By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Summer is officially here, the Fourth of July weekend is underway and stores shelves are filled with decorations and foods for people to have events and cookouts. However, the COVID-19 pandemic continues and local officials are warning residents to continue to remain safe despite the feel-good time […]
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20-Year Black CEO, Custom Wigs and Extensions
20-YEAR OLD BLACK COSMETOLOGIST AND HAIR LOSS SPECIALIST’S CUSTOM WIGS AND EXTENSIONS HELPING WOMEN LOOK AND FEEL THEIR BEST DURING PANDEMIC Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — The pandemic has left millions of women trying to figure out home remedies for styling, adding fullness, covering thinning or balding spots or just looking for a way to give their […]
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Black Mental Health in the Age of COVID-19
The AFRO spoke with F.T. Burden, president and CEO of Soringboard Community Services, formerly known as Family and Children Services of Central Maryland. By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com Black Americans and other people of color continue to suffer more in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, one of the most deadly global pandemics […]
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Baltimore’s Only Summer Camp for Children Experiencing Homelessness Adapts Services Due to Pandemic
BALTIMORE, MD. (June 30, 2020) – Since 1907 the nationally recognized Camp St. Vincent program has been a valuable resource for local children experiencing poverty and homelessness in our community. Through wars, the Great Depression, civil unrest, and more recent challenges, Camp St. Vincent has continued to serve children every summer. This summer is no […]
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Trump at Rushmore: Jets and Fireworks, But Masks Optional
By STEPHEN GROVES, Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — When President Donald Trump speaks at the Mount Rushmore national memorial before the first fireworks show there in years, he’ll stand before a crowd of thousands of people who won’t be required to socially distance or wear masks despite the coronavirus pandemic. Friday night’s event, […]
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Cases Spike In Sunbelt, Other States Back Off On Reopening
By JAKE COYLE and JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — California closed bars, theaters and indoor restaurant dining all over again across most of the state Wednesday, and Arizona’s outbreak grew more severe by nearly every measure as the surging coronavirus crisis across the South and West sent a shudder through the country. The run-up […]
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Health Experts Slam US Deal For Large Supply Of Virus Drug
By MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Public health experts on Wednesday criticized the U.S. for securing a large supply of the only drug licensed so far to treat COVID-19. The U.S. government announced this week that it had an agreement with Gilead Sciences to make the bulk of their production of remdesivir […]
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Bea Gaddy: Supporting East Baltimore During COVID-19
By Cynthia Brooks, Special to the AFRO For nearly 30 years, the Bea Gaddy Family Centers have stood side-by-side with Baltimore’s families to provide healthy, quality food to those most in need. Even when not facing a global pandemic and historical unemployment levels, there has always been a need for food assistance in our community. […]
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Fauci: US ‘Going In Wrong Direction’ In Coronavirus Outbreak
By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer The U.S. is “going in the wrong direction” with the coronavirus surging badly enough that Dr. Anthony Fauci told senators Tuesday some regions are putting the entire country at risk — just as schools and colleges are wrestling with how to safely reopen. With about 40,000 new cases being […]
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Sunbelt States Rush To Line Up Hospital Beds, Not Barstools
By TAMARA LUSH and JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida and other states across the Sunbelt are thinning out the deck chairs, turning over the barstools and rushing to line up more hospital beds as they head into the height of the summer season amid a startling surge in confirmed cases […]
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OP-ED: Past Due Time for American Healthcare System to Protect Black Americans
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association Today, Americans are facing unprecedented times. We are in the midst of a global pandemic, our country has fallen into an economic recession, and hundreds of thousands are protesting police brutality and racial injustice. But there is another epidemic in this country […]
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Worsening Drought Forces State of Emergency in Puerto Rico
By DÁNICA COTO, Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Monday declared a state of emergency as a worsening drought creeps across the U.S. territory amid a coronavirus pandemic. Starting July 2, nearly 140,000 clients, including some in the capital of San Juan, will be without water for 24 hours […]