Thursday’s Morning Buzz: Thousands attend Winnie Mandela’s funeral, Black Lives Matter issues statement on fake accounts, and more

The public memorial service was held in Soweto, South Africa.

Top stories for April 12, 2018 include thousands attending Winnie Mandela's funeral, Black Lives Matter issuing a statement on fake social media accounts, and more. 

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Members of the ANC Woman's League sing and dance during the Memorial Service For Winnie Mandela At The Orlando Stadium on April 11, 2018, in Soweto, South Africa. The former wife of the late South African President Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela, passed away on April 2, 2018, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mandela family spokesman‚ Victor Dlamini‚ said: “She died after a long illness‚ for which she had been in and out of hospital since the start of the year. She succumbed peacefully in the early hours of Monday afternoon surrounded by her family and loved ones.” Photo: Charlie Shoemaker for Getty Images

Top stories for April 12, 2018 include thousands attending Winnie Mandela’s funeral, Black Lives Matter issuing a statement on fake social media accounts, and more.

 

Thousands attend Winnie Mandela’s funeral in Soweto

Winnie Mandela , sometimes referred to as Mother of the Nation, was eulogized yesterday in Soweto, South Africa. Thousands gathered for the public memorial service, which featured dancing and singing to celebrate the civil rights activist’s life. Her family and members of the African National Congress all spoke of the late leader who died at the age of 81 on April 2.
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Black Lives Matter issues statement about fake social media accounts

Black Lives Matter has put out an official statement, complete with links to their official social media accounts, in order to address the recent revelation that the biggest Black Lives Matter account on Facebook was run by a white man in Australia. “We regret that so many people were deceived by the recent high profile scam into believing that their gifts and donations benefitted us,” read the statement in part.
-theGrio

Stephon Clark’s brother opens up about mental health

Stevante Clark, the brother of Stephon Clark, attended a city council meeting and opened up about how he has had to seek mental health treatment since his brother’s death at the hands of Sacramento police officers. Stevante Clark, who made headlines two weeks ago when he jumped up on the table to confront the mayor, was invited to the front to speak. He shook Mayor Darrell Steinberg‘s hand and sat beside Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn.
-theGrio

Trump signs executive order on work requirements for poor people receiving aid

In a new executive order, Donald Trump asked federal agencies to enforce work requirements for federal aid and to review all of the waivers and exemptions to those work requirements. What’s more, the executive order would have agencies without work requirements reviewing the possibility of adding those requirements to their programs. That includes certain Medicaid programs, which could force work requirements on Medicaid recipients for the first time in the history of the program.
-theGrio

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