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NAN celebrates 34th year with star-studded Keepers of the Dream Gala

  • By Clark X
  • Apr-27-2025

The National Action Network’s (NAN) highly anticipated 34th annual Keepers of the Dream Gala, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, kicked off

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Harvard sues 47th president’s administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants

  • By Clark X
  • Apr-27-2025

By Michael Casey and Jocelyn GeckerThe Associated PressBOSTON (AP) — Harvard University announced April 21 that it has filed suit to halt a federal freeze

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World Autism Month sparks call for broader inclusion and acceptance

  • By Clark X
  • Apr-27-2025

By Megan SaylesAFRO Staff Writermsayles@afro.comBaltimore resident Donte Lewis, 35, was diagnosed with autism when he was 3 years old. At such a young age, his

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Civil Rights Organizations Unite in Response to Government Retaliation

  • By Clark X
  • Apr-27-2025

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights has launched “The Pact: A Civil Rights Coalition Unity Commitment” to respond to escalating threats and retaliatory

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Think Tank Pushes to Center Black Voices in Section 230 Reform Debate

  • By Clark X
  • Apr-27-2025

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has released the first in a series of issue briefs exploring how Section 230 of the Communications

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Van Hollen Visits Wrongfully Deported Maryland Father in El Salvador

  • By Clark X
  • Apr-27-2025

Sen. Chris Van Hollen met with Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported to El Salvador, at a restaurant in El Salvador, and

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A Black pope? Francis made it a possibility

  • By Clark X
  • Apr-27-2025

On Nov. 28, 2020, Pope Francis appointed Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington as cardinal at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, Vatican. (Fabio Frustaci/POOL via

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Britain’s Lord Oates demands accountability for Zim journalist’s arrest

  • By Clark X
  • Apr-27-2025

British politician and member of the House of Lords, Jonny Oates, has demanded accountability regarding the jailing of Zimbabwean journalist Blessed Mhlanga.

Mhlanga, a journalist who

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Trade war erupts between SA and Tanzania over… bananas

  • By Clark X
  • Apr-27-2025

From midnight on Wednesday, Tanzania authorities imposed an immediate ban on South African apples and other agricultural imports.

The move comes after years of frustration over

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Namibian president announces free tertiary education from 2026

  • By Clark X
  • Apr-27-2025

The president of Namibia, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, announced that university students will no longer be required to pay school fees from 2026.

She made the announcement during

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