Coronavirus
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Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Reopening Most Non-Essential Businesses, According to Poll
President Trump and other conservatives certainly love pushing the narrative that reopening America is what the American people want, but a recent poll shows that narrative is far from truthful. Instead, the poll shows that a strong majority of Americans oppose the reopening of non-essential businesses and would be uncomfortable patronizing those businesses regardless of…
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Teen Sister and Brother Host Virtual ‘We Are Well Prom’ to Honor the Class of 2020
Along with the pomp and circumstance of graduation, one of the signature rites of passage for high school students that has also been canceled by the pandemic is the senior prom. But two students from Forsyth County, Ga., provided hundreds of fellow high schoolers with a virtual senior prom Saturday via Instagram Live that was…
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Tina Knowles-Lawson and Beyoncé's BeyGOOD Initiative Offering Free COVID-19 Testing in Houston
While undeniably heartbreaking, it’s no surprise that black and brown people are disproportionately affected by the devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the CDC, as of mid-April, roughly 33 percent of COVID-19 fatalities are African-American people. In order to combat the spread of the illness in her home state of Texas, Beyoncé and…
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Shopper Wears KKK Hood as Face Covering in California Grocery Store
If we have learned anything since the beginning of the coronavirus health crisis, it’s that a global pandemic isn’t enough for white supremacists to take a break. In Santee, Calif., one grocery store shopper wore a Ku Klux Klan hood as a face covering to demonstrate safe social distancing practices while letting everyone know that…
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Michigan Governor Describes Stay-at-Home Protests as ‘Some of the Worst Racism’ She’s Seen
Last week, hundreds of disgruntled citizens gathered outside of Michigan’s state capitol building in defiance of the state’s stay-at-home orders meant to slow the spread of COVID-19. Many of the protesters were holding rifles and, according to Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, many of them were also holding bigotry and hate in their hearts as well.…
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Africans in China Say Police Have Told Them to Stop Sharing Stories About Racial Discrimination: Report
A Ugandan woman who filmed a racist encounter at a Guangdong, China 7-Eleven earlier this month says Chinese police officers visited her shortly afterward demanding she delete the video. As BuzzFeed reports, Darasa (who wasn’t identified by her full name to protect her from possible retribution) is one of multiple Africans currently living in China…
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New York State Paid $69 Million for Ventilators It Never Received
An electrical engineer from Silicon Valley claimed via Twitter that he could supply the state of New York with ventilators to help overwhelmed hospitals in need. Despite him having no background in supplying medical equipment, he was awarded a $69 million contract to supply ventilators to the state. Those ventilators never arrived. BuzzFeed reports that…
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Janelle Monae to Perform in Verizon Live Series Benefitting Small Businesses
Across the board, celebrities are trying to do what they can with their platforms to help those who have been affected by the devastation brought on by COVID-19. Actress Octavia Spencer donated respirators to hospitals in her home state of Alabama and the epicenter of the illness, New York, while Rihanna has donated over $5…
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More Than 80% of Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 in Georgia Were Black, CDC Reports
As Georgia gets set to reopen more non-essential business this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study finding that more than 80 percent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients were black. Shared on Wednesday, the CDC study looked at 305 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in eight Georgia hospitals, seven of which were in…
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I Think I've Been Using Retail Therapy to Break the "Stay-at-Home" Monotony and Didn't Realize It
I don’t remember exactly what date it was that a general, nationwide “stay your ass at home” proclamation happened, but if memory serves correctly, it was sometime in mid-to-late March. According to school emails for two of my kids, their last day of in-building instruction was Friday, March 13th, which is amazing because it feels…