Editorials
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…
Braxton Chadwick, a senior at King’s Ridge Christian School in Alpharetta Georgia, started the “Bloom to a Room” campaign. His grandmother is currently in an assisted living community where they are confined to their room and are not allowed outside visitors due to COVID-19. His grandfather’s family runs a wholesale greenhouse where the seasonal plant orders have been canceled due to the pandemic and thousands of plants are going to waste. A family member sent a plant with his grandmother’s grocery order, and her reaction sparked an idea. That’s how…
Dr. James Hildreth Shares about COVID-19
Dr. James Hildreth
President and CEO of Meharry Medical College
Professor of Internal Medicine
Infectious Disease Specialist
