In response the latest three deaths of unarmed Black Americans in our country, protests, both peaceful and riots, have erupted throughout the country. Citizens of many cultures unite to protest the seemingly unwarranted deaths and the vile law system that allows such deaths to happen and to carry on unpunished. Already a tense time due to the stressful COVID-19 pandemic, many citizens truly feel that law enforcement and racists are deliberately targeting and killing Blacks. “Blacks are being hunted.” In downtown Atlanta, peaceful protests tend to begin in the early…
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By Klairane Gumbs America was unprepared for COVID-19. Health, finances, family responsibilities, safety and more are deeply impacted by the global pandemic. Non-essential businesses have closed, forcing millions of Americans out of work and scrambling to file for unemployment insurance. Congress passed an economic stimulus package that, at first glance, seemed like needed relief to those trying to make ends meet. However, the reality is the COVID-19 relief package does not provide enough consumer protections and leaves many low-income households financially broken. Many Americans could be susceptible to financial scams…
By Reverend Dr. Raphael Warnock April 14, 2020 – This past week I did something I never thought I’d do: conducted a funeral for a member of my congregation on Zoom. Like many people across the country, the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic has reached our doorsteps at Ebenezer Baptist Church here in Georgia. No one is immune to this tragedy, but we are all reminded just how deep inequality runs in our country as we see this virus’s outsized impact on historically disadvantaged communities and how ill-prepared we are…
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Lowery’s enduring legacy, I believe, is that he led the SCLC back from near death, to vibrancy and noteworthy relevance, after taking over in 1977, nine years after the King assassination, following the rocky and uncertain tenure of Abernathy’s presidency. No one could be expected to replicate the charisma, dynamism, and eloquence of King. By Deric Gilliard / BlackPressUSA It took the most life altering event of the 21st century to finally mute the importance of one of the most significant figures of the second half of…
