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By Barrington M. Salmon, NNPA Newswire Contributor In recent months, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, and several lower-level Trump administration officials had been warning about the danger posed by homegrown domestic terrorists. Those concerns
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Reginald F. Lewis Museum Reopens To the Public Thursday, September 10 | Afro
Reginald F. Lewis Museum Reopens Thursday, September 10 Freedom Bound: Runaways of the Chesapeake and Robert Houston: The 1968 Poor People's Campaign in Photographs will be on view September 8, 2020 - Baltimore, Md. - The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture
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Results Are In: Brothers At The Top | Afro
By AFRO Staff As viewers from around the world watched the results trickle in for the U.S. presidential election, Americans kept an eye on their local elections. For the City of Baltimore, many residents were elated that three Black men now hold crucial positions in local government. Bill Henry won
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Judge Dismisses 1 Charge Against Former Cop In Floyd’s Death | Afro
By AMY FORLITI, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has dismissed a third-degree murder charge filed against the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee against George Floyd's neck, but the more serious second-degree murder charge remains. Hennepin County District
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Program Helps Create Wealth By Investing in Health | Afro
By Blacknews.com A new program was launched that targets newly-coined African-American “mobile-preneurs” who want to work from home or remotely in the lifestyle consulting industry. Amidst the aftermath of the global coronavirus pandemic, millions of people are in a desperate search to make
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Op-ed: Tell Republicans: Stop Trump from Trashing Our Post Office | Afro
By Ben Jealous The post office is one of the most respected institutions in America, a lifeline for millions of Americans, and a source of good jobs for thousands of Black people—and the Trump administration is trying to destroy it. Senate Republicans have a choice to make right now: are they going
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By Diane Bernard, Maryland News Connection WASHINGTON - The 2020 election season saw 35 U.S. Senate races, but one jurisdiction still has no representation in Congress - the District of Columbia. More than 700,000 people live in Washington, D.C. That's more than Vermont or Wyoming. They pay federal
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Mosby Shuts Down ‘No-Knock’ Warrants | Afro
By Stephen Janis Special to the AFRO Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby has instructed prosecutors not to sign off on so-called “no knock warrants,” a controversial police tactic that allows officers to enter a home unannounced.   The tactic which is used thousands of times per year is used
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Black People in Portland Struggle to Be Heard Amid Protests | Afro
By Gillian Flaccus and Suman Naishadham The Associated Press Chaotic and often violent protests against racial injustice have topped the headlines for days, but lost in the shouting are the voices of many Black Portland residents themselves — and their feelings about the unrest are nuanced and
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Sophisticated Settings — Lifestyle — September 25, 2020 | Afro
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Daughter of COVID Victim Works to Honor Father’s Memory | Afro
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DNC Launches Ad Campaign in Black Newspapers Across 5 Battleground States | Afro
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Philadelphia Puts Ban on Police Chokeholds into Law | Afro
By Claudia Lauer The Associated Press The Philadelphia City Council formally banned police from using certain modes of restraint on crime suspects Thursday, including kneeling on a suspect's neck, and voted to open contract negotiations with the police union to the public. The contract bill passed
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City Council Gets ‘In the Dirt’ | Afro
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August Declared Black Mental Health Awareness | Afro
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By Laurie Kellman and Lisa Mascaro The Associated Press Joe Biden on Sept. 20 slammed President Donald Trump and leading Senate Republicans for trying to jam through a replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and urged more senators to stand with a pair of GOP colleagues who oppose the
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LDF Statement on the Senate Vote Confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court | Afro
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Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Rule That Would Prevent 700K From Receiving Food Stamps During Pandemic | Afro
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PGCPS Won’t Reopen Schools Before February | Afro
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Less than a week after reaching an agreement to rebuild several new buildings, Prince George’s County Schools CEO Dr. Monica Goldson promised that the system would not be reopening for in-person learning prior to Feb. 1, at the earliest.  “We have no
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Black Church PAC Urges HBCUs Not to Force Black Students to Participate in COVID-19 Vaccine Trials | Afro
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