Iowa State Basketball Player Rasir Bolton Says He Transferred Schools After Former Coach Made a Remark About a Noose

Pinellas County Schools 2019-20 recap

This year we had over 4,200 Black high school students take honors or accelerated courses (Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, Advanced International Certificate of Education, Dual

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MEET AN ANIMAL: Mara the elephant found sanctuary after 50 years in circuses and zoos

Gribaudo recalls spotting a familiar-looking elephant in a similar Buenos Aires circus tent seven years

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Source: South Florida Times

SEBUNYA: Where is conservation in the East Africa budget

The allocations to conservation (tourism, wildlife and environment) averaged at 1.4 per cent (Kenya), 1.7 per cent (Uganda), 3.8 per cent (Rwanda) and one per cent (Tanzania) of Total Development

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Source: The East African

Wale Drops Surprise Black Lives Matter Inspired ‘The Imperfect Storm’ EP [Listen]

Source: press handout / Warner Records

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Source: The Urban Daily

Disney Ride Will Be ‘Reimagined’ Because Of Ties To Racist Movie

According to CNN, the log flume ride was based on the 1946 movie “Song of the South,” which was notorious for racial stereotypes of Black people and romanticized portrayals of the antebellum

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Source: NewsOne

JTA working with UWI on voters' list for president-elect election

LUCEA, Hanover —The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) is currently working with a team from The University of the West Indies (UWI) to create a verified voters' list for this year's JTA president-elect

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

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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McDonald's Launches $500,000 Black & Positively Golden Scholarship Fund For HBCU Students - Blavity

Last year, McDonald's launched the Black & Positively Golden movement to uplift Black communities through empowerment, education and

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Source: Blavity News

Trump denies being briefed on Russian bounty intelligence | The Atlanta Voice

President Donald Trump on Sunday denied receiving a briefing about intelligence that Russians had tried to bribe Taliban fighters to kill US troops, as The New York Times first reported and CNN has

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Tech And Policing Amidst Pandemic And Protests - Blavity

Now, many Americans are experiencing, for the first time, a reality that Black people in this country have been living with since 1619: white supremacist terrorism supported by

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'Shady Baby with the Bounce': Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade's Daughter Has Fans Cracking Up with Her Dance Moves

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Africa trade deal to push ahead even if another Covid-19 wave hits

The Africa-wide free-trade agreement is unlikely to face any further delays even if a second wave of coronavirus infections hits the region, according to the deal’s top

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England’s Crawley faces ‘odd’ No 3 battle with Denly

LONDON, (Reuters) – England batsman Zak Crawley says it feels “slightly odd” to be vying with Kent team mate Joe Denly for the number three spot in the order for the upcoming series against West

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Convincing win in Virginia shows strength of Black vote | The Atlanta Voice

With the country gripped by a pandemic and racial unrest, Webb is a Black doctor and lawyer from Charlottesville who is the director of health policy and equity at the University of

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

“‘We Must Do Better” Detroit’s Top Law Firms Stand Against Racial Injustice

Detroit’s leading law firms spoke out against racial injustice as the appalling deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, among many others, have sparked protests

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Tennessee lawmakers adjourn without addressing race, reform

NASHVILLE — Tennessee’s Black lawmakers came back to the Capitol earlier this month with a request for their White colleagues: Advance public policy to send modest signals that say, “Yes, Black lives do

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

$6 Billion Construction Contract Awarded to Build Akon City in Senegal

It has been announced that a $6 billion construction contract has been awarded to build Akon City in

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Bill in Georgia senate would prohibit Confederate monuments

ATLANTA, GA – In light of recent protests against systemic racism, and outrage resurfacing about Confederate monuments, State Rep. Shelly Hutchinson (D – Snellville) filed House Bill 1212, to prohibit the display of monuments and other markers related to the Confederate States of America on public

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

MEET AN ANIMAL: Mara the elephant found sanctuary after 50 years in circuses and zoos | Afro

Gribaudo recalls spotting a familiar-looking elephant in a similar Buenos Aires circus tent seven years

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Deals tie users to 15 more years of expensive power

A listing of the active diesel-run power generators shows that the longest power purchase agreement runs till 2035, leaving consumers with a longer wait before the expensive energy sources

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Source: Business Daily

Waterfall out

The effect of the prevailing drought is seen at Somerset Falls, the normally lush nature attraction located a few metres outside Hope

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

Zimbabwe's security forces sideline government as economy crashes

Zimbabwe’s security force leaders sidelined the nation’s economic chiefs and forced the government to close the stock exchange and halt most mobile-money transactions, people familiar with the situation

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Let’s be wary of false prophets

ON Monday, church leaders, who gathered at State House at the invitation of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for a national day of prayer and fasting, declared the end of COVID-19, saying Zimbabwe would henceforth not record new cases

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Trump administration says Huawei, Hikvision backed by Chinese military

Image: Toby Melville, Reuters

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White House Defends Trump's Use Of Racist Term To Describe Coronavirus

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Malawi opposition leader heading for election win - media

Malawi's opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera appeared headed for victory on Thursday in a re-run of a presidential vote that was scrapped over massive irregularities, unofficial tallies

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New York City To End Solitary Confinement By The End Of The Year After Death Of Layleen Polanco - Blavity

New York City will stop placing medically vulnerable incarcerated people into solitary confinement, according to Mayor Bill de

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Chiwenga wins children’s custody

THE Supreme Court has set aside a recent High Court judgment and granted Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga custody of his three minor children following protracted legal battles with estranged wife, Mary

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Taxi rape alarm! - Manhunt on for another cabbie out west

A ROBOT taxi operator, who allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl in Hopewell, Hanover, on Thursday, leaving her badly traumatised and in a state of anguish, is now being sought by the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Amid pandemic, Live Nation announces drive-in concert series

NEW YORK (AP) — Tour promoter Live Nation has announced its first-ever drive-in concerts series in the U.S. for July, months after the live music industry has been on lockdown due to the coronavirus

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