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Howard University Opens Free COVID-19 Testing Site For Underserved Communities
The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected the Black community and Howard University is stepping up to ensure that vulnerable groups in Washington, D.C. have access to adequate testing and resources amid the public health crisis. The historically Black university recently opened a free COVID-19 […]
Anti-Asian hate crimes up 21% in UK during coronavirus crisis
Hate crime directed at south and east Asian communities has increased by 21% during the coronavirus crisis, ministers have told MPs. A session of the home affairs select committee on online harm since the onset of the pandemic also heard that incidents of revenge porn – […]
Black Man Shot And Killed By Officer During A Traffic Stop Identified As Houston Gospel Artist
By Victor Omondi The man gunned down by a Houston police officer on Friday has been identified as Adrian Medearis. He’s a famous gospel singer and a former director for the Prairie View A&M Baptist Student Movement gospel choir and founder of God’s Anointed […]
Coronavirus is the ultimate demonstration of the real-world impact of racism
By Alana Lentin As coronavirus continues to rampage across the globe, it has become apparent that, while biologically the virus may not discriminate, it is having a much worse effect on people from ethnic minorities. As the researcher Omar Khan has noted, BAME Covid-19 deaths “track existing […]
Black Educator Puts the Spotlight on the Next Generation of Youth Leaders During COVID-19 Pandemic
When Dr. Candice Lucas-Bledsoe realized that her annual Cutting Edge Youth Summit with over 300 students, parents, teachers, and community leaders would not take place this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, she decided to pivot. She decided instead to put the spotlight on […]
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