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Vatican's McCarrick report forces debate on power and abuse - Black News Channel

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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican's report into ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has raised uncomfortable questions the Holy See will have to confront going forward, chief among them what it's going to do about current and future clergy who abuse their power to sexually abuse adults. Priests, lay experts and canon lawyers alike say the Vatican needs to revisit how the church protects its seminarians, nuns and even rank-and-file parishioners from problem bishops and cardinals, who for centuries have wielded power and authority with few — if any — checks or accountability. McCarrick was only investigated and […]

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Best African Players in European Football (Soccer)
The most successful African soccer player of all time and one of the supreme strikers of the last 10 years, Eto’o made a headline grabbing move to Anzhi Makhachkala in August 2011. The ambitious Russian club wanted a marquee signing and Eto’o’s consistency for Mallorca, Barcelona and Inter Milan
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Source: ThoughtCo
Nike Makes Juneteenth An Annual Paid Holiday
In an internal memo, Nike has revealed that it will be recognizing Juneteenth as an annual paid
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Source: Black America Web
Goodwill helps charity weather COVID-19 storm
The relationships built and hard work done in the past are now providing a much-needed financial cushion for a 40-year-old charity weathering the economic storm brought on by COVID-19. In fact, International Proxy Parents (IPP) had to cancel both its major fund-raising events this year, but has
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Former prep stars could impact NBA draft
Daniel Oturu (Cretin-Derham), Tyrell Terry (De LaSalle), Zeke Nnaji (Hopkins), Freddie Gillespie (East Ridge)) and Tre Jones (Duke), once among the top prep boys’ basketball prospects, now find themselves preparing for the 2020 NBA draft after each had an outstanding collegiate season this past
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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder
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Hundreds risk purge as body orders registration of procurement
Hundreds risk purge as body orders registration of procurement practitioners
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Source: Business Daily
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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Source: allAfrica.com
(1948) Harry S. Truman, “Special Message to the Congress on Civil Rights”
By 1947 the question of black civil rights in the South had become a national issue when a committee President Harry S. Truman appointed to study the issue called for legislation which among other things would to protect voting rights for Southern blacks and provide federal protection against
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Source: Black Past
How Old Were You When You First Learned About Black Wall Street?
It’s no secret that the many of the history curricula required to be taught in public schools do a piss-poor job of teaching about Black history outside of slavery and perhaps the Civil Rights
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Source: MadameNoire
China's economy is growing again. That's good news for the rest of the world - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The world's second-largest economy grew 3.2% in the April-to-June period compared a year ago, according to government statistics released on Thursday. That's better than the 2.5% growth that analysts polled by Refinitiv were
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Source: La Focus Newspaper
Johnson & Johnson Halting Sale Of Talcum Baby Powder In The U.S.
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JUNETEENTH’S LEGACY | The Oklahoma Eagle
But the 75-year-old Rollerson also remembers Juneteenth as the one day of the year black Tulsans were allowed to visit Lakeview Amusement Park, which was located near the current Mohawk Park in North
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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle
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Pacer Gabriel added to Test squad - Stabroek News
MANCHESTER, England,  CMC – Speedster Shannon Gabriel has forced his way into the West Indies squad for the three-Test series against England starting next
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Afro-Colombian Leaders: Recognition of Race and the Struggle to Realize Change
This article is part of the Leaders of Social & Political Change series from the Fall 2012 issue of Americas
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Source: Americas Quarterly
Newswire : Civil rights groups oppose fast-tracked Supreme Court nominee:  Nation’s diversity not represented in its courts
By Charlene Crowell Supreme Court building in Washington, D. C. and Amy Coney Barrett and her family, including two adopted Black children from Haiti (TriceEdneyWire.com) - One of the most consequential decisions that presidents make are lifetime federal judicial appointments at every
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Political hip hop
Political hip hop is a subgenre of hip hop music that was developed in the 1980s as a way of turning rap music into a call for action and a form of social activism. Inspired by 1970s political preachers such as The Last Poets and musician Gil Scott-Heron, Public Enemy was the first predominately
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Stanley Crouch, influential man of letters, dead at 74
New York (AP) – Stanley Crouch, a contentious and influential critic, columnist and self-taught Renaissance man who in fiction and nonfiction was inspired by his ...
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Source: South Florida Times
Mozambique: Sharp Increase in Inequality as the Better Off Consume Much More
Wider Says Secret Debt Intensified Poverty; Inequality Is Increasing As Better Off 'Eat' More
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Source: allAfrica.com
This Day in History — June 26
1998: US President Bill Clinton opens a State visit to China in Tiananmen Square, where a protest movement for democracy was brutally suppressed nine years
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Untrained Rebels of Kashmir Barely Survive a Few Weeks - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Khursheed Ahmed Beigh was going about his routine work one day in June when he received a call informing him that his 22-year-old brother Sajad Ahmed had been killed in a gunfight between Indian security forces and Kashmiri militants a few kilometers from his home. 'I wasn't aware he had joined
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Source: La Focus Newspaper
Interbank rate at year low on State payments
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What you need to know about Colin Allred and Victoria Neave, two of the DNC's "rising stars" | Dallas Weekly
This year’s Democratic National Convention might not have a big solo speech by a Texan — much to the chagrin of some in the state party. But two relatively new elected officials in the state will be receiving another kind of recognition. Instead of one keynote address Tuesday night, the party has
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Source: Dallas Weekly
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Kamala Harris Rocking ‘Timbs’ Draws Attention To Boot Company’s History Of Political Donations
With corporate donations in the news -- remember the Goya fiasco? -- NewsOne wondered about Timberland's history of political donations after Kamala Harris rocked a pair of Timbs.
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Source: Black America Web
Singita Kwitonda: Eco-friendly luxury in Rwanda
A two-and-a-half-hour drive from Kigali, the lodge is situated on Rwanda’s north-western reach of Musanze, right on the edge of the Volcanoes National Park, a location that puts the gorilla trekking experience within easy
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Source: The East African
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BODO: New tone in IMF’s appraisal of Kenya monetary health
The Fund then released a staff report capturing discussions between its visiting delegation and the Kenya government
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Former U.S. marshal works for police reform - African American News Today - EIN News
Former U.S. Marshal Robert Moore of Springfield has long worked to make police departments more representative of the population, and to carry out their duty fairly and respectfully.He serves as chair of the criminal justice committee for Illinois branches of the National Association for the
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Source: Pekin Daily Times: Local News, Politics, Entertainment & Sports in Pekin, IL
Update: Islamist Terrorist Attack in Niger Leaves 8 Dead | Africanews
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39% of black Americans not confident they would be treated with courtesy compared to just 9% whites - African American News Today - EIN News
… white, Asian American, Hispanic and black Americans, Asian Americans were revealed to … police were in their
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Source: Daily Mail Online
Zimbabwe: Phiri Poised for Lions Move
FORMER Zimbabwe Under-20 rugby team captain Sam Phiri is closing in on a big move to the Johannesburg-based South African rugby union franchise Lions after announcing his departure from the Cape Town-based Western Province on
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Pope Joins Interfaith Clergy To Pray For Peace And End To Coronavirus Pandemic
Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh and Hindu leaders prayed for a universally available COVID-19 vaccine during a service in Rome.
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PRESS ROOM: Women More Likely to Face Housing Insecurity in Pandemic-Led Recession | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Women are more likely to be renters, the group hit hardest by this recession. Nearly half (45%) of female renter households spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing.
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

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