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Biden Extends Foreclosure Moratorium, But No Help for Renters

February 16, 2021 admin 0

 (Source: www.washingtoninformer.com) By WI Web Staff February 16, 2021 – President Biden on Tuesday extended a ban on housing foreclosures to June 30 to assist homeowners who are having trouble making mortgage payments during the coronavirus […]

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Democrats Pushing to Have $50,000 Of Student Loan Cancellation by Executive Order

February 10, 2021 admin 0

 By Victor Omondi – (Source: www.yourblackworld.net) House and Senate Democrats are determined to ensure there is an executive order for student loan cancellation. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) brought […]

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Abrams, Black Lives Matter are Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

February 5, 2021 Staff 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Stacey Abrams political activist, voter registration & voting rights advocate has set a national standard for democracy. Her political activism has resulted in a nomination for a Nobel Prize. She deserves it […]

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Black Lives Matter Movement Nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

February 1, 2021 admin 0

By Michael “Ice-Blue” Harris | February 1, 2021 |  (Source: www.rollingout.com) – The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for a 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Petter Eide, a member of Norway’s Parliament, nominated the […]

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Biden Moving Forward with Placing Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill

January 28, 2021 admin 0

By Shannon Pettypiece is the senior White House reporter for (Source: NBCNews.com) – The Trump administration said in 2019 that the new bill would be delayed for years because of technical issues. WASHINGTON — President Joe […]

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Spelman’s Rosalind Brewer Becomes the Only Black Female CEO of a Fortune 500 Company

January 28, 2021 admin 0

Walgreens Boots Alliance today announced the appointment of Rosalind (Roz) Brewer as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective on March 15, 2021. Brewer will also join the WBA Board of Directors upon assuming the role. […]

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Black National Guardsman Describes Being Deployed to Protect Biden’s Inauguration: ‘I just felt this huge sense of pride’

January 27, 2021 admin 0

By Marquise Francis – (Source www.news.yahoo.com)  As most of the 25,000 National Guardsmen who were called upon to protect Washington, D.C., during the presidential inauguration began heading home this week, one Black service member agreed […]

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General Lloyd Austin Is First Black U.S. Secretary of Defense

January 26, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – (Source: Black Press USA) – “I pledge to fight hard to rid our ranks of racists and extremists,” Gen. Austin pronounced during […]

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Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman: ‘Even As We Grieved, We Grew.’

January 20, 2021 admin 0

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer – NEW YORK (AP) — (Source: blacknewschannel.com) – In one of the inauguration’s most talked about moments, poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called […]

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Two National Guard Members Removed From Inauguration Security Mission Officials say FBI Vetting Found They Had Ties To Extremist Groups.

January 19, 2021 admin 0

ByLuis Martinez – (Source: www.abcnews.go.com) – Two Army National Guard members have been removed from the inauguration security mission after vetting found they had ties to far-right fringe groups, a U.S. official told ABC News […]

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