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WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden could not make it to the Olympics and Paralympics in Paris this past summer, so he brought the athletes to the White House Monday morning. Leading off the celebration with American Olympic and Paralympic athl...
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CNN — Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching f...
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – After an 18-month process, the St. Louis Reparations Commission released a series of recommendations on Monday, calling for city leaders to provide cash payments to Black residents to address historical injusti...
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CHANNEL 4 and Lloyds Bank have teamed up in a bid to help Black-owned businesses grow through the Black in Business initiative, now in its second year. The initiative is designed to help Black-led enterprises scale and thrive, addressing the unique...
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California Governor Gavin Newsom *(CBM) – Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills included in a priority reparations package introduced by the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC), including Assembly Bill 3089 — which formally apologies to Bla...
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California and its leaders continue to misunderstand what is needed to reconcile with its history of enabling slavery and racial discrimination. Newsom, who already showed his performative nature by vetoing substantive reparations bills, signed into...
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Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media& OPINION (CBM) – Vallejo City Unified School District (VCUSD) has repaid its $60 million state loan, ending 20 years of state oversight that began in 2004. The loan, caused by severe financial mism...
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At the annual United Nations climate conference in Dubai last year, the world’s countries launched a long-awaited fund for global climate reparations. This so-called loss and damage fund, which is supposed to compensate developing countries for the...
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McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media(CBM) – Black professionals and business leaders will discuss challenges and share insights on how to spearhead positive change in their communities and workplaces at the National Black MBA Association’s...
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By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff WriterGetting on a crowded light rail train bound for Cosumnes River College, an older gentleman, aided by a cane, is offered a seat by a woman in her late 40s. The man declines, thanking the much younger woman...
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By Gwen McKinney | Word In Black In many states, people convicted of felonies are sentenced to a kind of civic death penalty, permanently losing their right to vote.(WIB) – Only in America…Only two states (Maine and Vermont) do not impose votin...
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By Aswad Walker | Houston Defender | Word In BlackThis& post& was originally published on& Defender NetworkCredit: Taylor Grote/Unsplash(WIB) – If one of the greatest, most influential Black organizations of the past 100 years can f...
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By Kaitlyn Huamani | The Associated Press FILE – Sean “P. Diddy” Combs directs photographers as they sing “Happy Birthday,” to him as his date Kim Porter, left, listens, after Combs arrived for his 35th birthday celebration at Cipriani on Wall...
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Image Courtesy of the Detroit Lions Jared Goff threw a perfect game with no incompletions, setting an NFL record for most passes without an incompletion to finish a game. Amon-Ra St. Brown threw a touchdown pass and caught one, too. David Montgomery...
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(Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images) Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, best known for his shot-blocking ability that is usually followed with his finger waving “not in my house” after denying opponents at the hoop – passed away...
