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Avoiding care during the pandemic could mean life or death

By John M. Glionna Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — These days, Los Angeles acting teacher Deryn Warren balances her pain with her fear. She’s

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Record number of Black female candidates running for Congress

(The Griot via Defender News Service) — More than 120 Black or multi-racial Black women filed to run for congress in 2020, and many are

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Barr: Crime more dangerous to black people than systemic racism in police departments
// // // Attorney General William Barr clashed with black congressional Democrats over whether systemic racism exists in U.S. police forces. Barr, who testified Tuesday to the Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee, ...
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28 Million American renters face evictions
By Sunita Sohrabji Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — An estimated 28 million renters in the U.S. are facing evictions over the next three months, as states begin lifting their COVID-19 related ...
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John Lewis, the ‘Conscience of the U.S. Congress’ loses his battle with pancreatic cancer
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Louisianians joined other Americans in honoring the life and legacy of longtime congressman and civil rights leader John R. Lewis, who died on July 17 at the ...
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Why doctors keep monitoring kids who recover from mysterious COVID-linked illness
By Fred Mogul of WYNC and Maria Godoy of NPR News Contributing Writers (Special from khn.org) — Israel Shippy doesn’t remember much about having COVID-19 — or the unusual auto-immune disease it ...
‘Say Her Name’ campaign targets police killings of Black women and girls
By Rebekah Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — In 1989, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw — an attorney, civil rights advocate, and leading scholar of critical race theory — coined the term ...
2010 Census omitted 3.7 million Blacks – nearly five times its original ‘undercount’ claims
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — A special report released by the National Urban League reveals that the U. S. Census Bureau omitted at least 3.7 million African Americans from ...
How to reverse the rural South’s rising incarceration rate
By Olivia Paschal Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — As protests over the police killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and other Black people have swept the country in the last ...
Essence changes CEO amid allegations of toxic work culture
Essence Communications, Inc. has named Caroline Wanga as the new, temporary CEO following the June 28 publication of an open letter citing allegations of mistreatment and abuse of Black female ...

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