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Bill to “Save Local Journalism” Awaiting Gov. Newsom’s Signature
With a 69-4 vote, the Senate passed Assembly Bill (AB) 323 Tuesday. It proposes granting ethnic media outlets, mid-size publications, and daily newspapers an additional year to pursue alternative and sustainable distribution models that don’t involve contract drivers. That would allow them to come
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Uganda: Counting the Costs of Lockdown Rights Abuses
Since the government announced first a partial and subsequently a total lockdown to enforce the sets of measures under the Public Health Act of 1935, security personnel have used excessive force to commit gross human rights
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Breathing easy: Plants that combat indoor air pollution
Among many other advantages for their human co-inhabitants, plants can convert harmful molecules into friendlier molecules.
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Juneteenth Week — A Virtual Celebration Of Blackness
Juneteenth Week is a 7-day series of curated, action-focused events along with social media challenges celebrating
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Atlanta City Council approves $88.4 million in Federal Coronavirus Relief Funding
• An ordinance to amend the levy provisions of the Code of Ordinances for the purpose of changing the ad valorem tax rates for personal property, bond indebtedness, parks, school operations/debt and special tax districts, and provide that those rates remain fixed for one year in compliance with the
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They Were Cleaning Up One Of America's Most Polluted Neighborhoods. Then Came COVID-19.
The exhaust fumes from the highways surrounding her neighborhood have finally let up, and Gordon hears fewer trucks leaving the nearby Port of Oakland each day as the coronavirus pandemic reduces
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Climate Change, Air Pollution Linked To Pregnancy Risks That Disproportionately Affect Black Mothers
A study published last week in the JAMA Network Open found that pregnant women who were exposed to higher temperatures and air pollution are more likely to birth babies that are premature, underweight, or
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We can’t breathe: Trump’s EPA is slowly suffocating Black America | The Crusader Newspaper Group
OPINION: Representative Bobby Rush calls out the administration for not enforcing pollution and clean air regulations that disproportionately harm African Americans
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Angola: COVID-19 - Cuanza Norte On 'Pandemic Route'
Luanda — Recklessness and civil disobedience by some national and foreign citizens who insist on defying the Law on cordon sanitaire led to the spread of the covid-19 to the northern Cuanza Norte province, ranking second after Luanda, the
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Angola: Covid-19 - Equipment Failure Affects Testing
[ANGOP] Luanda -- A failure in a Luanda covid-19 massive testing equipment has slowed down the country's ability to process specimens, Angop learned Monday in Luanda.
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Obama Explains Why Democrats Can’t Afford To Get Smug About Trump
Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday warned Democrats against thinking they’ve already won the 2020
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Kenya: The Urban Planner's Pedestrian Dream
Sherlyne Omangi, 26, is an urban environmental planner working at the Stockholm Environment Institute, Africa Centre (SEI-Africa) on Sustainable Urbanisation
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HISD Board to consider $2B budget, pay increases for teachers
The Houston Independent School District will consider passage today of a $2 billion budget for the 2020-2021 academic year which includes a $34.4 million salary and benefits package as well as an increase in employer contribution to health insurance premiums for
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City council moves forward with plan to dismantle police force;...
With a unanimous 12-0 vote, today the city council moved forward with efforts to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department in the wake of the fatal police arrest of George
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Sitting in her favorite reclining chair and looking out the window of her apartment, Marian reflected on over 40 years of living, working, and raising a family in “The City that Never Sleeps.” She migrated to New York City from North Carolina in her mid-twenties, and would spend the next four
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3-day shutdown call by funeral industry poses serious public health risk, warns Health Dept | News24
The Department of Health warned the upcoming funeral strike could have serious repercussions for public health.
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Locally global pilgrims: COVID-19 forces remodeling of 2020 Hajj
The statement said the decision is in line with Saudi’s own public health considerations and the evolution of the virus spread across the
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Portrait of Black Chicago
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African lives matter too – energy policy decisions should consider their needs
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Lungi international airport may not reopen anytime soon despite pressure on government
Last week, the Director-General of the Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority Moses Tiffa Baio  presented a case to the country’s National  COVID-19 Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) calling for the reopening of Sierra Leone’s airspace for commercial flight
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Nearly 500 Small Businesses File Bankruptcy Using Increased Eligibility Limit Since February
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Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green Takes Defense Skills to New Arena: Politics — The Sacramento Observer
(CBM) - Draymond Green, 30, who has won three National Basketball Association (NBA) Championships with the San Francisco-based Golden State Warriors, is known to be an agitator on the court. Now, the three-time NBA All-Defensive First Team selection has mounted an attack off the hardwood in another
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UN agency calls for unity as globe marks World Day for Cultural Diversity
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) is urging people around the world to find ways to unite as it marks World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and
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Africa Records Over 200 000 COVID-19 Cases
South Africa is the most affected, accounting for 25% of the continent's total cases, with the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces reporting high number of cases and deaths
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California Gov. Newsom Signs Reparations Bill Into Law
Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed the state’s historic reparations bill into law.   Assembly Bill (AB) 3121...
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Bill to “Save Local Journalism” Awaiting Gov. Newsom’s Signature — The Sacramento Observer
(CBM) - With a 69-4 vote, the Senate passed Assembly Bill (AB) 323 Tuesday. It proposes granting ethnic media outlets, mid-size publications, and daily newspapers an additional year to pursue alternative and sustainable distribution models that don’t involve contract drivers. That would allow them
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Caribbean unveils initiatives to support reopening tourism - Voice Online
THE CARIBBEAN’S health and tourism authorities’COVID-19 Caribbean Tourism Task Forcehas announced a new initiative to... The post Caribbean unveils initiatives to support reopening tourism appeared first on Voice Online.
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Rwanda: Why Rwanda Is a Great Green Growth Investment
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Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Clarifies Message to Black America
Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden clarified his message to Black America after the GOP, and others, seized on a remark he made in jest while wrapping up an interview with the famous Breakfast
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