Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks to crowds that attended a sit-in at Capitol Hill after it was announced that the Biden administration will enact a targeted nationwide eviction moratorium outside of Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, August 3, 2021. For the past five days, lawmakers and activists primarily led by Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., […]
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Poll Time: The results are in!
Cha’Carri Richardson, poll Track star Sha’Carri Richardson has been making headlines since her blowout win in the women’s 100 meter dash at the June 19 Olympic trials, securing her Team USA spot for Tokyo. That victory was short-lived after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, announced that the 21-year old tested positive for marijuana, less than a […]
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Maryland unemployment benefits will continue into September
By Megan Sayles AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Fletcher-Hill issued a preliminary injunction, July 13, blocking Gov. Larry Hogan’s attempt to terminate federal unemployment benefits. Now, the enhanced payments will continue into September when the federal funds are set to discontinue. The ruling took place […]
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TruSo, a Black-owned Social Networking App Set to Launch
Upon launch, TruSo will be available for both Apple and Android users. Backed by celebrities Sway Calloway, Kareem Grimes, Terrell Owens, and Miki Barber, the Black-owned social networking app, TruSo, is poised to debut. “I believe in the power of community – especially cultural communities,” Matthew Newman, the founder and CEO of TruSo noted in […]
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New Sesame workshop resources help the diverse military family community celebrate their identities and talk openly about race
Created with support from USAA, an original music video, interactive game, printable activities and more will help military and veteran families build racial literacy (New York, NY – July 12, 2021) – Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, today, with the support of USAA, released a new collection of resources to help military and […]
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An incredible day’ as Lee statue removed in Charlottesville
The monument of Robert E. Lee is removed on Saturday, July 10, 2021 in Charlottesville, Va. The removal of the Lee and Jackson statues comes nearly four years after violence erupted at the infamous “Unite the Right” rally. (Erin Edgerton/The Daily Progress via AP) By Sarah Rankin The Associated Press Cheers erupted July 10 as […]
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Elephant dung soap is cleaning up as a beauty treatment
Elephants are now the source of income for Maasai women in Kenya who previously depended on the tourism industry,which has been devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The women are now making soap from the dung of the massive African mammal. (Photo Courtesy Wikimedia Commons) By Shadrack Meshak Omuka Zenger News NAKURU, Kenya — When the […]
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Report: Till slaying still being investigated 65 years later
This undated photo shows Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old black Chicago teen, who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in 1955 after he allegedly whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. The Justice Department is continuing its investigation into the killing of Till, the Black teenager whose slaying 65 years ago in Mississippi sparked outrage and […]
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African American spelling bee champ makes history with flair
Zaila Avant-garde, 14, from Harvey, Louisiana celebrates after winning the finals of the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee at Disney World July 8, 2021, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) By Ben Nuckols The Associated Press Zaila Avant-garde understood the significance of what she was doing as she stood on the Scripps National […]
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Atlanta siblings surprise mom by paying off her mortgage
June Hassan, a mother from Atlanta, Georgia, says she was pleasantly surprised when her children decided to help her pay off her house. It started out as a joke. June had always made fun of telling her son and daughters to pay off her house someday. By NNPA (NNPA Newswire) — June Hassan, a mother […]
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Pfizer announces development of booster shot in light of contagious Delta variant
By MSR News Online As concerns over the Delta variant continue to mount, Pfizer and BioNTech announced Thursday they are working on a booster shot of their vaccine aimed at providing better protection against it. The highly contagious Delta variant has quicky become the most dominant in the U.S. and in other areas across the […]
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Community mourns killing of Leneal Frazier, innocent man killed during a police chase & more
A scene from the vigil for Leanel Frazier, a father of five. (Photo/KingDemetrius Pendleton) By Mel Reeves, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder The scene at the corner of 41st and Lyndale Avenue’s North on Wednesday night where 40-year-old Leneal Frazier died after being T-boned by a Minneapolis police officer involved in a high-speed chase early Tuesday morning was […]