Source: ALEX BRANDON / Getty If the Republican response to the coronavirus pandemic has indicated nothing else, it has indicated the possibility that a lot of white people were not practicing good hygiene pre-COVID. I started to suspect this during…
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EBONY Rundown: Ex-NFL Star Glenn Foster Jr. Dies in Police Custody, Study Finds Booster Could Counter Threat Posed by Omicron, and More
Former NFL Player Glenn Foster Jr. Died in Police Custody Alabama state investigators are probing the death of former New Orleans Saints player Glenn Foster Jr., who died under mysterious circumstances while in police custody. According to CNN, Foster was…
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Who Gets The Covid Vaccine First? Distribution Process Questions Linger As Black Folks Hit Hardest
Source: NurPhoto / Getty The news of Pfizer‘s success with its coronavirus vaccine trials has prompted a wave of optimism for the future as Covid-19 surges with a deadly vengeance across most of the U.S. But there are still plenty…
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Bishop Harry Jackson, Black Conservative Pastor Who Advised Trump, Dies
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Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine Is Up To 90% Effective
Finally! It appears a Coronavirus vaccine that will change the world is within reach. Pfizer just released data showing they’ve developed a vaccine that is more than 90% effective in preventing Coronavirus infections. Although it’s preliminary, that level of protection…
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Biden’s New Coronavirus Task Force Is Co-Chaired By A Black Woman
Joe Biden has quickly gotten to work as the president-elect while his predecessor complains without proof that he’s been defrauded of the presidency. The two decidedly different approaches to leading the country were especially on display Monday after Biden made…
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Chicken Wings May Look Different due to COVID-19
The price of wings is changing so much, it’s affecting nearly every place that serves wings, including the self-proclaimed “wing experts” Wingstop. Wingstop is eyeing a new menu item that they’ve never offered before: chicken thighs. Now, I know what…
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If Someone Coughs or Sneezes on You, Doctors Say Do This
Just imagine that you are traveling along and doing your thing and then all of sudden you hear “Achoo!” or a loud cough that didn’t come from you, but it’s so close you feel the effects of it–ewww! So what…
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Black Western starring Idris Elba pauses filming after positive COVID-19 test
Idris Elba (Photo credit: Bang Media) The Harder They Fall has paused filming after a member of the production team tested positive for coronavirus. Shooting on the Western motion picture, which features Idris Elba, got underway in Mexico five weeks ago,…
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Google Donates $2.35 Million To Black-Owned Tech Companies In Atlanta
Amid the global health crisis, several initiatives have been unveiled to support Black-owned businesses that have been significantly impacted. Among the efforts is one being led by Google. The technology company announced it will donate $2.35 million to Black-owned, Atlanta-based…
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