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Maryland Food Truck Week Kicks Off! | Afro

By AFRO Staff Get ready to celebrate food trucks from July 10 to July 26 throughout Central Maryland. While Maryland continues to flatten the curve, food trucks are serving up our communities by setting up in neighborhoods in order to offer more food options to all residents. “Food Truck Night” at

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Volunteers seek to restore Compton’s Woodlawn Cemetery -

COMPTON — On Mother’s Day this year, Celestina Bishop and Michael Baker had the same idea. Each wanted to visit their mother’s grave at the closed Woodlawn Cemetery. They met for the first time after hopping the fence to get into the cemetery. Once inside they found grass that was knee high in some

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2020 Spring Community Business Academy Graduates: 19 local entrepreneurs to know

Lowcountry Local First (LLF), a nonprofit focused on economic development centered around local-ownership, has graduated its second class of entrepreneurs from its 12-week Community Business Academy (CBA). Nineteen graduates completed the Spring Academy, including a local pet store, tour

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Back to school plans in flux for a US that set a record for new cases in one day - L.A. Focus Newspaper

With the US school system in an upheaval since the pandemic began, several governors are beginning to take sides in the debate between national leaders pushing for children to attend classes in person and local officials hesitant to congregate students before it is

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NY AG James orders BLM Foundation to stop soliciting donations - TheGrio

The Black Lives Matter Foundation has absolutely no affiliations with the Black Lives Matter Movement. But after confusion from the... View Article The post NY AG James orders BLM Foundation to stop soliciting donations appeared first on TheGrio.

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White Couple Who Vandalized Black Lives Matter Mural Charged With Hate Crime

California police who were looking for a White man and woman who vandalized a newly painted Black Lives Matter mural over the July 4th weekend have found them and they have been

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Black to the Future: Aja Brown's Historic Ascension to Becoming Compton's Youngest Mayor Ever

By: AYALA FEDER-HAUGABOOK Photo credits: Pintrest/Aja Brown Aja Brown serves as the youngest and first female mayor of Compton, California. Brown was born in Altadena, California, to Brenda Jackson on April 17, 1982. Brown attended John Muir High School in Pasadena and was elected president of her

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Fauci Calls for 'Serious Reaching Out' to Minorities on COVID-19 Vaccine

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stressed the importance of getting the coronavirus vaccination once available, particularly for people of color.

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Source: The Washington Informer

Fact Check: Yes, Historians Do Teach That First Black Members of Congress Were Republicans - Free Press of Jacksonville

By Brian Lymon - The claim: Historians do not teach that the first Black members of Congress were Republicans. A viral meme, posted on Instagram, features a well-known lithograph of the first Black members of Congress, with a bold [...]

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

DoorDash Launches Initiatives To Support Black Businesses

Share0 (Image via @samedayshop/Instagram) This week restaurant delivery service DoorDash unveiled its new initiatives to support Black-owned businesses. They include a new partnership with nonprofit financial platform Kiva to help

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US and Kenya formally launch free trade deal talks

Kenyan firms have backed the free trade push, shrugging off concerns that goods produced cheaply by advanced US factories could push some of them out of business.

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New data confirms Black and Latino communities hit hardest by coronavirus pandemic - TheGrio

The coronavirus pandemic has killed thousands, left millions out of work and devasted the economy. Black and brown people have... View Article The post New data confirms Black and Latino communities hit hardest by coronavirus pandemic appeared first on TheGrio.

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Hanging Death of Black Man in California Park Ruled Suicide

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The death of a Black man found hanging from a tree in a Southern California city park last month was ruled a suicide Thursday following a police investigation prompted by outrage from the family who said authorities initially were too quick to rule out the possibility he was

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Trump's reelection campaign gets a reboot as virus persists - Black News Channel

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign reboot is getting a reboot. He will take baby steps back out onto the road Friday after a multiweek hiatus caused by a nationwide surge in coronavirus cases and after his planned comeback in

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Video Of Denver ‘Karen’ Following And ‘Interrogating’ Black Man Sparks Protest

Another white woman tries to police the actions of a Black person.

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Latino small businesses must equitably benefit from the Paycheck Protection Program - Black Voice News

In summary Companies with resources and connections benefited from the Paycheck Protection Program, but we must prioritize our Latino small-business owners. By Christian Arana of Berkeley Christian Arana is the policy director for the Latino Community Foundation. Re “6 curious takeaways from

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Video Of Denver 'Karen' Following And 'Interrogating' Black Man Sparks Protest

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Google will start paying publishers for news - TechCentral

Google will begin paying select media outlets featured in a yet-to-be released news service later this year, a major business shift for the search engine after years of pressure from media companies and regulators.

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Inside the new space race to connect everything on Earth - TechCentral

In a world divided between digital haves and have-nots, billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are trying to close the gap. The two entrepreneurs separately aim to launch thousands of small satellites to zip around the globe in what’s known as low-Earth orbit, or LEO. Their plan is to offer high-end

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White Couple Who Vandalized Black Lives Matter Mural Charged With Hate Crime - Black Enterprise

The White couple who were seen using black paint to attempt to cover a Black Lives Matter street mural have both been charged with a hate crime

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‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ hymn ignites hope across nation

Los Angeles (AP) – The Black National Anthem was born more than a century ago, but the popular hymn within the African American community called ...

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State and citizens: A relationship in crisis

THE State is always very powerful, but at present more than ever, it is imposing strange rules of behaviour on us to shield us from the pandemic, upsetting our wonted way of life. The Constitution guarantees the preservation of life and health, the freedom of assembly and of expression, the freedom

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70pc of households struggle to pay rent

Nearly 70 per cent of households captured in a State survey had difficulties in paying their rent in May, highlighting the impact of Covid-19 hardships on the property market.

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‘Avoid Being Bitten’: Virus-Carrying Asian Tiger Mosquitoes Likely Reach UK

The Asian tiger mosquito, which has made headlines around the world because it carries dangerous viruses, are likely already in the UK, an expert warned. Dr Anna-Bella Failloux poses for a photo. She is a professor of entomology and is head of the “Arboviruses and Insect Vectors” branch of the

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The Legend of Gordon Parks Resonates Today - Free Press of Jacksonville

By John Edwin Mason National Geographic - Sometimes one of the most interesting things about a photograph is what's just outside the frame. That's the case with the portrait of Deveonte Joseph that Nathan Aguirre [...]

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San Francisco Introduces CAREN Act to Combat Racially Biased 911 Calls - L.A. Focus Newspaper

On July 7, San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton introduced an ordinance called the “CAREN (Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies) Act” that would make racially bias calls to law enforcement illegal. The name stems from the popular social media meme of a white woman who cries wolf

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Investigators 'Don't Know' If They Will Locate Naya Rivera Due To Underwater Debris And Lack Of Visibility

Police and members of the search team say they will work to locate Naya, but have run into a serious of complications during the water recovery effort.

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Court rulings keep Trump's financial records private for now

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - The US Supreme Court issued a mixed verdict yesterday on demands for President Donald Trump's financial records that will keep his tax returns, banking and other documents out of the public eye for the time being.

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