The iconic journalist, educator and pioneer, Ida B. Wells was awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize on May 4. During her lifetime, Wells was dedicated to reporting the violent and inhumane acts against Black people. This posthumous honor comes with a monetary award of up to $50,000 to continue Wells’ work and to support her mission. […]
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Obama to Deliver 2020 HS Commencement Address
By The Associated Press Former President Barack Obama will deliver a televised prime-time commencement address for the high school Class of 2020 during an hour-long event that will also feature LeBron James, Malala Yousafzai and Ben Platt, among others. ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC will simultaneously air the special May 16 at 8 p.m. EDT […]
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The AFRO Awarded $100,000 Grant by Facebook Journalism Project
Today, Facebook is announcing that more than 200 news organizations will receive nearly $16 million in grants through the Facebook Journalism Project’s relief fund for local news. These grants stem from $25 million in local news relief funding announced in March as part of Facebook’s $100 million global investment in news. It includes: $10.3 million being awarded […]
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Pandemic Chokes Retail: J.Crew Files for Bankruptcy
By Anne D’Innocenzio Associated Press The owner of J.Crew is filing for bankruptcy protection, the first major retailer to do so since the pandemic forced the closing of most stores in the United States. More retail bankruptcies are expected in coming weeks with the doors of thousands of stores still locked, though states have begun […]
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Don Lemon Calls Trump Out
By Jessica Dortch Production Editor jdortch@afro.com Longtime CNN Anchor Don Lemon aired his grievances about President Trump on live television May 3. The monologue came after a video of former President Barack Obama endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden was played. Immediately following the video, Lemon questioned President Trump’s apparent “obsession” with the former president. […]
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Arrests Made In Shooting Death of Black Man After Outcry
Father, Son Charged with Killing Black Man Ahmaud Arbery By RUSS BYNUM and BEN NADLER, Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia authorities arrested a white father and son Thursday and charged them with murder in the February shooting death of a black man they had pursued in a truck after spotting him running in […]
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Beyond Meat and Its Rivals Rely on Chinese Ingredients, Opening Food-Safety Debate in the COVID-19 Era
While America’s biggest beef and pork producers were nearly laid low in April by COVID-19 cases in their workforce, sales of what detractors call “fake meat” boomed. But the pandemic may in time affect sales of plant-based protein, too, as U.S. consumers become more wary of all things China—which supplies a majority of the products’ […]
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NAACP Launches #WeAreDoneDying Campaign, Empowering Black and Brown Communities to Take Action Against Senseless Killings of African Americans
Washington, D.C. (May 7, 2020) – The NAACP, the nation’s foremost social justice organization, has launched a campaign entitled #WeAreDoneDying, aimed at exposing the inequities embedded into the American healthcare system and the country at large. From COVID-19 to running while Black in America, the abuse faced by people of color, particularly African Americans is […]
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Taxis, Bikes & Sushi Robots Keep New Yorkers Fed, Protected
By JAKE SEINER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Yellow cabs are lining up before sunrise at food distribution sites across the city. Motorcyclists are buzzing over bridges, bags packed with masks and gowns. Even sushi-making robots are pitching in, freeing up acclaimed chefs to deliver meals to hospitals. Taxi driver Mor Diop delivers boxes […]
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Why Are Some Planes Crowded Even With Air Travel Down?
By DAVID KOENIG, AP Airlines Writer Every once in a while, social media lights up with photos or video from flights that are nearly full, with passengers clearly violating advice from public health officials about social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. That raises the question: How can planes still be full when air travel is […]
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April Jobs Data To Show Epic Losses and Soaring Unemployment
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The economic catastrophe caused by the viral outbreak likely sent the U.S. unemployment rate in April to its highest level since the Great Depression and caused a record-shattering loss of jobs. With the economy paralyzed by business closures, the unemployment rate likely jumped to at least […]
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AP-NORC Poll: Pandemic Especially Tough On People Of Color
BY KAT STAFFORD and EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — People of color have not only been hit harder by the deadly coronavirus than have Americans overall, but they’re also bearing the brunt of the pandemic’s financial impact, according to a recent survey from the The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The financial […]