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Many leading global decision-making gatherings, from national parliaments to the United Nations (UN) Security Council, are being conducted via the
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‘Morale Is Low’: Cops Wallow In Self-Pity As The Country Demands Better Policing That’s Not Racist
The movement to defund police combined with the overall sentiment that sweeping change is needed for all of law enforcement has apparently left cops with some issues of self-confidence and apparent self-pity over their uncertain
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Source: The Urban Daily
Answering the 'call' as a sisterhood
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. ® International President Dr. Glenda Glover says George Floyd’s cry out to his late mother before taking his last breath was a symbolic plea to all women for
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Nike announces Juneteenth as paid company holiday
In an internal memo to employees, Nike CEO, John Donahue, has said that his company will recognize Juneteenth as a paid
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When the Protesting Ends – Do You Just Go Home?
There is a ground swell in America, and for 13 days there has been multiracial protests and demonstrations based on the killing of George Floyd by four Minnesota
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The game is up
This week Guyanese may once again be remembering those shocking words if unspoken, for this time Mr Ramotar’s successor, the incumbent President David Granger has retreated as usual behind another deafening and disturbing wall of silence so far unable to admit the clear and present evidence of his
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Nike Makes Juneteenth An Annual Paid Holiday
In an internal memo, Nike has revealed that it will be recognizing Juneteenth as an annual paid
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Young Black Fraternity and Sorority Members Lead 'Concerned Citizens' Protests in DC
On June 3rd, Concerned Citizens, a group formed by five DC organizers, attracted thousands marching through Capitol
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Why Donald Trump's 'Juneteenth' speech will be a disaster | The Atlanta Voice
The selection of Tulsa as the place where Trump returns to the stump and the date on which he is choosing to do it both suggest that Trump’s long-whispered-about race speech — in the wake of ongoing protests and unrest following the death of George Floyd — will happen next Friday, and at a campaign
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
Gay Tupac aka Juicy Smolliét aka Jussie Smollett Asks Chicago Police For Transparency In His Case In The Wake Of George Floyd
As spotted on Page Six, the California native is still in a tug of war with the Chicago Police Department over his 2019 hate crime
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Trump rally on Juneteenth in Tulsa called 'slap in the face'
OKLAHOMA CITY — Black community and political leaders are calling on President Donald Trump to at least change the date of an Oklahoma rally kick-starting his return to public campaigning, saying that holding the event on Juneteenth, the day that marks the end of slavery in America, is a “slap in
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Protesters sue Trump over tear-gassing at Lafayette Park
Black Lives Matter D.C. filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, Attorney General William Barr, and the U.S. Park Police for violating their civil
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NYC Health + Hospitals announces success of telehealth expansion to address COVID-19 | New York Carib News
“Our priority during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic was to ensure that the City’s public healthcare system continued to provide New Yorkers the care they needed where it was safest – at home,” said NYC Health + Hospitals Senior Vice President for Ambulatory Care Ted Long, MD. “We were
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Russell Westbrook, Stanley Nelson Team For Tulsa Race Massacre Docuseries | The Oklahoma Eagle
Westbrook is teaming with celebrated documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson and “Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez” producer Blackfin for a series on the Tulsa race massacre of 1921, titled “Terror In Tulsa: The Rise And Fall of Black Wall
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Angela Davis Guest Speaker at Brown Folx for Black Lives Event
A ‘Vigil For Black Lives’ hosted by “Brown Folx 4 Black Lives” and The Greenlining Institute was held on Tuesday at 360 14th St. According to organizers, there were a few hundred people in
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Meet the College Coach Who Has Helped Students Earn Over $40M in Scholarships
Atlanta, GA — Tameka Williamson, founder of College for Free, an award-winning Atlanta-based organization committed to helping students avoid the student loan debt crisis and attend college for free, has helped students earn more than $40 million in
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Charlotte, NC Artists Put A New Spin on #BLM Street Murals – Voice and Viewpoint
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Burundi apex court says president-elect should be sworn in
The vacuum at the presidency was occasioned by the death on Monday of Pierre Nkurunziza, who had been president since 2005 and was due to hand over to Ndayishimiye in
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June 11: Africa CDC calls on Tanzania to share virus data
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Trump Makes Supporters Sign Coronavirus Waiver to Attend Campaign Rally
Trump supporters planning to attend a reelection rally for the president in Tulsa, Okla., next week will be required to sign a waiver absolving the Trump campaign of any liability for any exposure to the novel
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Global Black Female Economist Cautiously Examines the Trend of ‘Big Governments Getting Bigger’ – Your Black World
In March, the United States government got a massive, multi-trillion-dollar injection from its central bank (the Federal Reserve) in order to stave off the industrial damage done by major business shutdowns due to
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"Our students of color are treated differently in our schools," Kim Ellison, who chairs the Minneapolis Board of Education, told NPR earlier this
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Downplaying virus risk, Trump gets back to business as usual
Three months after President Donald Trump bowed to the realities of a pandemic that put big chunks of life on pause and killed more Americans than several major wars, Trump is back to business as usual — even as coronavirus cases are on the upswing in many parts of the
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Viewers refute myth that black US films, TV are poor exports
The remark was unusually blunt but the attitude is a familiar one within Hollywood’s own ranks: that African American actors and stories make for poor exports, an assertion that’s burdened black artists and limited their opportunity and
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