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Edwin Buggage Editor-in-Chief New Orleans is a City with a rich history relating to the fight for Civil and Human Rights. While some know the stories of Plessy v. Ferguson or the recent re-naming of [...] The post Re-Writing the History Part 3 appeared first on New Orleans Data News Weekly.
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‘I’m In This For We’: Mckayla Wilkes On Why She’s Challenging Steny Hoyer For His Seat In Congress
Wilkes, 30, an activist and movement leader, recently launched her second campaign to run for Maryland's 5th Congressional District, in hopes to beat out Rep. Steny Hoyer, the longest-serving House Democrat.
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Gov't tables $830.8 billion budget for new financial year
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Makore lands Women in News top post
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro says recent comments by Petrobras CEO will have consequences - Stabroek News
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) - Recent comments by Petrobras Chief Executive Roberto Castello Branco regarding the possibility of a truckers’ strike will have consequences, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday, adding that “something will happen in the coming
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CARICOM calls on WHO to host vaccine distribution summit | New York Carib News
The 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) Thursday reiterated its call for the World Health Organization (WHO) to host an international summit on the distribution of the vaccine for the coronavirus (COVID-19) as it continued its call for the global community to realize that the virus affects
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Soul Jah Love: The voice that resonated with them all
BY PHENIAS SADONDO I HAD travelled from Cape Town to Harare, seeking a hideout from the gruesome months that I had endured at the University of Cape Town. While the vice was still on me and very much inescapable, I had been given a little relief when the examiners were going through my
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Rajput misses quartet, but …
BY KEVIN MAPASURE Zimbabwe national cricket team coach Lalchand Rajput will miss the experienced players that have failed to make the squad for their tour of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where they will play Test and T-20 series due to injuries and illness, but he is pleased to see fringe and
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3 thieving soldiers denied bail in Chiwenga case
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Long road to full post COVID-19 recovery for poor countries - UNCTAD Report - Stabroek News
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How Lesotho came to have its name - Face2Face Africa
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Exclusive: After Making Headlines For The Wrong Reasons, Jhonni Blaze Faced Her Demons And Is Prioritizing Her Music And Sobriety
Jhonni Blaze has always been talented. Not only does she have a powerful voice that can compete with some of today's leading singers, but she's also a self-taught musician. Unfortunately, that's not probably why you know her. But these days, she's in a completely different place and making her
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Migrants on the move again in Mexico and Central America - Black News Channel
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WATCH | Crime stats: Over 12 000 rapes reported in only three months | News24
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