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26-Year-Old Black Woman Dies Giving Birth After She Was Neglected by Doctors for Weeks, Family Says
Amber Isaac was a little more than a month away from her delivery date, and thrilled about the prospect of finally meeting her first child, a baby boy named Elias. But one issue had her worried: in February, she learned her platelet count was low, a symptom of several conditions that could result in dangerous…
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Nurses Honor Fallen Colleagues Outside of White House, Protest for PPE: ‘We Are Not Getting What We Need’
On Thursday, members of National Nurses United, the largest nurses’ union in the country, staged a protest just yards away from the White House, petitioning the government to support healthcare workers who are continuing to treat coronavirus patients without proper protective gear. Clad in red shirts and wearing face masks, they stood among 80 pairs…
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Counties With High Proportion of Black People Made Up More Than Half of All Coronavirus Cases and Deaths, Study Finds
Over the last two months, the disproportionate impact the coronavirus has had on African American communities has been well-documented. But across the country, in large part because of inconsistencies in how health data is collected state to state and at the federal level, we still don’t have a complete view of how deep, or how…
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As Graphic Video of Black Jogger's Killing Goes Viral, Georgia Prosecutor Recommends Case Go Before Grand Jury
On Tuesday, a graphic video was posted online showing the deadly shooting of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black man who was killed in February by two white men as he went for a jog in a Southern Georgia suburb. As video of the killing spread far and wide online, a Georgia prosecutor recommended the…
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French Montana Concedes Drake Could 'Probably' Beat Him in Head-to-Head Hits Battle; Water Declares It Is 'Likely' Wet
If there’s any self-care mantra I can offer to anyone right now, it’s to believe in yourself the way French Montana believes in himself. The “Unforgettable” rapper, in an interview with DJ E Rock on 92.3’s The Bassment (h/t Complex), maintained, once again, that his catalog could stand next to most of hip hop’s greats—with…
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley Addresses Joe Biden Assault Allegations: 'We Still Don't Know What Survivor Justice Looks Like'
Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley penned an open letter to former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday calling for the presumptive presidential Democratic nominee to give a response that “models the empathy, diligence, and acknowledgment of broken systems that this conversation demands.” Rep. Pressley’s letter, titled “It’s 2020 and We Still Don’t Know What Survivor Justice…
