Black Students In NYC Lagging Behind Whites In Returning To Reopened Schools

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Emergency Food Distribution: East Texas Food Bank Brings Produce Distribution to Longview | East Texas Review

The distribution is drive-thru only. Please take note: Walkups will not be accepted. No identification is needed. Just come and get food if your family needs it. In response to the increased need for food assistance due to COVID-19, the East Texas Food Bank will hold a drive-thru produce

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Source: East Texas Review | The Community Paper Everyone Should Read

Asking Never Hurts #14 — Wildfires Provide Another Reason to Mask Up - Black Voice News

Dek: As the long U.S. fire season gets underway, it’s even more important for Western residents to have a good face mask. Unfortunately, most of the masks we’re wearing for COVID-19 aren’t great for smoke. If you have declined to wear a face mask during the COVID-19 crisis, you might want to

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Angola: Covid-19 - 37 New Infections, Two Deaths and Four Recoveries

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The health authorities Sunday reported 37 new positive cases, two deaths and four recovered in the last 24 hours.

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Source: allAfrica.com

FDA Plan Provides Emergency Authorization to Treat Coronavirus Patients

As a result of pressure from the Trump administration to move forward more quickly for a remedy, the Food and Drug Administration has developed an emergency authorization strategy to treat Covid-19 patients with convalescent plasma. The convalescent plasma, which is made using blood from people who

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Source: The Washington Informer

Curfews tighten

Stricter curfews will be imposed across the rest of Jamaica as coronavirus cases continue to climb, bringing overall infections in the island to 1,612. Eighty-three new cases were recorded on Monday. Effective Thursday, August 27, the entire...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Benny The Butcher “Cold November,” Styles P ft. Dyce Payne – “Ghost Vibe” & More | Daily Visuals 8.24.20

For his newest visuals to “Cold November,” Benny The Butcher lamps in the shadows of his city while spitting his bars and blowing some smoke to get lifted to the next level.

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Source: The Urban Daily

African films enter Netflix catalogue | Africanews

African films are making a debut on

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Central African Republic: A Lifesaver in Times of Covid-19 - Face Masks Made in Post - Conflict Central African Republic

[World Bank] Bangui -- Beautiful African print face masks are now available for free distribution in the Central African Republic. Just two months ago, most citizens and health care workers were struggling in getting protective masks as the country was confronted with the spread of coronavirus

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Source: allAfrica.com

Sit-in: 3rd day of protest in police shooting of Black man - Black News Channel

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — About 50 protesters held a sit-in outside a Louisiana city hall Monday after being told they couldn't go in to file complaints about the way officials handled the fatal shooting of a Black man. The Friday death of Trayford Pellerin, 31, has

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Africa: Call for African of the Year Nominations Opens

[Daily Trust] Daily Trust has called for nominations of exemplary personalities for the coveted African of the Year 2020 award.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Baltimore candidate Kim Klacik puts Dems on notice over Black support: ‘Ignored us for too long’

… Democratic nominee of believing that Black Americans "can't think … U.S. "Unlike the African American community, with notable exceptions, the … , lambasting Democratic politicians for abandoning Black Americans. "Black people don…

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Pennsylvania reports only one new COVID-19 death | New Pittsburgh Courier

by PublicSource Reporters Pennsylvania reported only one new COVID-19 death Monday. This was the first time the number of reported deaths fell so low since March 21, only three days … Continued The post Pennsylvania reports only one new COVID-19 death appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.

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Stellar Awards 2020: Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Kirk Franklin Win Big [WINNERS LIST]

The virtual version of the 35th annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards aired on BET Sunday night (Aug. 23) with Tasha Cobbs Leonard taking home Artist of the Year and Kirk Franklin taking home more trophies than anyone else.

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Source: Black America Web

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing On Covid-19 - 21 August 2020

[WHO] Good morning, good afternoon and good evening.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Coronavirus Cases Are Down In The U.S. But Don’t Get Too Comfortable Yet…

According to research by Johns Hopkins University, Sunday's numbers were lower than Saturday, marking the ninth straight day with less than 50,000 new cases. Sunday's numbers were also the lowest they've been in more than two months.

