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March on Washington Reconfigured to Comply with Virus Rules

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By Aaron Morrison And Ashraf Khalil WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid widespread protests and unrest over the police killings of Black Americans, a national commemoration of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington is being reconfigured to […]

Sports

NBA Strikes Sponsorship Deal with DoorDash, Will Help Black Businesses

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By Vincent Frank –  August 18, 2020 – It was earlier this month that the NBA and NBPA announced a new foundation to help support black communities through the United States. Under that guise, an initial […]

Entertainment

Hot Off The Press: Sweetie Pie’s Owner Charged with Conspiracy in Alleged Murder for Hire Plot in the Death of his Nephew

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By China Lee | August 18, 2020  – Madison County, Miss. (WLBT) – James Timothy Norman owner of Sweetie Pie’s restaurant has been arrested on federal charges and is currently being held in the Madison County Detention Center. Norman was […]

Health

Column: Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, National Black Physicians Group Addresses Disparities

August 18, 2020 admin 0

As a family physician in Columbus, when someone has chest pain with exertion that might be caused by a blockage of a heart artery, I order a cardiac stress test. The coronavirus pandemic is a […]

Entertainment

2 Men Charged In Long-Unsolved Killing Of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay

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By Andrew Limbong – Federal prosecutors announced charges Monday against two men accused of killing Jason Mizell, better known as Jam Master Jay — the DJ for the seminal rap group Run-DMC. Mizell was shot […]

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OP-ED: No Bridge too Far — Remembering Congressman John Lewis and the Fight Still Ahead

August 17, 2020 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — It comes to this: Americans are being cut out of the process by other Americans. A great victory, fought for on bloody streets and across bloody bridges, a score settled and signed […]

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Trump Administration Ramps Up Efforts to Dismantle Post Office

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NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – “They have withheld that money. They have broken the law,” Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass told BlackPressUSA during a livestream interview […]

Political

Rep. Ayanna Pressley Calls for ‘Unrest In the Streets’ Over the Failures of the Trump Administration

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by Dana Givens – The COVID-19, or novel coronavirus pandemic, and the protests over racial injustice have caused a lot of political tension across the country with many blaming the failures of both issues on the leadership of the Trump […]

Business

Fundraising Good Times: Equity and Public Policy

August 17, 2020 admin 0

There is no way around it: 2020 is all about equity and advocacy. On the streets, in the news, and around the kitchen table the words “Black lives matter” are resonating. These three words are […]

Sports

Washington Hires Wright As NFL’s 1st Black Staff President

August 17, 2020 admin 0

The Washington Soccer Workforce on Monday employed Jason Wright as staff president, making him the primary Black particular person to carry that place in NFL historical past. At 38, he turns into the NFL’s youngest staff president and can run […]

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