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Court Rejects Trump Bid to End Young Immigrants Protections
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of his reelection campaign. For now, those immigrants retain their protection from deportation and their
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THE RUN DOWN - Bubba Wallace Nascar Noose Scandal | Afro
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Host Micha Green talks Nascar driver Bubba Wallace and the trending stories in the AFRO AMERICAN NEWSPAPER. The post THE RUN DOWN Bubba Wallace Nascar Noose Scandal appeared first on Afro.
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General Colin Powell Endorses Joe Biden | Chicago Defender
On Sunday, June 7, 2020, Colin Powell, former United States Secretary of State, took to the airways to throw his support for Joe Biden in the upcoming presidential election this November. Powell, a retired four-star general in the United States Army, is the latest Republican to publicly turn away
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Trump Tweets Video with White Power Chant, then Deletes It | Afro
By ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press 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 supremacists. He later deleted the tweet and the White House said the president had not heard
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African Americans die more frequently from Covid-19, but poverty isn’t why | Atlanta Daily World
Black Americans are dying from Covid-19 more frequently than white people. But two researchers found it’s not because of obesity or poverty. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management professor Christopher Knittel and graduate research assistant Bora Ozaltun analyzed daily
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1, 200 extra Chicago cops to be deployed over July 4 weekend
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicagos police superintendent said Monday that he plans to flood the citys streets with additional officers during the long July 4 weekend in an effort to avoid a repeat of particularly bloody recent weekends and despite pressure to keep officer overtime to a minimum. “We didnt do
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NASA Names Headquarters After First Black Female Engineer At NASA | Afro
By US Black Engineer NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Wednesday the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first Black female engineer at NASA. Mary started her career in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of the
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Black Professionals Struggle Getting Back To Work | Afro
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Nearly 500 Small Businesses File Bankruptcy Using Increased Eligibility Limit Since February | Afro
By BlackPressUSA New statistical table and analysis available on the American Banking Institute’s (ABI) SBRA Resources website show that 471 small businesses have elected to file for bankruptcy relief under new subchapter V to chapter 11 of the Code since it was enacted. The Small Business
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Beyoncé: Vote Like Our Life Depends On It, Because It Does | The Oklahoma Eagle
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8 transgender men and women killed in 7 days | Atlanta Daily World
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UVA Doctors Discuss Impact of COVID-19 On Black America - The New Journal and Guide
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Museum To Remove Roosevelt Statue Decried As White Supremacy | Florida Sentinel Bulletin
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Black Ad Exec to Create 1 Million Black Millionaires | Afro
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