facing charges of second-degree assault of a child and second-degree attempted assault of a child after forcing her adopted Black daughter to go through more than 470 medical treatments, according to authorities. Sophie Hartman made her six-year-old daughter go through
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Soldier walks free from army hearing - Barbados Today
The court martial against Ordinary Seaman Raheem Reeves was dismissed today after three media houses published information from a voir dire which prejudiced the accused. Queen’s Counsel Michael Lashley, who appeared on behalf of Reeves along with Simon Clarke and Sade Harris, successfully argued
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Zimbabwean launches mobile virtual network - NewsDay Zimbabwe
Former CEO of Zororo-Phumulani,the South African based Zimbabwe funeral insurance and repatriation service provider Mr Edwin Anderson has launched a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)and Application called Poket Mobile Network,the Mbinga Network that has been tipped to be one of the best in
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Alvin Ailey doc: How a poor kid from Texas became a modern dance legend
"Ailey" — the new documentary about iconic choreographer Alvin Ailey, which opens in New York on Friday — reveals how he went from picking cotton in Texas to becoming an internationally renowned master of movement.
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The Flint Water Crisis Still Hasn’t Taught Michigan Its Lesson - Blavity
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