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The Longview Chamber Partners with the U.S. Chamber to Launch a National Initiative on Inequality of Opportunity
The Longview Chamber is proud to announce they are partnering with The U.S. Chamber of Commerce to host a national townhall on June 25th as part of an ongoing initiative to address inequality of opportunity through education, employment, entrepreneurship, and criminal justice
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'Insecure' Season 4 Finale Proved Black Women's Friendships Are Irreplaceable
when we thought Molly and Issa were toast, Insecure’s season 4 finale proved us
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LeBron James Partners with Athletes, Politicians and Entertainers to Combat Voter Suppression
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Stephen Jackson Doesn’t Think The NBA Should Return: “Nobody’s Gonna Be Talking About Getting Justice For All These Senseless Murders”
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‘He Looks Like Babyface’: Toni Braxton Fans Do a Double Take After the Legend Posts Son’s Graduation Picture
The R&B living legend took to Instagram to celebrate her oldest son, Denim Braxton-Lewis, on his milestone achievement of graduating from high school, but his resemblance to Braxton’s producer and longtime friend Kenneth “Babyface” Edmunds turned a few
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President Trump visits Dallas, Snubs Top Officials | Dallas Weekly
President Donald Trump walks in the rain on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2020, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to
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Kenya: Restaurants Seek More Opening Hours
Bar and restaurant owners want the State to increase operating hours in a move aimed at raking in more revenues for a sector that is making huge losses on reduced customers following the outbreak of the coronavirus in Kenya in
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Ghana Encourages Black Americans To 'Leave Where You Are Not Wanted' - Blavity
Barbara Oteng Gyasi extended the invite during a ceremony in Ghana honoring George Floyd, one of several Black Americans who have been killed by police in recent
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Kenya: Nairobi Park Row - KWS Chair 'Resigns'
The storm began in mid-April when it emerged that Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the custodians of the country's national parks and game reserves, planned to fence off the park and build luxury lodges through a new management plan dubbed the Nairobi National Park 2020-2030 management
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Heat, rain, long lines: Georgia election plagued by problems
ATLANTA (AP) — Voters endured heat, pouring rain and waits as long as five hours on Tuesday to cast ballots in Georgia, demonstrating a fierce desire to participate in the democratic process while raising questions about the emerging battleground state’s ability to manage elections in November when
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Uganda: CJ Katureebe Assigned New Cases a Week to Retirement
Chief Justice Bart Katureebe will preside over two more appeals to the Supreme Court even though his retirement date is just a week from now, Saturday Monitor has
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Stocks sink worldwide as coronavirus infections rise again
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Uganda: Cabinet Rejects Dead Year, Opts to Buy 10m Radio Sets
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Burundi: Nkurunziza Leaves a Mixed Legacy
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza, who died of a heart attack aged 55 according to an official statement released on Tuesday, has left behind a mixed
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The ministry of Health on Saturday said eight more people had tested positive for Covid-19, pushing Uganda's virus cases to
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Will charges be brought in Rayshard Brooks homicide? [VIDEO]
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NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace Will Be Revving Up A #BlackLivesMatter Car For Next Race
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Vanessa Bryant Says She Had To Block Fan Pages To Continue To Heal
After the passing of Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna in January, his fans have celebrated them both with a slew of fan pages and posts on
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A whopping 97 per cent of Nigerian businesses recorded losses during the lockdown over Covid-19 while 87 per cent said they have been negatively affected overall by by the pandemic, a nationwide survey has
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Supreme Court Declines To Hear Trump's Legal Challenge To 'Sanctuary' Laws
WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed President Donald Trump a defeat in his legal showdown with the most-populous U.S. state, declining to hear his administration’s challenge to “sanctuary” laws in California that protect immigrants from
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Police in the City of Kigali have arrested 17 people for allegedly violating government directives meant to prevent the spread of the novel Coronavirus
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The Global Blood Fund, which has been assisting Kenya in blood donation initiatives, wants the country to seek ways of ending dependency on learning
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Kenya: Elders Accuse Ruto of Returning When in Need
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