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Top Michigan health official, four others charged with manslaughter in Flint water crisis
The Michigan attorney general’s office on Wednesday charged the director of the state’s health department and four other public officials with involuntary manslaughter for their roles in the Flint water crisis, which has stretched into its fourth year. Nick Lyon, director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, also faces a felony count of […]
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Erich “Coach E” Nall
Erich Nall is the Owner and Founder of Ultimate Transformations Training in Los Angeles, California. Erich, known fondly as Coach E, has been a prominent figure in the Los Angeles community throughout his life as an educator and promoter of health, physical fitness and self-improvement. He has coached and trained many successful professional athletes, […]
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Meet Jessica Watkins, The Only Black Woman In NASA’s Newest Astronaut Class
Watch out, universe. NASA’s newest class of astronauts includes one woman with some serious black girl magic. NASA announced its first class of astronaut candidates since 2013 on Wednesday. The twelve candidates from various backgrounds and fields of study met some pretty rigorous requirements and made it to the top of the pool of 18,300 applicants, […]
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Dr. Mable John
FOUNDER OF JOY COMMUNITY OUTREACH Born in Louisiana to Mertis and Lillie John, Mable is the eldest of ten sisters and brothers. A former R&B vocalist, she is the sister of the late-great Little Willie John. When she embarked on her singing career, she received a bit of advice from her already famous […]
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Judge Kevin Ross
Kevin Andrew Ross (born June 1, 1963) is an American host of the syndicated court show America’s Court with Judge Ross, a producer, communications strategist, and former judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court in California. A Los Angeles native, Ross attended Gardena High School, where he was student body president and president of […]
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Puerto Rico statehood referendum draws big support — but small turnout
Puerto Rico on Sunday overwhelmingly voted for statehood. But Congress, the only body that can approve new states, will ultimately decide whether the status of the US commonwealth changes….READ MORE
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Freebie Friday
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Black troops as much as twice as likely to be punished by commanders, courts
Black troops are far more likely than their white comrades to face court martial or other forms of military punishment, according to a study to be released Wednesday. Black service members were as much as two times more likely than white troops to face discipline in an average year, according to an analysis by Protect […]
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Hundreds hold campus walkout at HSU
As the Humboldt State University clock tower struck noon on Tuesday there were already about 100 people gathered on the campus quad in anticipation of a walkout to protest discrimination in the community and demand justice for David Josiah Lawson. As the series of speeches made by faculty, staff and students started moments after the […]
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Attorney Nana Gyamfi
Nana Gyamfi has been a human and civil rights attorney with a specialty in criminal defense since 1994. Nana graduated from Cornell University and earned her law degree from UCLA’s School of Law. In 1992, while still in law school, Nana worked with Chokwe Lumumba at the Black Law Institute and co-organized and directed the community […]
