July 2020

BPT — The threat of COVID-19 in nursing homes and assisted living facilities has led elderly individuals and people with disabilities or...

Fund Helps Breast Cancer Patients Impacted by COVID-19 Crisis

Statewide — Rising unemployment, mandatory stay-at-home orders, and an overburdened health care system are causing a perfect storm for breast cancer patients...

LA Activists Drill Down on Who Deserves Reparations for Slavery and Why

Photo by Marcus Champion: A member of the community speaking at the Fight to Save Black LA Candidate Forum in Los Angeles...

Blacks in California Split Over Vote That Could Raise Some Property Taxes

Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media California — Proposition 15, the “Tax on Commercial and Industrial Properties for Education and Local Government...

St. Louis Prosecutor Charges White Couple with Threatening Protesters with Guns

Photo Caption: Mark and Patricia McCloskey of St. Louis who brandished firearms outside their home were charged on Monday with unlawful use...

Outrage After Bill Gates’ Wife Says Blacks Should Receive COVID-19 Vaccine First

Nationwide — Melinda Gates, the wife of billionaire Bill Gates, has reportedly suggested in a recent interview with Time Magazine that Black...

Students Emerge as Leaders During COVID-19 Through Service Learning

As learning has gone virtual to curb the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, educators and parents have been left with a pressing...

HBCUs in Atlanta to Go Virtual for Fall Semester

By: Joe Jurado, The Root Atlanta, GA — Inexplicably, there’s an ongoing argument happening across the country about sending kids back to...

The Data Is In: Gatherings Spread COVID Cases