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South African golfing great Gary Player is to receive the US Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Donald Trump.
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— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) November 12, 2020
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Sienna Princess Wilson, who turned 3 years old in April, sat anxiously in a chair while her father was doing her hair.
Ciara’s video received over 2 million views and nearly 14,000 comments from people complimenting Wilson for doing his daughter’s hair.
“Love to see a father doing his daughters hair❣️.”
Wilson and Ciara got married in 2016 and had their daughter the following year.
People have admired Ciara and Wilson’s marriage for some time now and some fans even asked Ciara to reveal her secret prayer that helped her secure a happy and healthy marriage.
Bonnie embarked on a solo career in the 1970s, releasing the hit \"Heaven Must Have Sent You\" in 1979.
And as various industries make public promises to \"do better,\" Black creatives are starting to hold retailers accountable by having them pledge better support to the Black community.
Aurora James, designer and creative director of Brother Vellies, took to Instagram this week to ask big-box stores to invest 15% of their shelf space in-store and online to Black-owned brands.
James started a separate Instagram account and tagged a series of larger retailers highlighting the disparity in business loans, wages, and the long-term effects of the pandemic on Black-owned businesses.
\"I am calling on businesses of all sorts and consumers to look at this economic pledge in 3 parts,\" says Aurora in her post.
How many Black-Owned businesses are you buying?
Press Release - Bukavu, DRC/Amsterdam - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has made the difficult decision to end most of our support to healthcare provision in Kimbi and Baraka in Fizi territory, South Kivu province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The decision comes after the withdrawal of the majority of MSF staff from Fizi territory in July, following several violent incidents against our teams in 2020.
In a video filmed by witness Caress Gonzalez Ramirez, Rapkin is seen arguing with several people after she used her car to halt a march in Shorewood, Wisconsin.
The second incident happened on Sunday afternoon after she caught Joe Friedman scribbling protest messages in chalk on the sidewalk in front of Rapkin’s house.
“As the leadership of the State Bar of Wisconsin, we are disturbed and disgusted by the actions of an attorney who allegedly spat in the face of a protester during a demonstration on Saturday,” the organization tweeted.
The state bar also explained it did not have the authority to disbar Rapkin.
The statement continued, “While the State Bar has no authority to discipline lawyers, the State of Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation investigates complaints and ultimately the Wisconsin Supreme Court imposes sanctions on licensed attorneys.”
A recent ABC News analysis of coronavirus deaths found that many African American faith leaders have lost their lives.
Those numbers include: seven church leaders in Michigan (including two from the same church), seven in Louisiana, six in New York, three in Illinois, two in Mississippi, two in Georgia, two in New Jersey, one in Virginia, one in Tennessee, one in Alabama and one in Missouri.
In New York, at least six African American clergy leaders have died from the virus, leaving gaping holes in the church leadership and their surrounding communities.
As inmates across the country raise concerns over prison conditions during the pandemic, the Supreme Court and state courts prepare to see an increasing number of disputes in the coming weeks.
This week, the CDC released recommendations for reopening businesses, mass transit and schools across the country during the pandemic.
Thea was only 24-years-old.
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray has ordered an internal review into possible misconduct in the investigation of former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn, the bureau said Friday.
In announcing the review, the FBI, a frequent target of President Donald Trump’s wrath, is stepping into a case that has become a rallying cry for Trump supporters — and doing so right as the Justice Department pushes back against criticism that its recent decision to dismiss the prosection was a politically motivated effort to do Trump’s bidding.
It underscores how a case that was seemingly resolved by Flynn’s 2017 guilty plea has instead given way to a protracted, politically charged debate about FBI and Justice Department tactics during that prosecution and the Russia probe more broadly.
But the move outraged former law enforcement officials involved in the case, who said the Justice Department had ignored the seriousness of the false statements that Flynn had admitted making as well as the gravity of their national security concerns about Flynn’s interactions with the ambassador, Sergey Kislyak.
“Director Wray authorized this additional level of review now that the Department of Justice, through Mr. Jensen’s work, has developed sufficient information to determine how to proceed in the Flynn case,” the FBI statement said.
