By Joséphine Li Upcoming COVID Conversations on Facebook Live Thursday, July 30, 12:00 PM EST Thursday, August 20, 12:00 PM EST Citizens Committee for New York City (CitizensNYC) is an organization that seeks to help improve the quality of life for New Yorkers, especially […]
From masks worn to prevent the spread of Covid-19 to Hong Kong protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks during anti-China protests, 2020 is a time of masks. Yet in much of Africa, such face coverings masks have a different meaning and are far more likely to have a connotation of beauty and […]
The San Francisco Police Commission within the San Francisco Police Department has passed a resolution ordering every district station to put up a Black Lives Matter sign within 30 days, according to NBC Bay Area. The controversial move has faced criticism from the San Francisco Police Officers […]
(Photo credits: Getty Images) By Dereck Major OPINION—Some COVID-19 vaccines are showing positive signs of working, leading many to wonder who should get first access to a vaccine. According to MarketWatch, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials and an outside advisory committee are […]
By Joséphine Li Systemic poverty affects around 140 million people nationwide. Thus, in an effort to fight the systemic racial injustice that’s embedded in workplaces and society within the service industry, thousands of union workers decided to participate in a massive, full-day Strike for Black […]
The UK security minister James Brokenshire has said Britain is “more than 95%” sure that Russian state-sponsored hackers targeted UK, US and Canadian organisations involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine. Brokenshire said the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and its counterparts in the […]
Andrea Hart-This initiative will engage the public in designing new interpretive programming at historic Joseph Lloyd Manor to reflect the multiple perspectives that shaped the house’s history starting with Jupiter Hammon, the first published African American writer in the United States who lived, wrote, […]
“It is with inconsolable grief and enduring sadness that we announce the passing of U.S. Rep. John Lewis,” his family said in a statement. “He was honored and respected as the conscience of the US Congress and an icon of American history, but we […]
(CNN)Nearly 1 out of every 100 Americans has tested positive for Covid-19 as the virus rages uncontrolled across the country. The US has recorded more than 3.3 million coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University, and at least 135,205 Americans have died. […]
A liquor store in Austin on the West Side of Chicago is being transformed into a pop-up food market after local teens were given the chance to come up with solutions to their neighborhood’s challenges. According to Block Club Chicago, much of Austin is […]
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