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President Trump Tweets Out White Power Message, Black Republican Senator Tim Scott Expresses Dismay | The Orlando Advocate
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor In yet another social media moment invoking race in America, President Donald Trump retweeted a video of a supporter heard yelling, “White power!” The tweet displayed a video of a parade of supporters of the President riding golf carts through
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(BPRW) EBW Inc Launches EBW Cares Distributors, a PPE Solution, to Get Women Back to Work and the Economy Back on its Feet Amidst COVID-19 | Press releases
(BPRW) EBW Inc Launches EBW Cares Distributors, a PPE Solution, to Get Women Back to Work and the Economy Back on its Feet Amidst COVID-19 Launches #SHEforPPE with Global Black
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IAPA urges debate of Brazilian fake-news bill
The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) recommends that a new bill in Brazil to combat fake news should be debated in depth and include the opinions of press associations specialised in the subject in order to ensure that the right to freedom...
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HAIL THE MAN!
People's National Party President Dr Peter Phillips (right) and the man he defeated to retain his position in the Opposition party, Peter Bunting, greet each other in COVID-19 safety style, during yesterday's meeting of councillors and caretakers held at the Mico University in St
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Dr. Dre’s Wife of 24 Years, Nicole Young, Files for Divorce
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nicole Young, Dr. Dres wife of 24 years, has filed for divorce. Young filed documents seeking to end her marriage with Dr. Dre — the producer, rapper and music mogul whose real name is Andre Young — on Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Nicole Young, 50, cited
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Gov. Walz, Lt. Gov. Flanagan announce public-private partnership to support technology needs of MN students
Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan announced a public-private partnership that aims to meet the technology and connectivity needs across the state. Source
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Birmingham Times captures top awards from Alabama Press Association
The Birmingham Times staff The Birmingham Times Media Group (BTMG) won 1st place awards for Best News Feature Story; Best Education Coverage; Best Layout and Design; and Best Newspaper Website in the 2020 Alabama Press Association Media Awards, the organization announced Friday. The Mississippi
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Billions of Dollars in Aid For Small Businesses Go Unclaimed | Afro
By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billions of dollars offered by Congress as a lifeline to small businesses struggling to survive the pandemic are about to be left on the table when a key government program stops accepting applications for loans. Business owners and advocacy
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Chavis: 'America should embrace prison returnees to our communities' | The Atlanta Voice
I am pleased to work and live in our nation’s capital. Washington, DC is a city on the move progressively even amidst the continued existence of the COVID-19 pandemic. But there is one emerging issue in the District of Columbia that in my long career in the field of civil and human rights that I am
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Citing CARICOM report, CIOG urges GECOM to declare winner - Stabroek News
The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) today called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to fulfill its constitutionally mandated duty and declare the winner of the 2020 election as soon as the Caribbean Court of Justice has made its ruling on a case to be heard on
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MTN 5G launch: Everything you need to know - TechCentral
MTN South Africa has launched a commercial 5G network in South Africa, providing access from 100 high sites around the country.
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Trump Slams Princeton For Removing Woodrow Wilson’s Name From Policy Center
, associate professor of history and African-American Studies Joshua Guild said according America from lazy and incompetent African-Americans. The KKK saw a huge
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OP-ED: Celebrating the Journey of Black Music and its impact on American Culture Voice and Viewpoint
By H. Beecher Hicks, III, President CEO of the National Museum of African American Music Lately, the phrase ‘unprecedented times’ is so widely used that much of the world around us feels alien in comparison to our previous “normal.” Throughout the sanitation frenzy and social distancing
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California US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate Urges a Navy Veteran with Lung Cancer and Who Had Significant Service-Related Exposure to Asbestos to Call the lawyers at Karst von Oiste About Meaningful Compensation
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA, June 30, 2020 ⁨EINPresswire.com⁩ -- The California US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate says, We are urging a Navy Veteran with lung cancer anywhere in California, who also had significant exposure to asbestos
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CCHR Applauds State Acting on African American Teen Psychiatric Restraint Death
16-year-old African American Cornelius Frederick’s health system, comprising African American doctors, psychologists, ministers juvenile detention systems. African Americans are over-represented using restraints against African Americans and minorities and
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VIDEO: Rashard Brooks and the Tale of Two Police Officers and Officer Discretion
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NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace Talks Noose, Confederate Flag and More
By Dorothy J. GentrySports Editor Bubba Wallace is tired—specifically “wore the hell out”—he said during an online Zoom call with the media on June 26. The only full-time Black driver
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World leaders, stars unite at event aimed at fighting virus
LONDON (AP) A summit that included a star-studded virtual concert hosted by Dwayne Johnson has raised nearly $7 billion in cash and loan guarantees to assist the poor around the globe whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic.
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NAACP Set to Move Headquarters to D.C.
The NAACP has signed a letter of intent to move its national headquarters from Baltimore to the District and make its new home in the Frank D. Reeves Center for Municipal Affairs in Northwest, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday.
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Covid-19: 'Dangerous' dumping of tests kits on N2 could have infected people - health dept | News24
The Covid-19 test samples that were found strewn near the busy N2 in the Eastern Cape on Monday could have infected people with Covid-19, the provincial health department says.
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PROF. AKINOLA ANTHONY ABEL AGBOOLA, THE FIRST PROFESSOR OF AGRONOMY IN AFRICA TAKES A BOW - African Voice Newspaper
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Company to Charge Thousands for Coronavirus Drug
The maker of remdesivir, a drug known to reduce the recovery time of acutely ill coronavirus patients, said Monday it will charge $2,340 for a normal treatment course for people who participate in government health programs in the U.S. and for governments of other developing countries.
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Amazon Acquires Self-Driving Startup Zoox Led By Black Female CEO for $1. 2 Billion
Amazon purchased Zoox, a developer of autonomous vehicles, for $1.2 billion. Zoox CEO Aicha Evans will remain in her current position.
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Granger: Still good ties with US | New York Carib News
President David Granger has reaffirmed Guyana’s commitment to Western Hemispheric values and to the furtherance of mutual goals and ideals.
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A well-traveled string musician, Texas-born T-Bone Walker would become a pioneer in multiple blues scenes. He was born May 28, 1910 as Aaron Thibeaux Walker in Linden, Texas into a family of musicians. His stepfather would teach him to play a number of string instruments such as the
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