(Courtesy Photo via NNPA Newswire) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The United States recorded an all-time high of 102,831 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, November 4. Additionally, hospitals admitted more than 50,000 Americans because of coronavirus. Reports suggest that the country’s protective gear supply like the N95 face mask is […]
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FBI Delays Release of White-Supremacist Terror Report
The FBI cited “limitations caused by COVID-19,” as the reason the report on domestic terror was late. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Correspondent The FBI was set to release a legally mandated report in June compiling data on domestic terrorism, including the threat of White supremacist violence. The National Defense […]
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COVID-19 Worsens Debt Collector Harassment
(Courtesy Photo via NNPA Newswire) NNPA NEWSWIRE — Recalling its earlier research on the family wealth lost as a result of the Great Recession, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), holds that the effects of families of color losing $1 trillion of wealth, still hinders these same families a decade later. Until or unless regulators […]
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Wearable devices help detect potential coronavirus infections
The wearable devices will be low cost tools that help track the spread of COVID-19. (Kārlis Dambrāns via Flickr) By Caitlin Yilek Zenger News A watch and ring are giving the military advance warning of potential coronavirus infections. The wearable devices from Garmin and Oura, with the help of an algorithm from Philips Healthcare, are […]
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Women More Likely to Face Housing Insecurity in Pandemic-Led Recession
With schools going virtual and childcare centers closed, working mothers were three times more likely than working fathers to cite childcare as the main reason they were out of work. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) By NNPA Dubbed the “she-cession,” women face disproportionate housing impacts due to unemployment, housing tenure and childcare. Unemployment claims for women […]
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OP-ED: Black Americans Have Everything to Lose in This Election
When President Trump asked Black Americans what they had to lose by giving him a chance four years ago we never thought the simple, yet disastrous answer would be everything. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) By Svante Myrick, Mayor of Ithaca, New York As the mayor of a city in New York, every day I wake […]
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Ravens Player Tests Positive for COVID-19, Pro Bowl Receiver Joins Practice Squad
By Demetrius Dillard Jr. Sports Writer Also, the Baltimore Ravens organization was informed that a player has tested positive for COVID-19 on Nov. 2, the team said in a release. Marlon Humphery, whose identity wasn’t initially released by team officials, immediately began to self-quarantine as the Ravens are now under the NFL’s intensive protocol. “In […]
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Special Update: City Schools Announces List of Additional Small Group In-Person Learning Sites
Hello City Schools Families, A few weeks ago, Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) shared that we will offer in-person opportunities to more groups of prioritized students. We have now identified the additional schools that have demonstrated readiness for hosting these opportunities and will serve students who choose to participate in small group in-person learning, […]
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COVID and Flu: Baltimore Coalition Urges Vaccination
Nurses, pharmacists and Coppin students at Park Heights Renaissance free vaccination clinic. (Courtesy Photo) By J. K. Schmid Special to the AFRO A lot is coming together in Park Heights (PHR) and the Park Heights Renaissance Master Plan appears to be firing on all cylinders. On Oct. 20, in the shadow of Park Heights Renaissance […]
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Op-Ed: Mask Up and Vote
Larry Young, host of the Larry Young Morning Show and chair, National Action Network Greater Baltimore Chapter was on hand to help hand out masks and register people to vote. (Photo courtesy) By Larry Young This October brought us a different kind of campaign season. Yes, the importance of the closing weeks of the national […]
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#GOTV: Prince George’s County NAACP is On a Roll
Bob Ross and Cassandra Freeman help with early voting by passing out water and snacks at the Sports and Learning Complex on Oct. 26 in Landover, Md. (Photo by Charnyse Burton) By Charnyse Burton Special to the AFRO With days to go before the Nov. 3 election, the NAACP of Prince George’s County is encouraging […]
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Black SuperPac Urges Candidates, Parties to Spend Millions with Black Businesses
(Image courtesy NNPA) By The Florida Courier Staff via NNPA One of America’s leading Black conservative political action committees has instituted a national effort to help Black-owned businesses earn some of the billions of dollars spent during America’s political campaigns as the 2020 election year hits the home stretch. BlakPAC, a federally-registered “Super PAC” (political […]