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Source: MadameNoire

Republicans Nominate Trump; He Questions Election Integrity

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump turned a surprise opening-day appearance at his party’s scaled-down national political convention into an opportunity to cast doubt on the integrity of the fall election just moments after delegates nominated him for a second term. “The only way they

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Source: Black America Web

National Guard called out after police shoot Black man - Black News Channel

By TAMMY WEBBER and MORRY GASH Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's governor summoned the National Guard for fear of another round of violent protests Monday after the police shooting of a Black man turned Kenosha into the nation's latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Playoff P?: Paul George Is Getting Clowned On Twitter Following Another Poor Shooting Performance

Playoff P? That's what many NBA fans are saying watching Paul George stink it up in the bubble during the Clippers' first-round matchup with the Dallas Mavericks. Through four games, the man who once made his name in the postseason is shooting an abysmal 10/47 FGs and has only scored 34 points.

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Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture

Africa: Corruption in Purchase of Covid-19 PPEs is Murder, WHO Boss Says

[Nation] The World Health Organization (WHO) has described corruption in the procurement of Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPEs) as unacceptable and likened it to murder.

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Source: allAfrica.com

USPS Accused of Ending Custom Stamp Program Over Religious Imagery – The Wilmington Journal

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy defended cost-cutting measures at the United States Postal Service on Monday as he testified to the House Oversight and Reform Committee. The House passed legislation Saturday to give $25 billion to [...]

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Source: The Wilmington Journal

NY AG probes if Trump pumped up value of estate, assets | The Atlanta Voice

New York’s attorney general asked a court Monday to compel some of President Donald Trump’s business associates, including his son, Eric, to testify and turn over documents as part of her investigation into whether the president’s company lied about the value of its assets in order to get loans or

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Angola: Laúca's Energy Stimulates Manufacturing Industry

[ANGOP] Caluquembe -- The project of electrical interconnection between the central and southern regions of the country, passing through the municipality of Caluquembe, through Huambo, will stimulate the establishment of manufacturing industry in the region, which will absorb agricultural

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Source: allAfrica.com

New Study Shows Exclusions of Blacks In Genomic Research - African American News Today - EIN News

… on the underrepresentation of African Americans in brain research, … That exclusion means African American patients may not be … paper also says African Americans are twenty percent more … is the first ever African-American Neuroscience Research Initiative, …

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Source: WYPR

Hot 97’s Paddy Duke Fired After Link To Yusef Hawkins Murder Revealed | The Urban Daily

Paddy Duke, real name Pasquale Raucci, was among an angry mob of white youth who attacked Hawkins in Bensonhurst.

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Source: The Urban Daily

MOSES: COVID-1619

Moving into the next half of 2020, it is essential to remember the words of Martin Luther King who preached that “an injustice anywhere, is a threat to justice everywhere.” This calls us as human beings to recognize the hardships that our neighbors endure and assist in the efforts towards equality.

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Source: Marquette Wire -; The student news site of Marquette University

Aunt Martha receives grant for only DCFS youth center affected by COVID-19 | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Officials at Aunt Martha’s Health and Wellness learned recently that the organization is among the latest recipients of funding from the Live Healthy Chicago collaborative, which in May announced $5 million donation from The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation to accelerate efforts to assist

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

More pencils for polls, each to be sanitised after use

Nearly 100,000 lead pencils will be used in the island’s 7,000 polling stations next Thursday as Jamaicans elect new parliamentary members in a general election over which a deadly COVID-19 pandemic looms large. Director of Elections Glasspole...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Preparing For A COVID-19 Roadtrip

Like with any time you step outside of your home during this pandemic, the consequences will rely heavily on the personal responsibility you take. If you have decided to use those backlogged vacation days to rent an RV or load up the van and see the country up close, here are ways to prepare for

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Source: MadameNoire

Quarantine won’t hurt Bunting’s campaign influence, says Jackson

The decision of co-Campaign Director Peter Bunting to self-quarantine because of contact with a COVID-positive colleague will not derail the campaign of the People’s National Party (PNP) nine days before the September 3 general election. Bunting’s...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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