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Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent; Published: 09 July 2024

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The study, as reported by Duke Today, suggests that these coping mechanisms are not typically found in their white counterparts, highlighting the unique resilience cultivated through lived experiences of racial discrimination.

Details: Written by RYAN DOAN-NGUYEN Associated Press; Published: 08 July 2024

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Millions of Americans are facing major heat waves with temperatures consistently exceeding 90 degrees. In big cities, the heat hits hardest for people of color and low-income residents.

Details: Written by SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America; Published: 05 July 2024

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The funding marks a milestone in the state's efforts to atone for a legacy of racism and discrimination against Black Californians. Lawmakers are not considering widespread direct payments to Black Californians this year. However, the state Legislature is weighing other proposals.

Details: Written by BOTWC Staff; Published: 01 July 2024

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They worked really hard for this!

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent; Published: 01 July 2024

Left to Right: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris (Photo: NNPA)

A “Weekend of Action” mobilization blitz with over 1,500 events held across crucial battleground states marked the surge in momentum.

Details: Written by MARK SHERMAN Associated Press; Published: 01 July 2024

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The Supreme Court has extended the delay in the Washington criminal case against ex-President Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 election loss. The court ruled former presidents have some immunity from prosecution. Justice Sonia Sotomayor says the court’s decision makes a mockery of the principle no man is above the law.

Details: Written by LAURIE KELLMAN and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press; Published: 30 June 2024

British and American voters are going to the polls the same year for the first time in more than three decades. Voters in both places say they distrust the candidates and their governments. They don't like the personal attacks that define the rematch between U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump and in the UK the mood is for change after 14 years under the Conservatives

Details: Written by MARK SHERMAN Associated Press; Published: 28 June 2024

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The Supreme Court has upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections. Opponents of the decision argued it gave power that should be wielded by judges to government experts.

Details: Written by LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press; Published: 28 June 2024

The Supreme Court (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The case decided Friday is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on homelessness, an issue affecting a rising number of people in the U.S. The high court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines to strike down a ruling that found outdoor sleeping bans amount to cruel and unusual punishment.

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA; Published: 28 June 2024

CNN, which declined to provide Black-owned media with any of the more than 800 credentials it passed out, enabled a boatload of misinformation and flat-out lies to pass through their airwaves like bad wind.