Native South Side doctor’s commitment to Black community changes with the...
CHICAGO CRUSADER — There are about 5,000 minorities who have joined the cannabis/CBD space so far across the country, and WaKanna for Life is the only female and Black-owned cannabis/CBD health and...
View ArticleHouse calls bring COVID-19 vaccine to homebound patients
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — So far, the House Calls program has vaccinated 30 patients and eligible caregivers and plans to administer up to 130 doses by mid-April. The program provides care to patients who...
View ArticleOP-ED: COVID-19 Testing and Black America
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, a majority of Black Americans (61%) now say they plan to get a COVID-19 vaccine (or that they’ve already received one), compared...
View ArticleAlabama to receive $940 million incentive payments, over two years, if the...
THE GREENE COUNTY DEMOCRAT - Jane Adams, Executive Director of Cover Alabama, a coalition of organizations supporting Medicaid Expansion says, “This is the very best time for Alabama to expand Medicaid...
View ArticleHow Black Residents in Birmingham Overcame Fear to Take COVID-19 vaccines
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — “Usually, the vaccines we take, like the flu vaccine, are only about 60 to 70 percent effective. But the [COVID-19] vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, both of those are 93 percent...
View ArticleDr. Mona Fouad’s outreach to low-income areas stresses COVID-19 vaccines
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES - “One of the first things we did when the COVID-19 [pandemic] started, was to do mobile testing,” she said. “We went to the communities, set up sites in the neighborhoods, and...
View ArticleDannielle Brown ends hunger strike, starts foundation in honor of her son
THE AFRO - Dannielle Brown’s hunger strike is over, but her battle for justice for her son is everlasting.Brown, whose son, Marquis Jaylen Brown, died after falling out of a Duquesne University dorm...
View ArticleThe Life of a COVID Long-Hauler
FLORIDA COURIER — A former ‘American Idol’ contestant from Florida shares how the symptoms continue to linger long after he was cleared of the virus. Jeremy Rosado, who battled the coronavirus months...
View ArticleOP-ED: Communities of Color and Other Buyers, Beware of Bold Promises from...
A recent report by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that “older Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native adults were nearly twice as likely to die of COVID-19 as older White adults,” and...
View ArticleBlack California: Reporting on the Impacts of COVID-19
BLACK VOICE NEWS - Nationally, Blacks are 13 percent of the country’s population, but 30 percent of the coronavirus cases. According to The Atlantic’s COVID Tracker, Blacks die of COVID-19 at a rate...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Drop of Maternal Health Care in Africa, Raising...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Globally, and in many African countries, women have borne the brunt of the harmful effects of the pandemic. They have had limited to no access to essential maternal and child health...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Democracy Survived an Insurrection and America Now Needs Unity
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate, but of a cause, the cause of democracy. The will of the people has been heard and the will of the people has been heeded,” said...
View ArticleDr. Ebony Hilton Leads Call for ‘Secretary of Equity’
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The importance of the position is underscored by Covid-19 statistics, which show that African Americans are disproportionately affected by the virus. Data also show that access to the...
View ArticleBiden Signs Executive Orders Aimed at Tackling Racism in America
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The order prevents federal agencies from providing local police with military-grade equipment, which was used by Ferguson, Missouri, officers after police shot and killed an unarmed...
View ArticlePRESS ROOM: NeighborWorks America Launches StopHomeScams.org to Empower...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We believe this effort to prevent housing scams is particularly important during a time when far too many families, including people of color impacted by the economic downturn caused...
View ArticleSuperstars Help NNPA Conclude Informative Midwinter Training Conference
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With the theme: “Black Press of America: Challenges, Responsibilities, and Opportunities Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic,” the conference was backed by NNPA partners and sponsors including:...
View ArticlePRESS ROOM: Biden, Harris have experiences needed to heal country’s wounds,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nationally, more than 140 million poor and low-income people live in the United States, or 43% of the country’s population, and that was before the COVID-19 pandemic. The Poor People’s...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Back to Normal? What’s Normal?
NNPA NEWSWIRE — I don’t think that more than 400,000 people dead is normal. The inability to formally mourn our departed loved ones isn’t normal. Crazy white people storming the Capitol surely isn’t...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Did Publix Make Dispensing the Covid-19 Vaccine Political?
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Why did Publix neglect the counties with the most COVID-19 cases and deaths in the entire state? What executive made the decision on which stores would dispense the vaccine? What data...
View ArticleOP-ED: Where We Go from Here
NNPA NEWSWIRE — So, for me, 2021 is about hope and about working for a better life for all and a better nation together as we rise from the terrible test that 2020 has been. It is about recommitting to...
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