By Thurka Sangaramoorthy, The Conversation The face of HIV in the United States has long been white gay men, even though the epidemic has had a devastating and disproportionate impact on African-American communities. This is especially true among women; 60 percent of newly diagnosed cases of HIV in women in 2017 were African-American. Yet, African-American […]
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia says renter households experiencing job loss because of Covid currently owe an estimated $7.2 billion in unpaid rent, or $5,400 each. Among the hardest hit are female renters and households of color, the report noted. Download the Report Here
Stuyvesant High School. The most selective of the specialized high schools in the NYC public school system. – New York City, New York / USA – November 2019 (Shutterstock) By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat, THE CITY The coronavirus pandemic will force major changes in the ways students are admitted to New York City’s competitive middle and […]
The portrait of famous American golfer Tiger Woods in Istanbul on November 05, 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Shutterstock) By Jason Owens, AOL Justin Thomas and his father, Mike Thomas, sat atop the scoreboard at the end of this weekend’s PNC Championship at 25-under par. But it was the seventh-place team that stole the show. Tiger […]
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Agricultural seasonal immigrant (migrant) field (farm) workers harvest and package (box) Romaine lettuce in the fields of Salinas Valley of central California. – Salinas, California – USA – July 1, 2015 (Shutterstock) By AV Press Releases, America’s Voice This week brings more evidence that the treatment of “essential workers” during the Trump era has been […]
By Lee Moran, AOL Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, on Wednesday once again urged Americans to have a low-key Christmas in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus. “I’m going to be with my wife — period,” Fauci told The Washington Post. “The Christmas holiday is a special holiday […]
Photo: Sandra Lindsay, left, a registered nurse and Director of Critical Care at Northwell Health, receives the COVID-19 vaccine during a live conference with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. – December 14, 2020 – Queens, NY (Scott Heins for the Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo) By Mary Campbell The light at the end of […]
By Marley K, Medium Why Black People Don’t Trust The Vaccine America is inherently racist, and this country has done many things to us for no other reason except they could. White people have used Black babies as alligator bait, dressed their children up to watch Black men be lynched (including creating postcards), and modern […]
Due to the sharp political situation, thousands of Venezuelans are fleeing their homeland to Brazil. Here, next to the bus station in Manaus, hundreds of Venezuelans in camp. – Manaus, January 22, 2019 (Shutterstock) By BBC The bodies of 14 migrants have been found over the past two days off the Venezuelan coast. They are […]