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South Africans Complain of Vicious Attacks From Law Enforcement Officers Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

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By Nefeteria Brewster South African law enforcement officers are under scrutiny after videos of them assaulting citizens went viral following a call for the country to lock down due to the coronavirus. Since South Africa […]

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The Great Migration’s Complicated Legacy

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By Theodore R. Johnson Marcia Chatelain, Kenisha Grant, Ted Johnson, and Mark Whitaker discuss the history of the Great Migration and how it reverberates in mass incarceration and voter suppression today. MICHAEL WALDMAN: Throughout the […]

Political

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 […]

Entertainment

Television Academy Honors: ‘Watchmen’, ‘Queen Sugar’ & ‘Patriot Act’ Among Winners

April 2, 2020 admin 0

By Erik Pedersen   HBO and Netflix each have a pair of programs among those receiving the 13th annual Television Academy Honors, which were announced today. The prizes recognize six exceptional television programs that are impacting society through […]

Sports

Women’s Basketball Programs Beat the Men’s By a Long Shot in Graduating Black Athletes

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BY DERRICK Z. JACKSON UConn, for example, graduates 100% of its basketball athletes Ellen Tripp, director of the University of Connecticut’s Student-Athlete Success Program, gets angry when she hears stale, patronizing reasons that the university and […]

Lifestyle

Empty Pews and Couples Coping: Black Americans Adjust, Slowly, to Working From Home

April 2, 2020 admin 0

By Curtis Bunn – Less than 1 in 5 African American workers are able to work from home, despite the pandemic, according to a new study.  For the Rev. Henry P. Davis III, the effortless […]

Editorials

The Racial Time Bomb in the Covid-19 Crisis

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By Charles M. Blow     Pre-existing health conditions leave one group particularly vulnerable. x Credit…Desiree Rios for The New York Times Early Monday morning the email arrived. The subject line began, “ALARM AT THE GATE,” […]

Urban Traveler

Looking Ahead: When Will It Be Safe To Travel Again?

April 1, 2020 admin 0

By Leah Freeman-Haskin With so much uncertainty around the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic, many of us are starting to feel a little anxious and a bit antsy. Social distancing, closed borders, and health […]

Health

In 1918 and 2020, Race Colors America’s Response to Epidemics

April 1, 2020 admin 0

By Soraya Nadia McDonald A look at how Jim Crow affected the treatment of African Americans fighting the Spanish flu n American epidemics, race is a preexisting condition. Whether it’s the influenza pandemic of 1918 […]

Religion

COLUMN: Black Gospel Music Still Matters Despite the Rise of Contemporary Christian Music

April 1, 2020 admin 0

By Melvin L. Butler, Ph.D. White evangelical churches have a music problem, and I fear it’s getting worse. This year, the National Museum of Gospel Music is slated to open in Chicago. It will rise […]

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