As America tentatively emerges from weeks of lockdowns, it is becoming clear that the pandemic has taken its toll on workers who have been on the front lines all along. They have been packing and delivering supplies, caring for the sick and elderly, and keeping streets and buildings clean. They have also watched their co-workers […]
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Kelly Rowland: ‘Coffee’ song, video is my ode to black women
Kelly Rowland says her new single “Coffee” and its accompanying music video is her “ode to the beauty of black women.” Rowland debuted the breezy R&B track and video featuring black women across a spectrum of shades and colors two weeks ago. “I just wanted it to be an expression of black beauty and the […]
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‘Everyone’s watching’: Biden’s VP audition process begins
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wore a T-shirt on television emblazoned with the words “that woman from Michigan,” a cheeky reference to President Donald Trump’s dismissal of her. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar joined her onetime nemesis, Pete Buttigieg, for a friendly virtual chat on a late-night show. And Stacey Abrams speaks of her political ambition to almost […]
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5-year-old coronavirus victim mourned at Detroit funeral
A handful of loved ones in a chapel on Detroit’s west side and hundreds of mourners participating online said goodbye Thursday to the daughter of a police officer and firefighter who is Michigan’s youngest victim in the coronavirus pandemic so far. The reality of the public health crisis that has claimed the lives of more […]
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Open or Closed: Atlanta businesses discuss reopening plans after Georgia governor’s executive order
Around the state, a number of businesses owners around the state are preparing their plans to reopen their doors in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Atlanta, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has urged small business owners to keep the doors closed for a while longer and for residents to shelter in place until more […]
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The Blue Angels and Thunderbirds will fly over Atlanta on Saturday
Be ready to keep your eyes glued to the sky if you live in Baltimore, Washington DC or Atlanta. The US Navy’s Blue Angels and the Air Force’s Thunderbirds are honoring first responders by conducting formation flights over those cities on Saturday, May 2. The Blue Angels and Thunderbirds are the US military’s flight demonstration […]
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US allows use of 1st drug shown to help virus recovery
U.S. regulators on Friday allowed emergency use of the first drug that appears to help some COVID-19 patients recover faster, a milestone in the global search for effective therapies against the coronavirus. The Food and Drug Administration said in a statement that Gilead Science’s intravenous drug would be specifically indicated for hospitalized patients with “severe […]
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LeBron James to honor Class of 2020 with all-star event
LeBron James is putting together an all-star event to honor and celebrate the high school class of 2020, which has had its graduation season upended by the coronavirus pandemic. The LeBron James Family Foundation, XQ Institute and The Entertainment Industry Foundation on Wednesday announced that the one-hour special, “Graduate Together: America Honors the High School […]
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COVID-19: Black-owned businesses in Georgia struggle as the state reopens
While many businesses are allowed to reopen in Georgia, some black small business owners are struggling with the decision, especially since black Americans appear to be at higher risk when it comes to Covid-19. Glenn Singfield II, of Albany, Georgia, said although his family is hurting financially, they will keep their restaurant, The Flint, closed […]
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Why Stacey Abrams is making her case for VP — everywhere
Stacey Abrams is everywhere, and she’s not coy about her ambitions: She wants to be Joe Biden’s running mate. The former top Democrat in the Georgia House has been everywhere this month, giving interviews and speeches, appearing at digital forums and writing op-eds. She has described herself in interviews as an “excellent” pick for […]
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Grim count: US virus toll passes Trump’s 60,000 marker
President Donald Trump likes to talk about the most, the best, the thing that nobody has ever seen. Now he is trying to make a virtue of a lower number, arguing that the efforts of his administration have warded off a far greater death toll than otherwise would have been seen. But the reported U.S. […]
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Just in case: Trump to prep for transition in case he loses
President Donald Trump is still all-in on getting reelected, but he’s also set to take the first steps to formally prepare someone else to take over if he loses on Nov. 3. Trump is standing up a council under the first deployment of the Presidential Transition Act by an incumbent running for another term after […]
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Congressional Black Caucus: Prioritize black people first!
As a person who’s been on the front lines of protests advocating for Black folks for media job hiring, slavery reparations and more Black history teaching in public schools, just to name a few. I’ve witnessed for decades how my work was being translated by news reports as “working on behalf of minorities!” Nothing could […]
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Few new restrictions as Georgia’s shelter-at-home order ends
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will allow his statewide shelter-in-place order to expire at midnight Thursday but is extending his emergency powers to June 12 and telling the elderly and medically fragile to stay at home until then. The first-term Republican governor had already carved sizable loopholes in his order that applied to all 10 million […]
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American, Delta, Frontier to require passengers to wear face masks
Today three major US airlines separately announced they were going to require their passengers to wear masks. Two days after Jet Blue became the first major airline to announce this change, these three US airlines followed suit, releasing statements explaining their new policies. Earlier this week Delta communicated that airline employees were now required to […]