Oprah-Hosted Event Rallies Celebrities, Emotional Stories in Powerful Push for Kamala Harris Campaign

'Tiny So Fine': Tiny Harris and Her 'Sexy' Looks Steal the Spotlight In Group Photo With Monica and Toya Johnson

The 44-year-old crooner took to her Instagram page on Tuesday, May 19, and posted a gorgeous group photo that includes her, singer Monica Arnold and Toya

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Gov. Abbott orders Texas bars to close again, limits restaurants due to COVID-19 spike

Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday took his most drastic action yet to respond to the post-reopening coronavirus surge in Texas, shutting bars back down and capping restaurant capacity at

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Report warns of fiscal cliff for Illinois when federal funding runs out

(The Center Square) – Illinois is one of a dozen states in the country that are at risk of eliminating or scaling back programs when the federal government’s COVID-19 stimulus package expires in two years. The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) were handed out to states, c

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'Y'all Think We Resemble?': Yandy Smith Questions Fans After They Claim She and Husband Mendeecees Look Like Siblings

Yandy Smith-Harris and her husband Mendeecees Harris have a few questions for folks claiming they look

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Newly Unemployed? Understanding Your Health Insurance Options

With millions of people nationwide filing for unemployment since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals and families across the country are suddenly finding themselves without health insurance at a precarious

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Andrea Harris, Black Economic Development Leader, Dies

The death of activist and Black economic development leader Andrea Lynette Harris, 72, last week, co-founder of the nonprofit N.C. Institute of Minority Economic Development (aka “The Institute”) came as a shock to those who knew, loved and respected

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Newly Unemployed? Understanding Your Health Insurance Options

With millions of people nationwide filing for unemployment since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals and families across the country are suddenly finding themselves without health insurance at a precarious

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Great-Grandson of ‘Aunt Jemima’ Calls Attempt To Abandon Brand A Great ‘Injustice – Free Press of Jacksonville

By Derrick Major – Several descendants of women who played “Aunt Jemima” are speaking out against the Quaker Oats food company’s decision to rebrand its Aunt Jemima breakfast

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Democrats Offer Sweeping Police Reform Bill

(CNN) — Democrats put forward sweeping legislation Monday aimed at cracking down on police brutality and recording patterns of misuse of force across the country, the first concrete step toward action from Washington as a national movement

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Br'er Rabbit

Brer Rabbit /ˈ b r ɛər/ (Brother Rabbit), also spelled Brer Rabbit or Brer Rabbit or Bruh Rabbit, is a central figure as Uncle Remus tells stories of the Southern United States. Brer Rabbit is a trickster who succeeds by his wits rather than by brawn, provoking authority figures and bending social

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Top Money Managers Share Investment Strategies for a Pandemic-Driven Market – Free Press of Jacksonville

As the COVID-19 crisis continues to produce market uncertainty and investor anxiety, John Rogers Jr. and Mellody Hobson, co-CEOs of Ariel Investments L.L.C. (which ranks No. 1 on the BE 100s ASSET MANAGERS list) assembled some of the nation’s most successful value investors for last

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Newswire: Racism is a Public Health Issue

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from – Several leading medical organizations have said racism is a public health issue and that police brutality must

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“She Was Sanctified:” Da Brat Worried That Coming Out Would Cause Her Late Grandmother To Be Judged By Church Members

Quite a few factors kept Da Brat from coming out, but the “Funkdafied” rapper — born Shawntae Harris — says that the decision to keep her sexuality under wraps was ultimately her call and not the result of pressure from her

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Tamla Horsford's case is reopened, she might have been killed

Tamla Horsford

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Peter Deleon parangs all year round - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

In Moruga, Peter Deleon and many of his family members are well known, and even after moving to the US more than 20 years ago, he never forgot his roots. His deep love for parang music and anything related to Christmas never wavered despite the location change. Deleon, known in the music ind

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'Really Ladies?': Tiny Harris' Photo with Rasheeda and Kandi Derails When Folks Blast Them for This

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Following Protests, Democrats To Unveil Police Overhaul Measure

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Rep. Karen Bass of California about legislation to install wide-ranging changes for the nation's police

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Biden’s ‘You Ain’t Black’ Gaffe Could Mean Picking A VP Running Mate Who IS Black

But after he stuck his foot in a mouth that dared to challenge Black voters’ collective racial consciousness, Biden may not have any other choice than to select a Black woman to be his running

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‘Morale Is Low’: Cops Wallow In Self-Pity As The Country Demands Better Policing That’s Not Racist

The movement to defund police combined with the overall sentiment that sweeping change is needed for all of law enforcement has apparently left cops with some issues of self-confidence and apparent self-pity over their uncertain

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Kamala Harris To Mitch McConnell: 'Not Here To Play Games'

On Tuesday, Sen. Kamala Harris took to the Senate floor to weigh-in on what she believes is an attempt from GOP Senators to avoid the conversation at the core of a national

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St Kitts & Nevis PM predicting 'resounding victory' at the polls

The coalition comprises Harris's People's Labour Party (PLP), the People's Action Movement (PAM) and the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM), with the latter winning all three seats on the island on Nevis, the first time any political party has done so in federal elections, defeating the Nevis

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OP-ED: A Warning to Joe Biden and the Democratic Party About Black Voters | Afro

There is one profound truth this coming November – the Democratic Party knows it needs the support of black voters to win the 2020 presidential

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Will Kamala Harris be the next VP?

(CALMATTERS) – California U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris is emerging as the top contender for Joe Biden’s vice president amid protests over police brutality and a renewed reckoning about racism in

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Rep. Karen Bass makes Biden’s list as potential VP candidate

LOS ANGELES — Add Rep. Karen Bass to the list of potential vice president candidates being considered by Joe Biden’s search

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The conspiracy to defraud brought to light

The $400-million Manchester Municipal Corporation fraud trial ended on Friday, May 15, 2020 with the conviction of main accused 35-year-old Sanja Elliott, the corporation's former deputy superintendent of road and works; his wife, Tashagaye Elliott Goulbourne; two former employees of the

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Republican National Convention, meeting in

Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated U.S. Grant for the presidency. Convention marked the national debut of Black politicians. P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana and James J. Harris were delegates to the convention. Harris was named to the committee which informed Grant of his

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In Virtual Speech To Black Graduates, Obama Says U.S. Lacks Leadership On Coronavirus

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Poll: Black Americans Most Likely To Know A COVID-19 Victim | Afro

By KAT STAFFORD and HANNAH FINGERHUT, Associated Press

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Congo-Kinshasa: How 'Ebola Business' Threatens Aid Operations in Congo

In its investigation, TNH obtained information drawn from leaked WHO documents that suggests how some health workers and civil servants profited from response funds; and how, in the rush to scale up a response in an active conflict zone, the WHO paid millions of dollars in inflated per diems to

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Biden hires Chávez granddaughter for Latino outreach

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is bringing on the granddaughter of civil rights leader César Chávez as a senior adviser to help with Latino outreach and building out its operation in the

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