In poorer areas across the nation populated with Black residents, COVID-19 cases are especially high according to still-developing data.
While the government tries to figure out what long-term effects of the coronavirus will be, and how to deal with them; it’s ordinary citizens who are stepping up to help their communities. A Michigan man named Allen Marshall used his $900 in savings to purchase gas for nurses on the frontlines fighting the spread of […]
Cincinnati: Solid Rock Church of Cincinnati has been in the news lately for continuing to hold church service after Governor Mike DeWine issued a stay at home order in effect until May 1st for the entire state due to the Coronovrius pandemic. Although the stay at home mandate doesn’t include churches, many churches across the […]
A Detroit bus driver who recently complained about people not taking the coronavirus pandemic seriously after a passenger coughed several times without covering her mouth, has died after contracting the virus, CNN reports. Jason Hargrove posted a video to Facebook on March 21 criticizing a woman who he said got on his bus and coughed […]
On Oct. 19, 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. and dozens of young protesters were arrested in downtown Atlanta for participating in a sit-in demonstration at Rich’s department store, setting off a series of historic events. “King didn’t like to be arrested. He was not like John Lewis,” King’s biographer Clayborne Carsonv told AJC.com, referring to […]
According to reports from Metro UK, 56-year-old Anan Sahoh tested positive for the coronavirus after he was found dead on Tuesday on the train from Bangkok to the southern city of Narathiwat. Before going on his journey, Sahoh was seen on surveillance footage spitting on another man who was buying tickets at the Bang Sue station in Bangkok.
Last month, Kesha Gray was arrested in Cordova, Tenn. after police officers stopped her for questioning about a reported domestic violence incident and appearing to be too distraught to talk to them. Video footage of her arrest went viral on social media. Now, the Memphis branch of the NAACP is calling for an expedited inquiry into […]
While many Americans are coping with social distancing and the financial strain of the pandemic, Oprah Winfrey is joining the legion of celebrities who have teamed up to aid in relief.
Now that most colleges and universities have moved their classes to online lectures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic many are utilizing the popular Zoom video conferencing tool. On Monday a University of Texas organization had to cut their session short after someone logged on and began hurling racial slurs at Black students. The Austin […]
After a spring break trip to Mexico, 28 students from The University of Texas have tested positive for COVID-19, according to reports from Reuters. The City of Austin said in a statement on Tuesday that those confirmed sick are self-isolating, along with dozens of others being monitored under quarantine while also undergoing testing.
1,000 fathers, mothers, wives, daughters, sons, brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents died in America yesterday because of coronavirus. According to USAToday, that number doubles the worst daily death rate of both lung cancer and the common flu.
The Labor Department is now reporting that 3.3 million number has vastly doubled, and a staggering 6.6 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits. The number blew away the estimated 3.1 million claims and show the economy is collapsing faster than initially predicted.