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America has watched as the Republican Party stopped pursuing its animating principles of freedom and opportunity and instead gave up its voice on things that mattered. — MICHAEAL STEELE, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF…
They’re Reimagining Black Wealth! — BOTWC STAFF, BECAUSE OF THEM WE CAN In 2013, Timothy Webb Jr. graduated from the University of South Carolina ready to use his degree in information technology…
Before the world knew what intersectionality was, the scholar, writer and activist was living it, arguing not just for Black liberation, but for the rights of women and queer and transgender people…
— DINO-RAY RAMOS, DEADLINE Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins took to social media to share a hauntingly beautiful look at his upcoming Amazon limited series The Underground Railroad based on based on Colson Whitehead’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel for fiction.…
As the US philosopher and civil rights activist looks ahead to the presidential election, he discusses Joe Biden, Black Lives Matter and why Barack Obama was more Kenny G than John Coltrane…
The initiative, the largest in the organization’s history, will support the creation of new monuments, as well as the relocation or rethinking of existing ones. — JENNIFER SCHUESSLER, THE NEW YORK TIMES…
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The impact of the COVID-19 (Corona Virus) Pandemic, as with most global crises, will be most significantly experienced within communities of color, as we manage great shifts in employment, financial stability, healthcare and local government services. loculy was created to deliver news and information, from diverse sources, about the impact of COVID-19 within our communities.
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The trial was paused in compliance with regulatory standards after an “unexplained” illness in one of its participants, the company said. — Doha Madani, NBC News Johnson & Johnson has paused its…
Filipinos make up 4% of nurses in the US, but 31.5% of nurse deaths from COVID-19 | Business Insider
— Allana Akhtar, Business Insider Nurses of Filipino descent comprise just 4% of the workforce, but nearly a third of registered nurse deaths due to COVID-19. National Nurses United, the country’s largest…
The president’s result came after he spent months playing down the severity of the outbreak that has killed more than 207,000 in the United States and hours after insisting that “the end…
— Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) The mother of a South Carolina teacher who died from Covid-19 earlier this month has died after she was infected by the virus, according to a relative. Shirley Bannister,…
— Reuters Staff, Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday and has decided to quarantine for 14 days, she said on Twitter, becoming the latest…
A new study finds that performing many low paid but essential jobs puts people at higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection. It also finds that Black people in the United States are more…
