Photo by Fred Moon on Unsplash By Branch Editorial Team After hearing the initial explosion on September 11, 2001, Bernard Thomas and his workmates ran to their office windows, which faced the World Trade Center in Manhattan. “We could see the smoke billowing and a plane circling, then aiming toward the second building before it […]
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Biden’s forced COVID-19 vaccine attack on minorities
Paris Dennard, Senior Communications Advisor for Black Media Affairs at the Republican National Committee (Photo: Provided by Paris Dennard) By Paris Dennard President’s new rule is deliberate and targeted discrimination Years ago, my grandfather, a staunch conservative Democrat, told me that he hated to hear U.S. Presidents say “my fellow Americans” because he felt they […]
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Why the business-as-usual regulatory pace to advance COVID-19 vaccines to full approval?
(Photo/nih.gov) By Jean Bonhomme and Salvatore J. Giorgianni Jr. The Men’s Health Network and the National Black Men’s Health Network urge the FDA, and the Biden Administration, to provide current COVID-19 vaccines full regulatory approval within the next 90 days. The Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) process that was essential in getting COVID-19 vaccines out to […]
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Calif. coup averted; stop Jim Crow in Fla. and Texas
By Wayne Dawkins Special to the AFRO Here is some chilling arithmetic: Three states control 28% of the U.S. population, 90.4 million of 331-plus million people, according to the latest U.S. Census count. These numbers are a big deal because Republican governors from the two southern power states are committed to driving their people back […]
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Black People are Dying at 1.4 Times the Rate of Whites in this Pandemic
Photo by Hush Naidoo Jade Photography on By Congressman Kweisi Mfume Health care disparities are wide and show gaps among economic classes and races and these gulfs deepened with the COVID-19 pandemic. Among communities of color the healthcare response and outcomes have been especially catastrophic. The human death toll and suffering are great no matter […]
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Problems with COVID-19 and the Delta Variant
(Shutterstock) By Tonya Dowhite The Delta Variant is a new strain of the coronavirus that originated in China in 2019. It is more contagious and deadly than previous strains of the coronavirus. It spread to India, killing over 400,000 people in India after December 2020. It also has spread throughout the United States in August […]
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Communities of Color and Other Buyers, Beware of Bold Promises from Health Insurers
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought issues of healthcare equity to the forefront of discussions of racial justice. Even when controlling for factors like age and income, communities of color have been much more severely impacted than White Americans. A recent report by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that “older […]
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Governor Newsom defeats more than the recall
Culver City, California, September 5, 2021-California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at his recall election rally on at Culver City High School. (Photo courtesy of CBM) By Dr. John E Warren, Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper With more than 68% of the votes counted within an hour of the California Recall Election, Governor […]
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Letter to the Editor: The Orioles need to recruit Black players from Baltimore City, County
Submitted by Eddie B. Tombs IV The reason the Orioles will not win a World Series Championship is because they have no African Americans from Baltimore City and Baltimore County on their baseball team. Back years ago, you had people like Frank Robinson, Erold Hendricks and Eddie Murray who were top players on the Orioles. […]
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Commentary: Remembering 9-11
Dorothy S. Boulware By Dorothy S. Boulware On the morning of September 11, 2001, I stood in the office of the AFRO editor, Willie Givens, former Liberian Ambassador to London. It was no different than any other Tuesday morning. We were creating layout sheets, by hand; reserving space for photos with large Xs and indicating […]
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Op-ed: Pan-African Considerations for the Diaspora in COVID-19 Era
Photo by Nechirwan Kavian on Unsplash By DaQuan Lawrence As the global pandemic continues to develop, catalyze worldwide change, and affect various populations and segments of society disproportionately and indiscriminately, it’s important to consider how working together to support not only the African-American/Black community, but international African diaspora is important. The diaspora’s experience has always […]
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If Earth is a woman, then America is a man
Dr. Kaye Whitehead (Courtesy Photo) By Dr. Kaye Whitehead Arundhati Roy once wrote that “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” I would add that in these moments, as we watch what is happening in Texas with Senate Bill 8 and Senate […]
