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\"Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for five minutes of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?\"

 

Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for 5 mins of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?

— Mickela (@mickelapanday) October 21, 2021

Leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) David Abdulah said, \"Does the UNC understand what they are doing? Their actions are seeking to dangerously divide the country. It is not about democracy. They are laying the basis for justifying why their motion will not succeed.

\"This is a serious issue but I am reminded of Explainer's Calypso – In Parliament they kicksin. The motion will be defeated

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Insecure fans have waited long enough. The popular series kicks off this weekend, and after major cliffhangers last year, we

The post 5 burning questions we have ahead of 'Insecure's' final season appeared first on TheGrio.

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A few seasons back, Willowridge running back Chatman watched the game from the sidelines under the team’s previous coaching regime as an underclassman. And now, he is the engine that keeps the offense moving. Throughout Chatman’s high school football career, 'Chat' grinded to be upgraded to the No. 2 running back on the roster and […]

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A 61-year-old Florida man is under fire after news of his wedding went viral for all of the wrong reasons.  Michael Haugabook is being labeled as a predator.

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While it's common for celebrities to even be fans of each other, Cardi B [https://blavity.com/tags/Cardi-B] and Netflix's You

leading actor Penn Badgley's new friendship is just too cute.

During a resurfaced 2019 interview promoting the hit series, Badgley sang the rapper's praises for her relationship and connection

with fans, BuzzFeed

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'We had five head coaching vacancies that were in our men’s and women’s basketball ranks. Four of these five individuals are people of color.'

Source

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[Namibian] DAWIT Giorgis (76) in his 650-page autobiography, 'What a Life!', says of all the nations he has served as a political and humanitarian aide over about 50 years, Namibia is a model of stability and democracy.

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[UNEP] 20 October 2021 -- The 2021 Production Gap Report, by leading research institutes and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), finds that despite increased climate ambitions and net-zero commitments, governments still plan to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than what would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C.

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The other week, I logged into Medium.com to write a blog post, and all of the suggested blogs were about

The post My children and I are living the dream in Costa Rica - So why do I feel guilty? appeared first on TheGrio.

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Poor and low-income people accounted for more than a third of all voters overall in the 2020 presidential election, and their turnout was especially strong in tight battleground states, according to a recently released study by the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival (PPC:NCMR). The study, titled “Waking the Sleeping Giant: Low-Income […]

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