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Including previously introduced proposals such as investments in infrastructure, jobs, childcare and early childhood education, the new Biden budget seeks to reposition Americans socially and economically.
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Source: Black America Web
Now That The Stimulus Package Is Agreed On, When Will Checks Arrive? Who Gets Them? How Much? Coronavirus Money Questions Answered
The new $900 billion economic stimulus package over the coronavirus pandemic means most Americans will get a payment from the government, but is it really that simple. Here are some answers to common questions.
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Cops Transport Family Of Army Sergeant To Safety After He’s Captured Assaulting A Black Man
Police went above and beyond to ensure the safety of an army sergeant who was caught on video harassing a young Black man in South Carolina for simply walking in his own neighborhood.
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‘Racist Bigot’ Trump Supporter Who Killed BLM Protester Dies By Suicide
Jake Gardner, the white, Trump-supporting bar owner who killed Black Lives Matter protester James Scurlock in Nebraska, has been found dead from an apparent suicide in Oregon.
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‘Ariel Is Awake’: 5-Year-Old Injured In Britt Reid’s ‘DUI’ Comes Out Of Her Coma
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‘I’m Not Who I Used To Be’: Darnella Frazier, Teen Who Recorded George Floyd’s Death, Reflects One Year Later
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Candace Owens Charged $30K For Republican Speaking Gig She Abruptly Reneged On: Report
Candace Owens recently reneged on an agreement to appear at an event on Juneteenth for a Republican group and instead attended a birthday party for the wife of a country music singer Jason Aldean who once wore blackface for Halloween.
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Florida Principal Won’t Face Charges After Paddling 6-Year-Old Student | Black America Web
A Florida State's Attorney found no wrongdoing relating to a disturbing viral video which showed an elementary school principal paddling a six-year-old child.
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‘Predominantly Black’ Christian School Refuses Students With Dreadlocks | The Urban Daily
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Michael Blackson Has A Perfectly Good Reason For Taking The COVID-19 Vaccine When It’s Available
Speaking exclusively with TMZ, Michael Blackson revealed that he caught the novel virus that is still throwing doctors and scientists for a loop due to its growing list of symptoms. The funnyman told the celebrity gossip site that catching COVID-19 was no laughing matter because of what it did to
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Cardi B Gives Birth to Her Second Baby With Offset
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Petty Much? Woman Throws Lavish Fake Wedding To Get Back At Ex
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Will Smith Pulls Film Out Of Georgia, Ignoring Post-Reconstruction Era Lessons In His Docuseries ‘Amend’
Smith and director Antoine Fuqua decided to pull their slave drama "Emancipation" out of Georgia in protest of new voting restrictions, but voting rights advocates have asked that high-profile celebrities stay and fight instead.
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Justice For Shaheen Mackey: Graphic Video Shows Prison Guards Taser Shackled Inmate In Medical Distress Before Death
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Gun-Wielding St. Louis Lawyer Who Terrorized BLM Protesters Launches Senate Bid
Almost a year shy of violently wielding a gun at Black Lives Matter protesters during the height of the movement in St. Louis, Missouri, Mark McCloksey, a Republican provocateur, has announced his plans to run for Senate.
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Auntie Maxine’s Not New To This, She’s True To This: 5 Times Maxine Waters Took a Stand
People don’t have to agree with Waters’ statements or actions, but to claim she’s inciting violence is a logical leap deeply rooted in white supremacy and manipulation of facts.
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Kanye West announces he is running for president in 2020 - Los Angeles Sentinel
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As the country settles in for yet another annual installment of National Watermelon Day, no one seems to know the origin of the succulent fruit's American holiday.
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