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Letter To The Editor: Lisa Kirkland of Tucson, Arizona

By Alicia Kirkland Photo Kelly Presnell  /Arizona Daily Star         America  needs a Black leader to reach out to these Blacks who commit  crimes  against  their own people. Why? Black  men will still  kill there community brothers  and sisters. Like the high crimes in Chicago, what’s up with that? And, why defund the…

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Nancy Pelosi’s Husband Among Lawmaker-Linked PPP Loan Recipients

          Paul and Nancy Pelosi Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images   By Steve Nelson A firm partially owned by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was among the lawmaker-linked businesses that got Paycheck Protection Program loans, according to data released Monday. Companies owned by or associated with Reps. Mike Kelly (R-Pa), Kevin Hern…

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Great Excitement Among Black Filmmakers and the Community of the Election of Sandra Evers-Manly President Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center to the 2020 Class of Members of the Motion Pictures Academy

Sandra Evers Manly     (Los Angeles, CA) The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) announced today the election and invitation extended by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to Sandra J. Evers-Manly, to join the 2020 class of new members.  Ms. Evers-Manly joins the 2020 class that includes 819 new…

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“Stop Killing Us:” Activists Bring Their Pain to State Capitol

Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media  Last week, several California social and criminal justice organizations, as well as community-based groups, gathered for a rally at the state Capitol titled “Stop Killing Us.” Oakland-based All of Us or None (AOUON) organized the event — with the help of other partners across the state — to condemn police violence against African Americans.  AOUON is a project of Legal Service for Prisoners With Children (LSPC), a nonprofit civil rights organization that…

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California Capitol closes after L.A. lawmaker tests positive for COVID-19

© Provided by The LA Times Assemblywoman Autumn Burke (D-Marina del Rey), seen here in 2019, announced on Twitter that she had tested positive for the coronavirus. (Robert Gourley / Los Angeles Times)By Melody Gutierrez The state Capitol was closed Monday after Assemblywoman Autumn Burke (D-Marina Del Rey) and four others who work in the…

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