Nene Leakes and her husband Gregg Leakes were standing on the front lines in support of the Black Lives Matter movement this past weekend.
On Sunday, June 7, the original housewife of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” posted a thread of photos on Instagram that depicted her and her husband peacefully protesting.
Without a mask, Gregg Leakes stood at the edge of a sidewalk in one striking image.
Gregg Leakes, a real estate investor, was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in the summer of 2018.
At the beginning of June, the “Glee” star expressed in an Instagram post that looting was destroying the Peach State and urged fans to peacefully protest.
With people being forced into a remote workforce during the pandemic, many are curious about what the new normal will look like once the nation reopens.
For leaders, key components like efficacy, property costs, work culture, the bottom line, organizational structure, and other important business matters all factor into the ultimate decision to go remote.
While some leaders have decided to give their employees the option to work remotely for as long as they’d like, Mark Zuckerberg shared his plans for Facebook and the benefits and challenges a completely remote workforce could have on employees.
In a Facebook post, the CEO shared that half of the company’s 48,000-plus employees could be remote in the foreseeable future.
Employee Experiences Matter
As a part of that learning, Facebook recently surveyed its community of employees about their remote work experiences to inform their decisions in the future.
Ben Stokes' father Ged Stokes, a New Zealand rugby league international, has died after a battle with brain cancer.
What counts differently in the criticisms against Burna Boy is that he has for a while struggled to emerge from the shadows of Fela Kuti.
Burna Boy is not related to Kuti in any way.
But Burna Boy has modelled his sound, style and for lack of a better word, spirit, in the last few years after the legendary Kuti who continues to enjoy cult-like praise even in his death.
For some, there is nothing that Burna Boy could do henceforth that would not be connected to the memory and philosophy of Fela Kuti.
And there is no way in which Burna Boy would excel more than Fela Kuti did.
Alarm bells have been sounded in Georgia’s presidential primary and down-ballot elections as state and local officials reacted to the chaos as voters faced long lines and confusion as they attempted to cast their votes in-person.
Georgia’s secretary of state and the governor could have deployed resources to provide a smoother and more seamless voting experience for its citizens during Tuesday’s Election Day.
“Georgia’s election was a complete catastrophe,”said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law successfully issued pre-litigation demand letters to officials in Fulton, Cobb and DeKalb Counties, Georgia urging that officials voluntarily take action to extend poll hours.
More importantly, Georgia must fix these problems before November’s national and state elections.
Tiger Woods and his 11-year-old son Charlie will team-up in the father-son PNC Championship this weekend from 19-20 December.
Lana Del Rey said she’s been wronged by music critics and not given the same creative space as other female artists like Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, and Doja Cat.
I don’t care anymore but don’t ever ever ever ever bro– call me racist because that is bulls–t.”
She continued, “And my last and final note on everything– when I said people who look like me– I meant the people who don’t look strong or necessarily smart, or like they’re in control etc. it’s about advocating for a more delicate personality, not for white woman — thanks for the Karen comments tho.
“Now that Doja Cat, Ariana [Grande], Camila [Cabello], Cardi B, Kehlani and Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé have had number ones with songs about being sexy, wearing no clothes, f——g, cheating etc – Can I please go back to singing about being embodied, feeling beautiful by being in love even if the relationship is not perfect, or dancing for money – or whatever I want – without being crucified or saying that I’m glamorizing abuse?”
Someone else on Twitter wrote, “Black Twitter summoning Azealia Banks on Instagram to destroy Lana Del Rey.”
The two women had more exchanges, which ended with Del Rey telling Banks that she was willing to fight.
The convergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which public health professionals advised people to avoid large crowds, and the mass protests over the death of George Floyd might appear to be a study in contradictions.
While we are still researching and seeking to better understand COVID-19, we do have sufficient evidence that outdoor activities, including marches, pose less of a risk of transmission of coronavirus infection than indoor events.
Protest announcements can encourage people to bring safety supplies, including masks and hand sanitizer, to reduce the spread of coronavirus infection.
Protests are an opportunity to educate people about how to stay safe, when to seek testing and treatment, and available local resources on coronavirus infection.
