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COMMENTARY: COVID-19, the View Across Black America

NNPA NEWSWRE — While Washington, D.C.’s Metrorail has been largely emptied of its professional class of passengers, reductions in the city’s bus service have made it difficult for its darker…

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COMMENTARY: Who Gets the Ventilators?

NNPA NEWSWIRE — We must not forget the many ways that Black bodies were used for medical experiments, from the use of Black women's genitalia to develop gynecology through the…

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Russell Simmons Brings Back Def Comedy Jam to Raise Money for Coronavirus Ravaged Areas

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Simmons is leading a group of producers who, on Sunday, April 5, will premiere “Def Comedy Jam Presents: Healing Through Laughter,” a marathon fundraiser hosted by Cedric…

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‘NOTHING IS NORMAL’: Small-town hospital soldiers ahead against pandemic

NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — As of March 31, the Mississippi State Department of Health’s website was reporting 1,073 total cases statewide and 22 fatalities. Marshall County, where Holly Springs is,…

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COMMENTARY: What Do You Say to Someone Battling COVID-19?

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “You know how to ask the right questions,” the late John Murphy, then-assistant managing editor of the Times-Tribune newspaper in Scranton, Pennsylvania, once told me. “You seem…

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NNPA President Pens Op-Ed Urging for the Protection of Black Americans During Pandemic

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Minority and low-income Americans suffer from a significant lack of access to quality health care. They are also more likely not to have health insurance and are…

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COVID-19: Renowned Doctor Says, ‘Be Vigilant. Don’t Be a Vector’

NNPA NEWSWIRE — "In 2002, the hosts were cats. Then for MERS, the host was camels," noted Dr. James Hildreth the president of Meharry Medical College. "So, efforts were made…

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State of Emergency Declared for Black America as Public Health Experts Reveal Coronavirus is Airborne

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Medical experts have also sounded the alarm that the virus could well be transmitted through the air. “Currently available research supports the possibility that (COVID-19) could be…

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OP-ED: Making Sense of the 2020 Census

NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to the Census Bureau post-enumeration survey, 800,000 African Americans went uncounted. What does this mean? It means once again, the voice of African Americans was denied.…

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COMMENTARY: While You Were Paying Attention To Covid-19, Trump Slipped Something Past You

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Let’s just be as direct as possible and stop beating around the bushes. The Administration made a move while the entire country has been focused on the…

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