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 […]
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CDC is conducting Coronavirus antibody tests in Atlanta; here’s what its like
Health workers are knocking on doors around metro Atlanta this week to conduct random antibody tests to see how many people have been infected with the novel coronavirus. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — which is headquartered in Atlanta — has partnered with the Georgia Department of Public Health and the local […]
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Ford burns up billions of dollars in 1Q, posts $2B net loss
DETROIT (AP) — The coronavirus crisis is forcing Ford Motor Co. to burn through cash at an alarming rate, but its chief financial officer says there’s enough money to make it through the year —even if U.S. factories aren’t restarted. The automaker, which posted a $2 billion first-quarter net loss Tuesday that it blamed on […]
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#Election2020 – Justin Amash announces presidential exploratory committee
Justin Amash, a Republican-turned independent congressman from Michigan, announced Tuesday night that he is launching an exploratory committee for long-shot presidential bid as a Libertarian. Amash launched a website announcing he has formed an exploratory committee for a presidential campaign. “Americans are ready for practical approaches based in humility and trust of the people,” he […]
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Fauci: America could be in for ‘a bad fall and a bad winter’ if it’s unprepared for a second wave of Coronavirus
A second round of the coronavirus is “inevitable,” the nation’s top infectious disease doctor says, but just how bad it is will depend on the progress the US makes in the coming months. “If by that time we have put into place all of the countermeasures that you need to address this, we should do […]
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Joe Biden’s campaign is twisting a New York Times story to defend against the Tara Reade allegations
On Tuesday night, CNN’s Don Lemon asked former Georgia state senator (and potential vice presidential pick) Stacey Abrams about allegations made by a former Senate staffer that Joe Biden had sexually assaulted her in the early 1990s. Here’s how she responded (bolding is mine): “I believe that women deserve to be heard and I believe […]
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‘Trolls’ went straight to homes. Movie theaters are fuming.
The most controversial movie of the year is … “Trolls World Tour”? As innocuous as the rainbow-colored, music-blaring animated movie may seem, the digital release of the “Trolls” sequel has caused a storm to course through the movie industry. Just as the pandemic worsened and movie theaters were shuttering, Universal Pictures shifted the film’s release […]
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Did the Atlanta Falcons address all of their needs in the 2020 NFL Draft?
The sports staff here with the Atlanta Voice discussed the fallout from the 2020 NFL Draft! Anfernee, Itoro, Macy, and Symone discussed whether or not the Atlanta Falcons filled the holes with this year’s draft class. Also, they discussed ESPN + NFL Network’s combined coverage in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic while addressing the […]
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Coronavirus: Drug proves effective against virus as economic damage rises
Scientists on Wednesday announced the first effective treatment against the coronavirus — an experimental drug that can speed the recovery of COVID-19 patients — in a major medical advance that came as the economic gloom caused by the scourge deepened in the U.S. and Europe. The U.S. government said it is working to make the […]
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Kushner calls US coronavirus response a ‘success story’ as cases hit 1 million
President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, praised the administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic as a “great success story” on Wednesday — less than a day after the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States topped 1 million. Kushner painted a rosy picture for “Fox and Friends” Wednesday morning, saying […]
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For Trump, a briefing doesn’t always require a briefing room
After a pained and somewhat public debate over discontinuing the daily White House coronavirus briefings, President Donald Trump this week has attempted to bridge the gap between the wishes of his advisers and his own inclinations by moving the event elsewhere. Instead of the blue-hued James S. Brady Briefing Room — where the last time […]
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Masks on airplanes: Where things stand on personal protection and social distancing
Glimmers of a gradual return to air travel mean airlines are rolling out new policies aimed at protecting passengers and crew from coronavirus transmission and increasing consumer confidence in air travel safety. One day after the TSA marked its highest number of screened passengers in the US since April 3, JetBlue Airways announced that it […]
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Oprah to headline Facebook, Instagram graduation event
Oprah will be the commencement speaker and Awkwafina, Jennifer Garner, Lil Nas X and Simone Biles will offer words of wisdom to the Class of 2020 in a multi-hour graduation streaming event on Facebook and Instagram on May 15. The #Graduation2020 event will be broadcast on Facebook Watch, with some segments posted to the @instagram […]