If someone you live with is at high risk of serious illness or death from COVID-19, such as someone over age 50 or with chronic health conditions, consider wearing a mask in their presence and keeping at least 6 feet of distance from them during the period of the protests and for 14 days afterwards.
Based on his one and only liked tweet on his page, many were surprised to discover that Trump is either a secret “Insecure” fan or has someone running his account, and everyone, including show creator Issa Rae, is rightfully perplexed.
Fans of the hit HBO series, who were still trying to digest what went down between Issa and Molly in the June 7 episode “Lowkey Trying,” were caught off guard when a Twitter user noticed that Trump only has one tweet marked as liked on his profile that’s about the very same episode.
The tweet that appears to resonate with Trump refers to the apparent ending to Issa and Molly’s friendship that collectively stressed fans out, and judging by his like he too felt some type of way about seeing the besties go their separate ways.
Rae’s co-star Kumail Nanjiani from her Netflix comedy “The Lovebirds” poked a little fun at the situation writing, “Well I found one thing I have in common with him: we’re both big fans of @IssaRae,” to which Issa Rae simply replied “Kumail,” while also posting a GIF from Peele’s upcoming film “Candyman.”
“Insecure” fans (and possibly Trump?)
His tweet comes while people are protesting police brutality and racial discrimination, while demanding justice for George Floyd, a Black man who died on Memorial after Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer, held his knee on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes.
“Defeating White supremacy without White people creates Black supremacy,” tweeted Crews.
Others recalled the last time Crews was slammed online, which happened after Gabrielle Union was dropped from “America’s Got Talent” last year as a judge.
Crews didn’t back Union’s claims — which she did not make herself, as they came from unidentified source in the Variety magazine article that first reported the allegations — when he was asked about them during an interview and was slammed on Black Twitter as a result, especially since Union supported Crews when he accused former Hollywood talent agent Adam Venit of groping him at an industry event.
This seals the deal,” one person wrote to Crews after his Black supremacy tweet.
Court cases were proceeding at a snail’s pace and the municipal and county police forces effectively replaced the lynch mobs as agents to control the blacks.
There are numerous cases of police abuse of blacks.
One example that is similar to the issues in the present Minneapolis case concerns a police officer in Charleston, S.C. who gunned down an unarmed black man involved in an alleged traffic violation in 2015.
Tens of thousands of young people, black and white, have come out night after night, despite the danger of Covid-19, to protest a police assassination.
The Floyd incident in Minneapolis demonstrates how arrogantly disrespectful of the law are the police who are employed to protect American citizens against violence.
The Trifecta of Black Disempowerment: Poverty, Pollution, and the Pandemic
They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
Last month, I joined a coalition of more than 50 prominent African American community leaders in Los Angeles to issue 55 demands to public officials on the needs of Black men, women, and children in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Officials in Los Angeles County said that Black people alone accounted for 17% of COVID-19 deaths where race was known – yet African-Americans make up only about 9% of the county’s population.
It’s not that pollution per se harms Black and Brown people more; it’s not that the coronavirus per se harms Black and Brown people more.
On the novel coronavirus front, Chicago Mayor Lightfoot shifted larger transit buses into predominantly Black neighborhoods so riders could social distance more easily.
Montgomery, AL – The Save OurSelves Movement for Justice and Democracy held an Alabama State Capitol press conference, at noon on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, to conduct a symbolic citizens’ arrest of Gov. Kay Ivey for her continual refusal to expand Medicaid, which has caused the needless deaths of thousands of Alabamians as a direct result of her refusing to take action, which she can do with the stroke of a pen, to expand Medicaid.
The press conference was followed by a Caravan for Life to Montgomery’s Robert E. Lee High School and Jefferson Davis High School to draw attention to the murder of Blacks due to White supremacy and policy brutality and to focus attention on the ongoing need to remove Confederate monuments from public property.
SOS said its activities are also in support of the memory of George Floyd and the need for immediate reforms in criminal justice reform throughout the State of Alabama, to prevent police brutality and murder of unarmed Black people.
SOS Direct Action Committee Chair Faya Rose Toure said: “We, as citizens of Alabama, charge Governor Ivey with the intentional refusal to expand Medicaid and conspiracy with others to block Medicaid expansion, knowingly leading to the murder of thousands of Alabamians and the destruction of Alabama’s rural health care system.
