"We are also preparing to deploy them to larger surveys within the coming weeks to further identify individuals who, due to mild infection, may have not known they were infected with SARS-CoV-2 and to monitor immunity in recovered individuals," Nordlund said. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus hitting some African American communities extremely hard
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African Americans more likely to know someone who died of coronavirus, surveys show
At the state level, 16 percent of black Louisianans know someone who has died of coronavirus, versus 6 percent of white Louisianans. More than half of deaths from the virus in the state have been black people even though they make up about one-third of the state's population. … [Read more...] about African Americans more likely to know someone who died of coronavirus, surveys show
Robert Johnson’s Big Idea: $14 trillion in slavery reparations to African-Americans
And therefore, I'm proposing that if America can atone for that in the form of cash payments to African-Americans to make them economically equal to white Americans, two things will happen. One, African-Americans will be, in effect, financially equal in a capitalist society and given the opportunity to grow wealth for themselves and their families. And two ... unless you can atone, forgive and then repair in the form of the $14 trillion of cash, which the way I've developed it would make 40 million African-Americans equal in wealth to white Americans, we will live with this problem for generations to come. … [Read more...] about Robert Johnson’s Big Idea: $14 trillion in slavery reparations to African-Americans
US Conference of Mayors supports commission to study giving reparations to African-Americans
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., last year said of the idea: "I think we're always a work in progress in this country, but no one currently alive was responsible for that, and I don't think we should be trying to figure out how to compensate for it." … [Read more...] about US Conference of Mayors supports commission to study giving reparations to African-Americans
Brown Makes History as First African American to Lead US Military Service Branch
Brown was nominated March 2 to replace Gen. David Goldfein, who is expected to retire in the coming weeks from the top Air Force job. Goldfein, another command pilot, served as vice chief of staff of the Air Force, director of the Joint staff and commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command prior to becoming chief of the Air Force. … [Read more...] about Brown Makes History as First African American to Lead US Military Service Branch
