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Black student sues university after probed for sex-positive social media posts - TheGrio
A graduate student at the University of Tennessee has filed a lawsuit against the institution for violating her First Amendment... View Article The post Black student sues university after probed for sex-positive social media posts appeared first on TheGrio.
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“I Was So Scared Of Seeing Him In My Nightmares”: Chrissy Teigen Expresses Remorse Over Not Looking At Son’s Face As She Grieves Approaching Due Date
Chrissy Teigen openly mourned the loss of her son, Jack, on Instagram as her intended due date draws near. The supermodel, who lost Jack halfway through her pregnancy last year, shared a picture captured during husband John Legend's 'Wild' …
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Lil Yachty Is Working With Mattel To Make An Uno Card Game Movie
Lil Yachty is taking his talents to Tinseltown once again. The Hollywood Reporter broke the story that he is working with Mattel to bring the popular children's game Uno to life as a movie.
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31 counties agree to Spanish-language ballots – Florida Courier
ASSOCIATED PRESS TALLAHASSEE — As part of a lawsuit settlement, 31 Florida counties have agreed to provide Spanish-language elections ballots and other materials in Spanish. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker on Monday approved the settlement between the county election supervisors and Latino advocacy
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The Caucasity: Insurrectionist Jenny Cudd Asks For Permission To Vacation in Mexico Despite 5 Federal Charges
According to published reports, in a court filing Monday (Feb 1), lawyers for Jenny Louise Cudd requested the court's blessing to allow the attempted coup participant to travel to Mexico's Riviera Maya from Feb. 18-21 for a prepaid "work-related bonding retreat" with her employees and
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TSU receives $4.75M from Houston Endowment | Afram News
Texas Southern University (TSU) has been awarded funding totaling $4.75 million from Houston Endowment for several academic, arts and social justice initiatives.
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In Remembrance: Cicely Tyson | Afram News
The world has lost a true legend as Hollywood icon Cicely Tyson died at the age of 96.  The pioneering African American actress -- who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in “Sounder,” won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers' hearts in “The
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PJ Morton 1st artist in residence at Dillard University - Black News Channel
By Associated Press Undefined NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Grammy-winning musician PJ Morton is the first artist in residence at Dillard University, a historically Black private university in New Orleans. Morton will teach master classes in songwriting, music publishing, studio production and talent
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Court orders council to compensate injured nurse
BY SILAS NKALA A MUTARE magistrate has ordered the local authority and its security officer to pay $9 000 compensation to a council nurse injured during a 2018 council-led blitz on illegal pirate taxis. Magistrate Lazarus Murendo ruled that council and its security officer Phineas Munyika were
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Ancient Custom Of Forced Marriage Bane Of Tribal Women – The Wilmington Journal
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — It was at 9 am on Dec. 21 last year when Badshah Gul, a resident of a small village in South Waziristan, a former tribal area in Pakistan, heard shots outside his [...]
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Chicago Grants Emmett Till's South Side Home Landmark Status - Black Voice News
BVN Staff The Chicago home of Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 lynching galvanized the civil rights movement when his mother insisted his mutilated body be displayed in an open casket, has been granted landmark status. The City Council issued an ordinance that protects t
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Mining For Dollars: Foreign Companies Extract Latin American Minerals, But Not Without Controversy – The Wilmington Journal
Since colonial times, Latin America has attracted foreign investors searching for minerals, a process that involves large sums of money and a significant burden for the local communities. Mineral exploitation in Latin America and the [...]
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Back to Normal? What’s Normal? - Los Angeles Sentinel
I don’t think that more than 400,000 people dead is normal. The inability to formally mourn our departed loved ones isn’t normal. Crazy white people storming the Capitol surely isn’t normal. And conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Green is so far away from normal that she is on the insanity
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DJ Spinderella says 'relationship is over' with Salt-n-Pepa following biopic dispute - TheGrio
It seems the rift between DJ Spinderella and Salt-n-Pepa has deepened since the release of the Salt-N-Pepa biopic. In an interview... View Article The post DJ Spinderella says 'relationship is over' with Salt-n-Pepa following biopic dispute appeared first on TheGrio.
