By RODNEY MUHUMUZA, Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Rebecca Nakamanya rolls her eyes, dismissing a question about school fees. What really worries her is how to feed three children and a jobless partner on a daily wage of less than $3, minus transport to and from her job as a cook. “We have not […]
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Tina Knowles-Lawson, Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Mothers of the Movement Urge Senate to Pass HEROES Act
By NNPA Newswire Staff June 25 marks the 7th anniversary of the Shelby County v. Holder case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and upended decades of progress. Over the past seven years, states and localities have reverted to discriminatory practices that restrict the voting rights of Black, Brown, Native, […]
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Mississippi Lawmakers Vote to Remove Rebel Emblem from Flag
By Emily Wagster Pettus The Associated Press Mississippi lawmakers voted June 28 to surrender the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War. Spectators in the Capitol cheered and applauded after the votes in the House […]
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Nearly 500 Small Businesses File Bankruptcy Using Increased Eligibility Limit Since February
By BlackPressUSA New statistical table and analysis available on the American Banking Institute’s (ABI) SBRA Resources website show that 471 small businesses have elected to file for bankruptcy relief under new subchapter V to chapter 11 of the Code since it was enacted. The Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA) took effect on February 19, 2020, […]
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Trump Tweets Video with ‘White Power’ Chant, then Deletes It
By ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power,” a racist slogan associated with white supremacists. He later deleted the tweet and the White House said the president had not heard “the one statement” on the video. The […]
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THE RUN DOWN – Bubba Wallace Nascar Noose Scandal
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Host Micha Green talks Nascar driver Bubba Wallace and the trending stories in the AFRO AMERICAN NEWSPAPER.
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OP-ED: Rep. Maxine Waters, ‘Donald Trump is More Focused on Saving Statues of Slaveholders & Confederate Generals than Protecting Americans from the Coronavirus’
By BlackPressUSA Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ (CA-43) statement on Donald Trump’s negligence in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and his threats to protestors calling for the removal of statues of Confederate generals and slaveholders: “One would hope that the president of the United States would rise to the level of leadership that our country needs […]
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SPLC Announces $30 Million Investment to Increase Voter Registration
By NNPA Newswire Staff Report The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today announced it is investing up to $30 million from its endowment in voter outreach organizations in the Deep South to increase voter registration and participation among people of color with a lower propensity to vote. The initiative, called Vote Your Voice, is focused on […]
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VP Mike Pence Says Black Lives Matter Wants Radical Left Agenda
By The Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence says he doesn’t want to say “Black Lives Matter” because he doesn’t agree with what he believes is the political message behind it. Pence says he stands against racism and that George Floyd’s death was inexcusable, but that “all lives matter.” Vice President Mike Pence speaks at […]
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Mississippi Gov: I’d Sign Bill to Remove Flag’s Rebel Emblem
By Emily Wagster Pettus The Associated Press Mississippi lawmakers could vote in the next few days to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, a symbol that has come under intensifying criticism in recent weeks amid nationwide protests against racial injustice. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said June 27, for the first time, that […]
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Wallace, NASCAR’s Black Agent of Change, Doing ‘What Feels Right’
By Dan Gelston AP Sports Writer Being an agent of change in NASCAR cuts both ways for Bubba Wallace. He is seen as a hero to some, particularly those who have longed for a Black driver to shake things up in a predominantly White sport. To others, the 26-year-old Wallace represents something else entirely and […]
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AFRO FACTS – THE GAP BAND
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Host Micha Green Tributes THE GAP BAND in this weeks AFRO FACTS.
