covid-19
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Congress Is Still Arguing Over Another Stimulus Package. Just Run Us Our Money
For some reason, elected officials can’t seem to stop the hemming and hawing to produce a bill that doesn’t pad the rich and placate the poor during a fucking pandemic in which nearly half of the population is out of work. Way back in May, the Democratic-led House passed a relief bill that would’ve extended…
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Another Day, Another MLB Game Postponed Due to the Coronavirus
Say what you want about the NBA bubble, commissioner Adam Silver—and Disney exec Rosalyn Durant—has not only sidestepped a global pandemic, but has delivered the game we all know and love while preserving the health and safety of some of the most popular athletes in the world. Major League Baseball, however, hasn’t been nearly as lucky.…
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Black Youth Released From Juvenile Detention Facilities at a Lower Rate Than White Kids During Pandemic
In the early days of the pandemic, there was a sustained push to release those incarcerated in the nation’s jails, prisons and juvenile detention facilities. Unfortunately, that momentum has slowed and, in the case of juvenile detention centers, Black youth have disproportionately been left behind, according to a new report. Released by the Annie E.…
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I Hate to be the Bearer of Bad News, But Your Team Isn't Winning an NBA Title This Year. Here's Why
You still upset about the headline? You can bitch and moan all you want, but your team still ain’t winning shit. So once you’re done with your temper tantrum, I’ll happily explain why. You done? Cool. Let’s go. When last they left us: 43-21, 3rd seed in the Eastern Conference. How did they get here?…
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White People Won't Save You
There are tens of thousands of Americans—nurses and uncles; bus drivers and doctors; aunties and baristas; grad students and my friend—who were killed by COVID-19 because they just weren’t able to escape it. Perhaps their occupation was high-risk. Perhaps they were unable to effectively social distance. Perhaps they had underlying—and white supremacy-induced—medical conditions that made…
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Former Presidential Candidate Herman Cain Dies After Battle With COVID-19
Former presidential candidate and ardent Trump supporter Herman Cain has died after a battle with COVID-19. The Georgia-born politician was 74. According to WSB-TV, Cain had been hospitalized for over a month in an Atlanta hospital after attending a Trump rally in which he was photographed without a mask. “We knew when he was first…
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Florida's Youngest to Die From COVID-19 Is a Little Black Girl
Health officials in Florida say that a 9-year-old girl is the youngest person in the state to die from COVID-19. Kimora “Kimmie” Lynum from Gainesville died from coronavirus complications on July 17. According to a GoFundMe created by her family to cover medical bills and funeral expenses, Kimmie was taken to hospital with a high…
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COVID-19 Is Officially Wrecking Havoc on Major League Baseball. Could the NFL Be Next?
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but America has a bit of a coronavirus problem. And if you thought that Major League Baseball or the NFL would provide us with a much-needed escape from the perils of this pandemic, I regret to inform you that COVID-19 isn’t letting sports be great, either. The Florida…
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NBA Says LA Clippers' Lou Williams Has to Quarantine for 10 Days After Visiting Magic City in Atlanta
Lou Williams of the Los Angeles Clippers apparently loves the food at the Magic City strip club in Atlanta so much that he’s willing to endure 10 days under quarantine for it. That’s the punishment the shooting guard has been dished out from the NBA, reports ESPN, after he left the campus ‘bubble’ where players…
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National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien Tests Positive for COVID-19
Despite all the warnings and the cautionary tales, President Trump’s national security adviser Robert O’Brien still managed to leave the NBA bubble to get wings from world-renowned Atlanta strip club, Magic City. Managing Editor Genetta Adams: Stephen, you are mixing two stories together. NBA player Lou Williams left the NBA bubble to go to the…