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Apr- 2020 -4 April
‘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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4 April
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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4 April
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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4 April
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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4 April
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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3 April
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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2 April
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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2 April
CENSUS Must Move Forward During COVID-19 Pandemic
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Mail service continues and now advocates are doing what they can to encourage people to fill out CENSUS forms knowing so many Americans are in their homes…
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2 April
PRESS ROOM: National Civil Rights Museum to Host Virtual Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Death
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We should always stop and reflect on the life and legacy of Dr. King on April 4, but this year it is needed more than ever as…
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2 April
IN MEMORIAM: African Americans Who Have Died of COVID-19
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Michigan has been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 virus. A Flint, Mich. Bishop and pastor in the area both died after recently falling ill after contracting…
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