A superintendent in Maine apologized Tuesday after receiving backlash from students for a memo telling staff to not display any “omstrede” phrases including “Swart lewens maak saak” ahead of the election.
Top Biden advisers tell staff there’s ‘no room for complacency’ as Covid relief bill nears completion
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The message to White House senior staff as President Joe Biden's cornerstone legislative proposal nears completion is simple, if blunt: there is "absolutely no room for complacency." A two-page memo, drafted by Whit...
US Chamber of Commerce won’t pull support for lawmakers who objected to election results on January 6
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The US Chamber of Commerce will not suspend financial contributions to members of Congress who voted to overturn the 2020 presidentsverkiesing, according to a memo released Friday. "We do not believe it is appropri...
Black mother pepper-sprayed in front of her toddler, sê die polisie
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The Police Accountability Board in Rochester, New York, is calling for fundamental changes in the city's police department after police said a Black mother was pepper-sprayed during an arrest, which body camera foot...
Georgia district attorney investigating Trump hires lawyer with expertise in racketeering cases
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A lawyer with deep expertise in racketeering cases has been retained by the Atlanta-area district attorney's office investigating former President Donald Trump. John Floyd is expected to assist the district attorney...
Thousands of students have dropped out of school due to Covid-19. These are the educators trying to track them down
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The first thing you need to know about dropping out of school is that it doesn't happen all at once. Educators say students don't just wake up one day and decide that's it, no more school. It happens slowly. They ge...
‘Dripping in the blood of Jim Crow’: Voting rights groups say GOP-backed bills in Georgia target Black voters
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Atlanta Voting rights groups led bus tours, knocked on 1 million doors and gave out food at community events to achieve an unprecedented Black voter turnout in Georgia. The organizations have been credited with helpi...
'N Swart polisiebeampte in Florida is afgedank omdat hy die N-woord gebruik het, maar sy polisie-unie wil hê hy moet weer ingestel word
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'N Swart polisiebeampte in Florida is vandeesweek afgedank nadat beeldmateriaal van sy lyfkamera gewys het hoe hy die N-woord gebruik het tydens 'n persoonlike oproep en verlede jaar in hegtenis geneem. Delvin White, 'n agt jaar ...
NFL kies sy eerste swart vroulike wedstrydbeampte
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Maia Chaka sal geskiedenis maak wanneer die nuwe Nasionale Voetballiga-seisoen vanjaar begin. Die NFL het Vrydag gesê hy het Chaka bygevoeg in sy rooster van wedstrydbeamptes vir 2021, wat haar die liga se eerste swart vrou maak ...
CNN-analise: Georgië se voorgestelde naweekbeperkings vir swart stemme sal op swart kiesers toeslaan
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Swart Georgiërs het buite verhouding hul stemme uitgebring op die naweekdae wat die Republikeinse wetgewers as toekomstige verkiesings wil uitskakel., volgens 'n CNN-analise van die stemmingsdata van November verlede jaar ...
Die organisasie wat deur LeBron James en ander swart atlete gestig is, fokus daarop om wetsontwerpe wat deur GOP gesteun word, te beperk wat toegang tot kiesers beperk
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Washington The political organization founded by NBA superstar LeBron James and a host of other Black athletes and artists will kick off its post-2020 work with a focus on the wave of Republican-backed legislation ai...
Swart beroemdes toon ondersteuning vir LGBTQ-gemeenskap in Ghana na klopjag op die sentrum
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Swart bekendes doen 'n beroep op Ghana se president, Nana Akufo-Addo, om met LGBTQ-gemeenskapsleiers saam te werk nadat veiligheidsmagte verlede week toegeslaan het op 'n LGBTQ-sentrum in die Wes-Afrikaanse land se hoofstad.. Akteurs ...