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1.5 Million More Laid-Off Workers Seek Unemployment Benefits

WASHINGTON (AP) — About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a historically high number, even as the economy increasingly reopens and employers bring some people back to

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Source: Black America Web

Celebrating Juneteenth: A Reading Of The Emancipation Proclamation

Brooks Kraft/Corbis via Getty Images

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Source: Stories About Black History

Several States Call For Removal Of Spanish Conquistador Statues

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Louie Dean Valencia-Garcia, assistant professor of digital history at Texas State, about the Latino community's push to remove statues of Spanish

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Source: Stories About Black History

Op Ed Submission: “Why We Must Resist Our Hatred of Candace Owens: An open letter to Dave Chappelle…and every anti-racist” | Afro

I was one of maybe five Black students in my Stilwell, Kansas high

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

The Importance Of Digital Marketing For Your Small Business In Florida

Some of the channels used in digital marketing include social media, email, web applications, websites, search engines, and mobile applications, to name

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Source: PensacolaVoice.com

Waters: 'Trump more focused on saving statues of slaveholders and Confederate generals than protecting Americans from coronavirus' | The Atlanta Voice

Instead, we are left with Donald Trump, an incompetent and heartless man who is more focused on saving statues of slaveholders, Confederate generals, and racists, than protecting the health of living and breathing

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Jamaican pilots lead American Airline's return to the island

(Jamaica Gleaner) MORE THAN 40 American Airlines pilots were born in Jamaica, and of that lot, two of them were responsible for steering the first flight of 126 passengers to the island on Monday as the island reopened its tourism

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Coronavirus cases are spiking across the country and experts say Florida has the makings of the next epicenter | The Atlanta Voice

Ten states saw a record number of new Covid-19 cases this week, and one of them could be the next epicenter of the

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

It Doesn’t Look Like the Protests Are Causing a COVID-19 Spike

When tens of thousands of people hit the streets protesting the police killing of George Floyd, many worried that the crowds—often too dense to allow the recommended 6 feet of social distancing—would spark a new wave of COVID-19

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

CORONA-NNOUNCEMENTS

Parents are able register children from birth until 4-½, by the texting the word “Read”, “Liv” or “Leer” to 786-460-2582 or visit LEARNING AT M-DCPS: The Miami-Dade County Public Schools are offering free digital programs for students to avoid the summer slide and to promote athome student

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Source: South Florida Times

Mississippi set to remove Confederate emblem from its flag | Dallas Weekly

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi is on the verge of changing its state flag to erase a Confederate battle emblem that’s broadly condemned as

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Governments Backtracking As Confirmed Virus Cases Surge

By EMILY SCHMALL and ELAINE KURTENBACH, Associated Press

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Too many African American children are born in shackles

Police serve as an occupying force in poor communities of color because those communities exist—often created by red-lining— worsened by savage inequality of schools and health care and job

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Immigration Corner | How will divorce affect a filing?

His wife went to the United States on a visiting visa and has decided not to

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Some US states return to previous restrictions hoping to slow surges of coronavirus cases

Weeks after most US states began lifting their lockdowns, parts of the country are clamping down on renewed restrictions hoping to slow staggering surges in new case

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

VIDEO: Press secretary talks ‘white power’ tweet

President Donald Trump didn’t hear a supporter use the words “white power” in a video he retweeted, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said

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Source: South Florida Times

“Eye of the Beholder” Exhibition Showcases Work of 24 Collectors

In Cedarburg Art Museum’s exhibition “Eye of the Beholder: African Americans Collecting Art” the pieces are each unique aside from the fact that they are all on loan from various African American

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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

Mayor's Milk Initiative to begin fourth round | Dallas Weekly

The Mayor’s Milk Initiative will resume Thursday with a fourth round of sites scheduled for

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Source: Dallas Weekly

You Care: Karen Wannabe Stacey Dash Officially Files For Divorce, She Makes $2500 A Month

Source: NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 06: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Actress and TV personality Stacey Dash visits the SiriusXM Studios on June 6, 2016 in New York

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Source: The Urban Daily

Silver says significant spread of COVID-19 in Orlando could halt play

(Reuters) – The NBA season could again be put on hold if there is a “significant spread” of COVID-19 among its players in Orlando, where the league is set to resume play on July 30 with no fans in attendance, commissioner Adam Silver said

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Mississippi set to remove Confederate emblem from its flag

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi is on the verge of changing its state flag to erase a Confederate battle emblem that's broadly condemned as

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

Trump tweets video with 'white power' chant, then deletes it

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power”, a racist slogan associated with white

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

Bubba Wallace noose shows where America is stuck

NASCAR has as long as I can remember allowed fans to bring Confederate flags to their events, and from my neck of the woods that is not

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Patriots owner Robert Kraft's prostitution case heads to appellate court

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors charging New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with twice buying sex from massage parlor prostitutes will attempt to save their case this week by arguing to an appeals court that his rights weren’t violated when police secretly video-recorded him in the

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Source: theGrio

Trump too busy golfing to quickly delete 'white power' retweet: report

President Donald Trump received backlash for retweeting a clip of one of his supporters shouting “White

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Source: theGrio

NBA star Ja Morant apologizes for anti-police tweet

Memphis Grizzlies rookie Ja Morant earlier this year (Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty

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Source: theGrio

A FOCUS ON VOTING –

Volusia County races will include county chair; council district seats 2, 3 and 4; sheriff; property appraiser; county clerk; and supervisor of

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Source: Daytona Times

President Trump Tweets Out White Power Message, Black Republican Senator Tim Scott Expresses Dismay

In yet another social media moment invoking race in America, President Donald Trump retweeted a video of a supporter heard yelling, “White

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Here’s What You Can Watch, Hear And Celebrate On Juneteenth

From HBO streaming the first season of its timely Watchmen series—which centers its story on the aftermath of the Black Wall Street massacre—to Spotify dedicating their Times Square New Music Friday billboards to Black artists all day long, there’s a celebration for

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

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