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Bernie Sanders Ends His Presidential Campaign

April 8, 2020 admin 0

By MATT PEARCE, / EVAN HALPER Bernie Sanders on Wednesday suspended an antiestablishment presidential campaign that changed the course of Democratic politics and energized large groups of new voters but fell short of amassing a broad enough […]

Coronavirus Government Response Updates: Trump, Fauci Confirm Black Communities Especially Hard Hit

April 8, 2020 admin 0

Fauci said hypertension, diabetes can make blacks have worse outcomes. By Jordyn Phelp / Libby Cathey and Cheyenne Haslett April 7, 2020 One day after President Donald Trump‘s trade adviser Peter Navarro publicly pushed back against the nation’s top infectious […]

Pelosi Looking To Secure $1 Trillion Or More For American Families With Next Stimulus Package

April 7, 2020 admin 0

By Tanya A. Christian House Democrats are said to have converged on a conference call on Monday where Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed a $1 Trillion Relief Package. Money from the first coronavirus-spurred stimulus package has yet to hit […]

Black Press Celebrates Freedom Fighting Journalism

April 6, 2020 admin 0

By Stacy M. Brown From Freedom’s Journal to The North Star to John Abbott’s Chicago Defender, African American-owned newspapers have sparked fires for truth and equality that have burned with the passion for fighting for freedom throughout history. Monday, March 16, […]

Report: Black People Are Contracting and Dying of Coronavirus at Higher Rates

April 6, 2020 admin 0

By Saskia Kercy One of the more insidious bits of misinformation in the early days of the pandemic was the idea that black people were somehow, as if by magic, immune to COVID-19, the disease […]

Over 6.6 Million People Filed For Unemployment: Experts Predict 20 Million More Jobs Will Soon Be Lost

April 2, 2020 admin 0

By Jack Kelly On Thursday, the Department of Labor reported that a staggering and record-setting 6,648,000 initial unemployment claims were filed for the week ending March 28. This is an aggressive increase in the numbers from the […]

Stacey Abrams, Come Get This Man: Georgia Governor ‘Didn’t Know’ Crucial Details About COVID-19

April 2, 2020 admin 0

This man needs a leader. Written By Royce Dunmore People are completely fed up with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp after witnessing his handling of the coronavirus pandemic in Georgia. Stacey Abrams naturally came up in the conversation, considering she […]

Audrey Gibson Urges Newly Jobless to File for Unemployment

April 1, 2020 admin 0

By Staff Reports The leading Democrat in the Senate urges those rendered jobless by coronavirus shutdowns to file for unemployment promptly. “The coronavirus has not only impacted Floridians’ health, but their ability to earn a living […]

U.S. Government Signs $450 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Contract With Johnson & Johnson

April 1, 2020 admin 0

by Dana Givens The Trump administration has made another move in the race to combat and stop the viral outbreak of COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, around the globe. The Health and Human Services […]

Louisiana Governor on Not Shutting Down Mardi Gras Over Coronavirus Concerns: No One From Federal Government Told Us to Cancel Anything

March 30, 2020 admin 0

BY BENJAMIN FEARNOW 3/29/2020 Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards reiterated Sunday that last month’s Mardi Gras celebrations weren’t cancelled or downsized amid concerns about the coronavirus, because “not one person” at the federal level directed the […]