Government
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Mar- 2020 -23 March
Supreme Court Sides with Comcast in Discrimination Dispute Against Byron Allen
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The lawsuit arose out of Comcast’s decision several years ago not to carry several Allen-owned television channels, such as Pets.TV and Recipe.TV. Comcast has argued its rejection…
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23 March
LA County health officials worried of coronavirus among homeless
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It would be useful to be more proactive about giving out flu shots to homeless people,” said Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, professor of medicine and public health at…
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23 March
NAACP holds teleconference to reach out to community
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The truth is, there are so many within this nation who are disenfranchised from receiving adequate and affordable care due to socio-economic circumstances,” said Derrick Johnson, NAACP…
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23 March
PRESS ROOM: DNC Launches Diverse Media Advertising Campaign Ahead of the Tenth Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The print ads, which will be published in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin were placed through the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and will commemorate the passage of…
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21 March
POLL: Biden-Abrams Ticket Beats Trump-Pence
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "A Biden–Abrams ticket would beat a Trump-Pence ticket and perform competitively with other hypothetical tickets, while also overperforming with key groups that constitute the Democratic Party's base,"…
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21 March
Census Bureau Extends Decennial Count
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a conference call on Friday, March 20, Tim Olsen, the associated director for field operations at the Census Bureau, noted that the original end date for…
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21 March
Rep. Waters Secures State Dept Action for 3000 Americans Stranded in Morocco
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On Tuesday, March 17, Congresswoman Waters received a call from her constituent requesting help with reaching the State Department and U.S. Embassy in Morocco, which had ignored…
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21 March
CBC Holds Telephone Town Hall to Address Stimulus Packages
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. Ebony Hilton, who works at the University of Virginia Anesthesiology Department in the intensive care unit, operating room, and outpatient surgery with a sub-specialty in critical…
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19 March
COMMENTARY: Dear Black People: Coronavirus Will Kill You
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Melanin is not Vibranium and America isn’t Wakanda even in the Marvel Universe, so why some black people, who are often disproportionately impacted by medical conditions for…
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19 March
OP-ED: We Count Too
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The last time the census happened in 2010, I was a 16-year-old high school student and I made sure that we definitely did a better job of…
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