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  • December 30, 2020November 5, 2025

Driving in Snow

Even though more people are moving to the warmer-weather states, there are some of us who still live in places where it snows. This past week has seen record snowfalls from Japan to Pennsylvania. H

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  • December 24, 2020November 5, 2025

Happiness is Good For You

Did you know that happiness is good for your physical, mental and spiritual health? Happiness can increase both the quantity and quality of your days here on earth, in other words help you live lon

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  • December 24, 2020November 5, 2025

The rock-bottom cheapest phone plans you can get today

Dave Johnson May 5, 2020 1:37 p.m. PT (cnet.com) There was a time when the only real options for cellular service in the US were AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint. But there was also a t

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  • December 24, 2020December 24, 2020

Best of 2020: The Best “Good News” Stories of the Year

By Madeleine Muzdakis on December 3, 2020 Black Astronauts Broke Barriers Centenarians (Especially Women) Eagerly Practiced Their Right to Vote Whales Returned to New York Vulnerable Pand

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  • December 24, 2020December 24, 2020

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

We can all help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for

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  • December 24, 2020December 24, 2020

Georgia’s U.S. Senate Run-Off Races in January 2021: List of Links to Donation, Volunteer, and Voting

Good Black News offers sincere thanks to Georgia residents Julie Fishman and Amy Holmes-Chavez for compiling and letting us share the relevant links, resources and informat

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  • December 18, 2020

After Electoral College Votes, More Republicans Warily Accept Trump’s Loss

By Nicholas Fandos Dec. 14, 2020 Support for President Trump’s attempt to overturn his election loss began to collapse in the Senate on Monday after the Electoral College certified

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  • December 18, 2020

CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS INDEED INCOMPATIBLE WITH SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION’S ‘FAITH AND MESSAGE’

BY MIGUEL A. DE LA TORRE  DECEMBER 14, 2020 The six white men who lead the seminaries of the Southern Baptist Convention released a joint statement on November 30th denouncing C

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