World Conference of Mayors Founder Johnny Ford said: “The Governor’s criminal failure to expand Medicaid is just one of many egregious actions taking place in Alabama that are leading to the senseless murder of Black human beings in our state.
$3 Trillion HEROES Act promises more COVID-19 relief for consumers and businesses
Will the U.S. Senate act swiftly on the new legislative plan?
Introduced on May 12 by New York Congresswoman Nita Lowey, the HEROES Act had 11 co-sponsors representing the additional states of Arizona, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Virginia and provides a broad assortment of new and renewed assistance targeted to essential workers, first responders, minority-owned and other small businesses, students, the homeless and others.
“The HEROES Act focuses on real people because consumers drive our economy and we can’t just leave American families to trickle-down help from businesses,” said Lauren Saunders, associate director of the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC).
“By prohibiting the government from incarcerating people for nonpayment of debts, restricting the use of money bail to detain poor people who have not been convicted of a crime, and incentivizing state and local governments to suspend imposition and collection of fines and fees during the crisis, the HEROES Act protects people from being imprisoned or trapped in the broken criminal justice system merely because they are unable to afford a debt or a fine.”
“The HEROES Act shows strong promise and addresses important needs of low-wealth families impacted by COVID-19, such as mortgage and forbearance relief, extended unemployment benefits, food assistance, and protections against harmful debt collection activities and negative credit reporting”, said Ashley Harrington, CRL’s Federal Advocacy Director and Senior Counsel.
Parties must let the parliamentary administration know how many of their members will attend the sitting at Parliament in Cape Town.
Speaker of the National Assembly Thandi Modise said they are still awaiting a report on the interruption of the committee's meeting two weeks ago, which was interrupted by pornography and racial and sexual slurs directed at Modise.
EFF MP Veronica Mente asked that Parliament be temporarily moved to Pretoria because it is more central and, therefore, easier for more MPs to reach than Cape Town.
She said the EFF only has three MPs in Cape Town, and they all have \"underlying issues\".
Modise said she requested a legal opinion and wrote to the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) to enquire whether MPs will be allowed to cross provincial borders to attend the virtual sitting.
For more than a decade, U.S. Black Chambers has led the fight on Capitol Hill and in corporate board rooms on behalf of the country’s more than 3 million Black businesses.
The challenges faced by Black business owners often mirror those we see in the communities where they are located, hire from, and committed to serving.
Like Black businesses, medical facilities located in minority communities are facing many never-before-seen challenges as well.
Medical facilities such as Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC, and Prince George’s Hospital Center in Maryland, have served Black communities for decades and are vital partners who provide opportunities for small business growth.
These facilities, which care for thousands of low-income, aging members of the Black community, were already short on medical supplies and personal protective equipment.
Alexis Skyy received an online scolding this weekend after donning sexy swimwear that apparently was too small for her.
Skyy’s bikini top exposed ample cleavage and only covered the areolae of her breasts.
A third user referred to Skyy’s 2-year-old daughter Alaiya Grace and wrote, “You got on laylay’s top💀.”
I’m not here for it 🤷♀️”
Skyy also shared a clip of herself running on the beach and captioned the post “When you catch feelings 😭😭😭”
On May 18, Skyy also tantalized her social media users again with another hot picture of herself wearing beachwear.
That body is sick 😮🍓🍭 it would be hard t.i handle a twin🔥”
Skyy recently starred on season 9 of “LHHATL” which ended in May.
Greg Glassman, CrossFit CEO, is now apologizing after his controversial tweet responding to the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black Minneapolis man who died on May 25 after a white officer kneeled on his neck for more than 8 minutes.
He shared his apology on the official CrossFit page on June 7:
“I, CrossFit HQ, and the CrossFit community will not stand for racism.
Floyd is a hero in the black community and not just a victim.
In a Medium article, published the day before on June 6 by Owner of Athletic Lab Mike Young, describes how Glassman openly stated his stance on the Black Lives Matter movement and his thoughts on the racial tensions in the nation during a 15-person Zoom call.
“I do not mourn George Floyd,” Glassman said.
