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Kenya continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic with cases steadily rising each day. Government have locked down a handful of counties including the capital Nairobi and imposed a night-time curfew as part of containment
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Students demand change to CPS grading policy amid pandemic | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Patrick Forrest As virtual summer school is set to begin for thousands in Chicago, more than 100 current students and recent graduates are calling on Chicago Public Schools to stop what they call the use of a racially bias criteria in its grading policy for remote learning. In a letter dated
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Mayor says Walmart silent about reopening looted stores | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Walmart remains silent about reopening its Chatham and Bronzeville store after they were looted two weeks during the George Floyd
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Some Say If Retail Stores Are Open, Churches Should Be Too. Here's Why It's Not So Simple.
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Still Concerned About Covid-19, U.S. Consumers Will Want More From Convenience Stores
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In summary California’s law to improve the educations of poor and English-learner students is not being enforced by state officials. During his second governorship, journalists occasionally would ask Jerry Brown what he was doing about California’s highest-in-the-nation poverty rate. Brown would
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Comic Relief delivers £3.4 million fund for BAME-led projects worst hit by COVID-19 - Voice Online
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