3 Years After Hurricane Harvey, Many Houston Homeowners Dont Know Who’s At Risk Next

“Stand Up:” California AG Shares Resources to Fight Hate Crimes

(CBM) – On June 24, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, along with leaders of multiple California legislative caucuses, urged California residents to stand up to hate by reporting suspected hate crimes in a powerful

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

“The Purge” Couple In St. Louis Who Pulled Guns on Peaceful Protestors To Be Investigated

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch / Getty

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Source: The Urban Daily

Where's the money? NERHA head cannot account for excess Petrojam donation

The North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA), chaired by the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Tyrone Robinson, has not been able to account for more than half-million dollars in excess donation received from Petrojam to buy an incubator for the Annotto Bay Hospital, the Integrity Commission has

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

3 Ways To Prevent The Pandemic From Spoiling Your Retirement – Whenever It Is

And while in some cases retirement decisions will be voluntary, retirement may be essentially decided for some older workers due to jobs being eliminated as struggling companies

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Billionaire Robert Smith Calls On Corporations To Adopt His 2% ‘Reparative’ Plan For Black People

According to Forbes, Robert F. Smith believes that big banks and major companies should spend the next 10 years investing directly in technology, education, telecom, banking and healthcare infrastructures that support Black

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Source: NewsOne

Sagicor 50th Anniversary

The event was streamed live across the company's social media pages on Sunday, June 28 and brought out the the big names in gospel, reggae, and

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Why aren’t Commissioner of Police and Deputy also on pre-retirement leave?

This begs the question of why Brigadier West was directed to proceed on pre-retirement leave and not Commissioner James and Deputy Commissioner

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

With House in Tow, D.C. Statehood Backers Mull Senate Strategy

With the historic passage of a bill granting the District state-level sovereignty despite Republican opposition, statehood advocates are planning a Senate strategy for the remaining months of this congressional session and the next, regardless of the results of the November general

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Source: The Washington Informer

Actor Nathan Davis Jr. sues United Airlines for $10M for racial profiling

Actor and TikTok personality Nathan Davis, Jr. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Veuve

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Source: theGrio

TUNE-IN- TODAY: 6PM EST/3PM PST for a Virtual Town Hall: One Nation, Under God, Indivisible

We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Scrubbing California Landmarks of Racist Symbols — and the Word “Negro”

Renaming CA State Park Negro Bar, Formerly “Ni**er

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

The student becomes the teacher

“One day I was home and a parent asked me if I could teach her daughter, and I said yes and the following Monday she came, then other children came,” 21-year-old Mico University student Gizzel Young told the Jamaica

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Trump calls Black Lives Matter a 'symbol of hate' as he digs in on race | The Atlanta Voice

By Wednesday, Trump was calling the words “black lives matter” a “symbol of hate” — a description he’s refused to use for Confederate emblems — that would spoil the “luxury avenue” he once called

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Men’s Health Month – Q & A With Dr. Kenneth Green

June was Men’s Health Month, and as the month comes to a close, Kaiser Permanente is encouraging men to take care of their health by sharing ways they can take steps to do

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Source: Post News Group | PNG-0

LA city council approves plan to replace cops with unarmed responders

(Photo by David McNew/Getty

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Source: theGrio

NCOP approves Cybercrimes Bill

The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) passed the Cybercrimes Bill and the Science and Technology Laws Amendment Bill during its sitting on

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Source: TechCentral

Retired Local City Official Joins AIDS Healthcare Foundation to Address AIDS Crisis in Texas

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), which serves as the world’s largest, non-profit public health organization addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic, recently announced that former Missouri City executive, Anthony J. Snipes, has joined AHF as a part of its southern bureau leadership

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

16-year-old girl ‘sold’ to Kenyan man

“An estimated 23% of girls in Kenya are married before their 18th birthdays, the main reasons being gender inequality, poverty and traditional beliefs,” said Joshua Ole Kaputa, a children’s rights crusader and peace

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Source: South Florida Times

‘If you can’t get nothing but a candy bar, get her something’

Met: Fall 2006, La Costa was visiting Hopewell Baptist Church in Birmingham, which Jerry attended, to rehearse for an annual gospel concert and Jerry sat in on the

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Too little teaching, planning and too few classrooms - teachers' survey raises alarm

The first three surveys received between 5 500 and 9 365 responses, while the latest poll registered 5 293 responses, reflecting responses from around 23% of schools nationally, the unions

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Three African Americans Step Into Top California Leadership Roles

Yolanda Richardson and Adetokunbo “Toks” Omishakin, are officially assuming their roles as state government executives in Sacramento at a time when the state is implementing deep cuts to its fiscal year 2020-21 budget in response to the global COVID-19

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With a Pen Stroke, Mississippi Drops Confederate-themed Flag

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — With a stroke of the governor’s pen, Mississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem — a symbol that’s widely condemned as

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Cape Town storm leaves hundreds without 'toilets' in Mfuleni

The heavy rains in Cape Town caused a nearby canal to overflow, flooding the vacant land and nearby shacks.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Dr. Anthony Fauci Warns U.S. Could Soon Record 100,000 Coronavirus Cases a Day

That was the stark warning of top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci in testimony to a Senate committee on

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Ava DuVernay, Colin Kaepernick Joining Forces to Produce Netflix Series on His Formative Years

Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick are those two people, and they’ve teamed up for a limited Netflix series on Kaepernick’s formative

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Call for six-year deadline on harassment claims

Calls are growing for lawmakers to set at least a six-year deadline for the reporting of sexual

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Kentucky Attorney General’s Engagement Party Photos Seen As Slap In The Face To Breonna Taylor’s Family

According to TMZ, who spoke with an unnamed source close to the family, Cameron seems to have a delayed reaction when it comes to prioritizing the case, even though Taylor’s family and legal team are working around the clock to pursue avenues of

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Source: MadameNoire

#TakeBackEssence: Richelieu Dennis Steps Down As CEO Of Essence Communications

The news was confirmed by Black Female Anonymous, the authors of the Medium article, in a tweet just after 9:30 am this morning, which included a statement from Essence released on June

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Source: MadameNoire

Sunbelt States Rush To Line Up Hospital Beds, Not Barstools

By TAMARA LUSH and JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Michael B. Jordan creates summer drive-in movie series

The actor, through his Outlier Society production company, is partnering with Amazon Studios to create a socially distanced movie experience via a summer screening series at drive-in movie

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Source: theGrio

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