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Thru the Lens of Someone Other than Yourself

By Hakim Abdul-Ali Its been a tragic but ever-so-revolting last couple of weeks in the USA in so many unfathomable norms of ordinary understandings. And after the horrific killing of George Floyd on May 25, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the world-at-large has voiced its mighty and resounding distaste about this murder in almost unimaginable expressions of

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What happened to Taylor Blackwell? The question blared from handmade posters and from emphatic speakers at a press conference Wednesday evening as community activists joined family and friends in calling for answers for a young Black woman who was found dead at a local hotel on February 28. The

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

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Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is demanding that a Virginia Mayor remove a Black Lives Matter banner.

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South Africa bans alcohol sale, imposes curfew to curb COVID-19 | Africanews

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country will immediately return to a ban on the sale of alcohol to reduce the volume of trauma patients so that hospitals have more beds open to treat COVID-19

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A look at the Chewa people of Malawi and their secret cult of dancers -

The Chewa, a Bantu people of central and southern Africa and the largest ethnic group in Malawi, are a matrilineal society with over 1.5 million people spread across two clans - the Phiri and the Band. The Phiri are associated with the kings and aristocracy, while the Bandas are healers and

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CBS Network Announces Plan to Commit 25% of Development Budget to BIPOC Creators and Projects

According to Variety.com, the CBS network has announced it will commit 25% of its script development budget to projects created or co-created by Black, Indigenous,

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Adebayo Alonge, a Nigerian pharmacist, is combating Africa’s counterfeit drugs with artificial intelligence. The CEO and co-founder of RxAll, an AI-hyperspectral platform for authenticating drugs, developed a handheld nano-scanner called ‘RxScanner’ that detects fake drugs in real time. Alonge was

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Ghana coronavirus: 24,518 cases; recoveries pass 20,000 | Africanews

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Texas keeps 'The Eyes of Texas' despite athlete demands - Black News Channel

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San Bernardino’s 2020 Census Response Rate to Date is Disappointing . . . It Doesn’t Have to Be! - Black Voice News

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Trump Financial Regulator Quietly Shelved Discrimination Probes Into Bank of America and Other Lenders — ProPublica

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Zindzi Mandela, Daughter of Nelson and Winnie, Dies at 59

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The Only African American Operator of a Land Rover Dealership Makes Million During Pandemic. | The Atlanta Voice

By: Charles Sharper The Atlanta Voice When your job is selling luxury vehicles, half of the work is providing the best customer service. At least, that is what Marvin Sibert, operator of Land Rover South Atlanta dealership, believes. Sibert deems customer service as the most important part of his

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Eighteen entertainment professionals selected to assist new music museum with advocacy and fundraising within the music industry The National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) is proud to announce the appointment of the museum's first Music Industry Relations Committee (MIRC) of the Board of

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