House introduces bill establishing a service year program

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House introduces bill establishing a service year program – one of Moore’s priorities

By KARA THOMPSON, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — Gov. Wes Moore’s plan for a year of service for the state’s youth began to take shape this week with the […]

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Texas’ June unemployment rate fell to 8.6% — a drop from the 13% May jobless rate, according to a Friday morning U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report. While it's an improvement from April's record-high 13.5% unemployment rate, June's figure shows the devastating financial toll on Texans as the

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We Are Told To Hurt Quietly. I Am Not Doing It Anymore.' The Black Woman Talib Kweli Has Been Harassing For 10 Days, Speaks Out

Maya A. Moody, known as MoneyyMaya on Twitter has been enduring heinous harassment from rapper Talib Kweli for the past ten days when she spoke up and out about the issue of colorism in the Black community. Now, she's speaking out. See what she had to say.

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Oakland City Council’s Equity Caucus Allocate $2m for Health, Economic, and Food Access Disparities

Oakland City Council adopted a Fiscal Year 20-21 midcycle budget Tuesday with amendments that included CARES Act funding allocations to provide critical resources to residents and businesses for Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to community-based organizations that

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Black Women For Wellness offer healthy programs -

MAKING A DIFFERENCE Janette Robinson-Flint was one of six enthusiastic and determined women who co-founded Black Women for Wellness because they were concerned about the health and well-being of Black babies. That was back in the 1990s when the original focus was to team up with the Birthing

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$3 billion lost in illegal gold smuggling out of Nigeria - Face2Face Africa

About $3 billion was lost to the illegal trade that smuggled gold out of Nigeria between 2012 and 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari revealed on Thursday. President Buhari said this when he met with small-scale miners who presented the presidency with a 12.5kg gold bar worth $691,000 as special

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Failed Eastern Cape scooter project: Parliament demands answers

Parliamentary committee wants an explanation from the Eastern Cape MEC for Health.

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Black Lives Matter billboard placed next to Confederate flag - Black News Channel

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press/BNC Contributor A Black Lives Matter sign now fills a billboard next to a big Confederate flag that greets people coming into a small town outside Raleigh, thrilling some community organizers and angering the property owner. Organizers of a fundraising campaign

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C.T. Vivian, Civil Rights Activist and Close Confidant to MLK, Dies at Age 95

Civil rights activist and Martin Luther King Jr.’s close confidant C.T. Vivian died in the early morning of July 17 at his home in Atlanta. He was 95.

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U.S. Census Bureau to host 2020 Census caravan in Houston's Fifth Ward - DefenderNetwork.com

On Saturday, July 18, the U.S. Census Bureau, in partnership with Houston’s Fifth Ward and Mayor Sylvester Turner, is hosting the first 2020 Census Caravan in the Fifth Ward neighborhood. The caravan is the first of a series that is expected to inform the community about the importance of

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Michelle Obama to launch podcast about relationships and health - The New York Beacon

It’s the announcement Michelle Obama fans have all been desperately waiting for. Oh, sorry, not that one – Joe Biden seems to have that pretty much sewn up. But the former first lady is starting a podcast. The Michelle Obama Podcast is set to focus on relationship and health

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Welcome 'Heroes': The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority honors its frontline employees through its 'MARTA Heroes' video series | The Atlanta Voice

For the last couple of weeks, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has been honoring individuals within the organization through a series of behind-the-scenes videos called “MARTA Heroes.” Released on MARTA’s website and YouTube channel, beginning April 30, the videos are short

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

'The Governor Is Putting Politics Over People': Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Responds To Gov. Kemp's Bizarre Lawsuit Over Mask Order

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms doubled down on an earlier tweet where she spoke out against the troublesome lawsuit filed against her and several city council members on Thursday.

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Porsha Williams Facing 5 Years in Prison For Breonna Taylor Protest

Real Housewives of Atlanta personality Porsha Williams is facing 5 years on a felony charge for participating in a protest in Louisville, Kentucky

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Serena To Help Black-Owned Businesses With New Jewelry Line

Anyone copping from now until August 5th will be helping find small businesses struggling to keep it's doors open, so if you want to help everyday people get by during these trying times please go support.

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Amazing Atlanta Black teens win third consecutive Harvard debate competition - Face2Face Africa

A team of African American students known as 'The Atlanta Great Debaters' won the championship title for the international Harvard debate competition for the third time in a row this year. The team defended and competed against students from more than 25 countries in this year’s event held

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Mothers marched and remembered family lost to police violence

Community voices sometimes take precedence over the voices of the actual family members but not at this march. Source

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Tory Lanez accused of shooting Megan Thee Stallion: report

In what is becoming an increasingly disturbing story, reports are continuing to emerge around the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. The post Tory Lanez accused of shooting Megan Thee Stallion: report appeared first on TheGrio.

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Naspers unit closes in on eBay deal that could top R133-billion - TechCentral

Prosus, handed in the highest offer for eBay’s classifieds unit, putting the Naspers-owned business in pole position to win one of the largest auction processes this year, people familiar with the matter said.

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Remodeling work completed on two Downey fire stations -

DOWNEY — Remodeling the city’s four fire stations has reached the halfway mark as the Downey City Council July 14 formally accepted work done at Stations 1 and 3 and reviewed a contract for renovations at Stations 2 and 4. The council delayed a decision until its July 28 meeting on a proposal

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Hotel Industry Releases Top 5 Requirements to Travel Safely

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The top priority for the hotel industry is the health and safety of guests and employees. Utilizing these best practices, including requiring face coverings and practicing social distancing in public spaces, will create an even safer environment for all our guests and

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Dambusters dog's racial slur gravestone altered by RAF - The New York Beacon

The headstone of a grave of the Dambusters’ dog, whose name was a racial slur, has been altered. The 617 Squadron, based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, undertook a low-level night attack on German dams in 1943, probably the most famous raid in the

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