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WITH THE restrictions on public gatherings as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, The University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus is taking a major part of its recruitment efforts for the 2020-2021 first-semester student intake
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Troy Carter, Ben Silverman, and Ezekiel Lewis Among Members of Black-Jewish Entertainment Alliance to Release Statement on Wave of Antisemitic Violence | UnityFirst
The non-profit organization's executive committee released a statement stating that 'an attack on one community is an attack on all our communities.' the Black-Jewish Entertainment Alliance Executive Committee released a statement on behalf of the Alliance condemning an alarming wave of antisemitic
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Man Arrested in Death Of 29-Year-Old Philly Trans Woman Mia Green - Blavity News
Police have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection to the death of 29-year-old transgender woman Mia Green.
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Navajo Nation Sees Farming Renaissance During Coronavirus Pandemic : NPR
The Navajo Nation is having a farming renaissance in the era of COVID-19. More residents are turning to traditional agriculture as they're under strict travel limits due to the coronavirus.
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Experiences from recent floods clearly shows it’s time for all hands on deck - Stabroek News
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PNP: No new taxes for WEALTHY
A new People’s National Party (PNP) administration will not burden the country with new taxes to fund a raft of big-spending initiatives in its WEALTHY initiative, Mark Golding, the opposition spokesman on finance, has said. The election appetiser...
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Local Clergy Urge Focus on ‘Christ’ for ‘Christmas’ - Los Angeles Sentinel
Christmas is here and despite the devastating pandemic, people are still obsessed with commercializing the holiday. Although many believers recite, “Jesus is the reason for the season,” they also are among the crowds flocking to the stores and overspending on gifts instead of rejoicing about the
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City of Dallas to host 4 pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics this weekend | Dallas Weekly
The City will host four pop-up vaccination clinics this weekend, Mayor Eric Johnson announced Thursday.
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California’s unemployment insurance mess laid bare | L.A. Focus News
The juxtaposition of events this week regarding California’s woebegone Employment Development Department (EDD) could not be more ironic. On Monday, Julie Su, a veteran labor union leader who heads the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, publicly acknowledged that EDD, one of the line
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Black Lives Matter Has Been Doing The Work To 'Defund The Police' For Years
LOS ANGELES — On Monday, after the Los Angeles Police Department spent days violently attacking people protesting police brutality and racism, the City Council appeared set to allow a new budget — which would allocate nearly 54% of the city’s discretionary spending to the LAPD — to go into
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President Biden Puts Focus On Financially Assisting Parents - The Seattle Medium
According to Oxfam, over 50 million people in the U.S. live in poverty. The federal minimum wage, has remained at $7.25 an hour since 2007. One of the largest groups in poverty are single women with children and the working poor. Twenty five percent of African Americans in the U.S. live below the
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Big Mac Racism at McDonald’s - Black News Channel
By Whitney Gresham and Trevor W. Coleman II at The Michigan Chronicle For more than 50 years, the McDonald’s Corporation took pride in branding itself as a socially conscious corporation particularly interested in doing business in abandoned and long-ignored Black communities while embracing racial
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Walsh warns against second COVID surge
Mayor Walsh warned Boston residents that COVID-19 will likely have a second surge and encouraged them to take precautions as the city
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Deadline for Real IDs extended to October 2021 | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Crusader Staff Report The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the federal REAL ID deadline to October 1, 2021. The original deadline was October 1, 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic forced federal officials to give Americans more time to obtain the REAL ID. “The decision to
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'Queen & Slim' star Jodie Turner-Smith chose home birth in fear of racism at hospital
Jodie Turner-Smith said that she labored for four days before her daughter was born at her family’s home in Los Angeles on April 21. The post 'Queen & Slim' star Jodie Turner-Smith chose home birth in fear of racism at hospital appeared first on TheGrio.
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Listen To Ms. Tina Knowles-Lawson School Us On The Importance Of Voting At The Local Level
"I had to connect the dots for them and make it very personal," Ms. Tina said on why she mentors young adults about their power to create change.
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Africa: Revamped UN System Crucial for a Changing World
[IPS] Lethbridge, Canada -- From an international humanitarian perspective, the first half of 2021 has been disappointing. We're no further ahead in ending the conflict in Syria and Yemen. From the fledgling democracy that it had become, Myanmar has descended into what most of its people had hoped
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In His “On the Record” Ethnic Media Column, Governor Newsom Highlights State’s Support for California Renters Amid Pandemic
Governor Newsom: “No matter what happens in this election or in D.C., California will keep doing everything in our power to help everyone stay safe, healthy and housed during this crisis – because all Californians deserve a place to call home.”
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Portrait of Breonna Taylor featured in Smithsonian African American museum
… 's National Museum of African American History and Culture.  The painting … Lives Matter movement, violence against African Americans and the role of art …
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Egypt: PM Reviews Status of Lands Planned to Be Reclaimed in Sinai
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli chaired Sunday a meeting to review the status of lands, planned to be reclaimed in north and central Sinai.
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Thanksgiving, a time of just getting through for BJ’s family - TSDMemphis.com
Vickie Burse still feels the same pain that every other mother feels when she has to leave her child in a cemetery. “Holidays are the worst. Can I just be honest about it,” Burse said. “Most holidays, you can’t get out of bed. You just stay in bed and try to sleep through the day […]
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Rwanda Receives Rwf152 Billion Boost for Skills Development
[New Times] Local skills development and market relevance ambitions on Wednesday, July 8, received a boost of a total of Rwf152 billion following the signing of two financing agreements with the European Union and the World Bank.
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Egypt: President El-Sisi Awards Hedaya Malak, Seif Hussein and Their Coaches Third Class Sports Medal
[Egypt Online] President Adel Fattah El-Sisi awards the athletes Hedaya Ahmed Malak and Seif Hussein, the bronze medalists in Taekwondo at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and their coaches the Third Class Sports Medal.
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The life and activism of the Grenadian-born mom of Malcolm X who was solid in her own right
Her life story was as incredible as that of her son. Yet until recently, there was very little known about Louise Little. Without her, there would have been no Malcolm X. Not only because of her role as his mother but because her teachings including passing on values of pride and racial
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Africa: An Evolutionary Jolt Helped Cattle to Spread Across Africa. Now Genetics Must Make Them More Productive
[The Conversation Africa] African cattle breeds are astonishingly diverse, and often quite beautiful. They range from the dark-red Ankole of southern Uganda, with their massive heat-dissipating horns, to the Boran which thrive in the dusty plains of northern Kenya, to Ethiopia's sturdy Mursi
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Diddy Teams With Salesforce to Launch Digital Marketplace for Black-Owned Businesses
Leave it to Diddy to always put on for the culture. The hip hop mogul has teamed up with Salesforce to create SHOP CIRCULATE, a curated digital marketplace that will […] The post Diddy Teams With Salesforce to Launch Digital Marketplace for Black-Owned Businesses appeared first on Essence.
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Kenya: Schools Closure - Magoha Overstepped His Powers, Says Court
[Nation] Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha acted beyond his powers by prolonging the closure of schools without consulting the learners' parents and guardians, the High Court has declared.
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Black Girl Magic taking over Tokyo – African American News and Issues
By: Nevaeh Richardson We are witnessing a very special moment in history for Black women in the Olympics. While we will always have our FloJo, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Debi Thomas, and so many other Black female Olympians, this new roster of Black women headed to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics is stirring up
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Black Opal Gets a Makeup Reboot Under the Ownership of Desiree Rogers and Cheryl Mayberry McKissack
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