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Officials plead: Don't let Super Bowl become superspreader - Black News Channel
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Kansas City Chiefs superfan Ty Rowton hugged strangers in the streets of Miami last year after watching his team win the Super Bowl and then joined hundreds of thousands of fans back home at a victory parade, thinking little of
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Dallas Weekly News: Ep. 4- Love is Blind on Netflix Seeking Dallas Singles for Season 2 Casting Call | Dallas Weekly
Today in Dallas Weekly News,Love is Blind on Netflix Seeking Dallas Singles for Season 2 Casting Call, Black History Lives at The Dallas Weekly, Who Killed MLK, and NFL’s 2021 Opportunity to Diversify Team Ownership.
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In Egypt, a push to get more orphans families, fight stigma - Black News Channel
By MARIAM FAM Associated Press Yasmina El Habbal long dreamed of giving birth to a daughter and planned to name her Ghalia, Arabic for 'precious.' She never got married, and never did. But in an Egyptian orphanage at age 40, she finally found her Ghalia: a fussy baby girl with large brown eyes who
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Donald Trump's Racism, Yes The Ugly Face of Racism will Get Even Uglier.
Donald Trump and even violent white racists continue to get a racial pass from millions.
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COVID-19 latest: SA records 3 749 new cases, death toll increase by 297
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Baltimore teachers decry expansion of in-person learning with caravan protest | Afro
By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO Concerned residents and teachers of Baltimore City Public Schools surrounded the grounds of City Hall this week to protest the expansion of in-person learning as the coronavirus pandemic rages. Cars wrapped around the building on the corner of Holliday and
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Democrats call on Biden to cancel up to $50K of student loan debt - The New York Beacon
Over two-thirds of this nation’s $1.5 trillion in student loan debt is held by women, and the majority of those women are Black. Prominent Democrats are calling on PresidentJoe Bidento authorize the cancellation of up to $50,000 in student loan debt by executive
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Proposal would allow parents to retain kids amid ‘COVID slide’ – Daytona Times
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Amid fears that a “COVID slide” will hamper Florida pupils’ learning gains, a key Senate panel on Wednesday signed off on a proposal to allow parents to retain K-8 students in their current grade level for the next school year. The Florida Senate Education Committee
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Award-winning filmmaker, genealogist reveals intimate truth and personal histories of Upper 9th Ward Desire Community | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This story of trials and tribulations teaches us, as only a few stories can, about the essential wisdom of pushing through when times get tough, learning to fight against all odds. (It tells) how many people in Desire preserved with grit and courage," said Leonard Smith
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Ice Cube says he’ll be meeting President Biden to discuss his ‘Contract with Black America’ plan - Face2Face Africa
Seasoned rapper and actor Ice Cube has revealed he is set to meet President Joe Biden to discuss his Contract with Black America (CWBA) plan after his administration reached out to him. The 51-year-old made the revelation during an interview on the Ryan Cameron: Uncensored radio show, saying Biden
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Fall Of The Wild: The Urbanization That Has Silenced Karachi’s Birdsong – The Wilmington Journal
KARACHI, Pakistan – Waking up to the pleasant sound of a koel and thousands of birds chirping in the gardens and trees that surround the neighborhoods has become a fading memory for residents of Karachi. [...]
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Coronavirus state tracker: Hospitalizations in California fall below 14,000 as of Feb. 4 | L.A. Focus News
The downtrend of hospitalizations and new cases continues. According to Thursday’s end-of-day totals from California public health websites, there were 466 fewer hospitalizations from the previous day, lowering the total number of hospitalizations to 13,672, a 40.2% decrease from the Jan. 6 high of
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‘Father of Black History’ | Afram News
Even though "Black" history is "American" history, and should be celebrated year-round, the entire month of February is designated as the official month for people across the country to celebrate the accomplishments of a race of people who have been disenfranchised for generations.
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The Insurrection Was a Return to Jim Crow-Era Violent Voter Suppression - The New York Beacon
On January 6, our nation experienced a brazen and violent attack on our democracy by domestic terrorists intent on overturning a fair and legal election. In the aftermath, many have said that “this is not America.” When in fact the rallying cries used by these insurrectionists were
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Africa’s pandemic-hit mining sector faces exploration challenge
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EXPLAINER: What US ending Saudi war support means for Yemen - Black News Channel
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Joe Biden's announcement that the U.S. will end its support of a Saudi-led coalition's yearslong war against Yemen's Houthi rebels likely will increase pressure on the kingdom to end its campaign there. However, reaching
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