Fox News host Laura Ingraham attempted to explain to African-Americans on Thursday night that President Donald Trump can empathize with inequality and police brutality due to his “own experience” with federal investigators during the Russia probe. With protests raging across the nation over the death of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis police custody, Ingraham lectured protesters over the demonstrations devolving into violence and looting. After chastising the non-Fox media for supposedly fanning racial flames over the police killing and subsequent protests, Ingraham then decided to address the black community as a whole to tell them how they should properly protest the killing of George Floyd. “Now, I’m not going to pretend for a millisecond to know what it’s like to be a black person in America,” she said. “I don’t. But the only thing I do know is that we all need to do better.” Reiterating that we need to “do better,” the conservative Fox News host—who once told … [Read more...]

A South African public health official has urged compatriots to ignore “fake news” that claims the coronavirus vaccines were designed to kill black people, noting that they are being taken by people from a variety of racial backgrounds. Dr. Sandile Tshabalala, who leads the department of health for KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province, made the remarks last week, according to South African news website Independent Online. He noted that it was odd that South Africans were questioning the coronavirus vaccine, when they were subjected to a variety of different vaccines from an early age: “The truth of the matter is there is a vaccination programme in South Africa, which starts as soon as you are born. You get to be vaccinated from that time on until you are at least 14 years old. “You get to be vaccinated with different vaccines, which themselves have different things in them and, as such, you are not even aware what is in this vaccine. But today you want to question this vaccine. … [Read more...]

Charles Fuller is more surprised than anyone that his most celebrated play has finally made it to Broadway. After winning an Obie Award for “Zooman and the Sign” in 1980, he became only the second African-American awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, for “A Soldier’s Play” in 1982. He went on to write screenplays, a young adult novella and other dramas (most recently “One Night,” in 2015). Now 80, he is the first to admit that they were mainly for black audiences, and as a result, Broadway and the attention that comes with it was not what he was aiming for, much less needed. But there he was in a theater district hotel suite after flying in from Toronto for opening night, both straining to hear and eagerly trying to answer rapid-fire questions about “A Soldier’s Play,” directed by Kenny Leon for the Roundabout Theater Company. Set on a segregated Louisiana military base in 1944, “A Soldier’s Play” dramatizes the murder of Vernon Waters, an African-American sergeant, and … [Read more...]

In the wake of Chadwick Boseman’s death from colon cancer at age 43, many people have questions about the disease, especially about the risk of colon cancer in younger people . Here’s what is known and what experts recommend. Doesn’t colon cancer mostly affect older people? Although the majority of cases are found in older people, there has been an increase in cases in younger people in recent years. Among people over 65, rates of colorectal cancer, which includes tumors in the rectum or the colon, have actually been declining, probably because of more regular screening. Nonetheless, it is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States for men and women combined, and cases have been rising by about 2 percent annually in recent years in people under 50 , according to a recent report by the American Cancer Society. Experts aren’t sure exactly why. For some patients, obesity, diabetes, smoking or a family history of cancer may play a role, but not all people … [Read more...]

Last week, Michael L. Johnson, Mr. Johnson, 27, was released on parole on Tuesday after an appeals court found that his 2015 trial was “fundamentally unfair.” His original sentence was longer than the state average for second-degree murder. Reached by phone two days after his release, Mr. Johnson said he was rediscovering freedom through convenience store snacks, cartoons and his cellphone. “I’m feeling really, really good,” he said. But there were periods when he felt intimidated by people who did not believe he had a right to stand up for himself, he added. His case, which encompasses a half-dozen years of court appearances, unflattering headlines and stints in solitary confinement, has galvanized advocates working to update laws that they say further stigmatize and unfairly penalize people with H.I.V. Mr. Johnson, who was a black, gay athlete the criminal justice system . (If current trends continue, about half of all black men who have sex with men in the United … [Read more...]

A FedEx driver no longer works for the company after posting a TikTok video in which he stated he would not deliver packages to Biden supporters. The video was posted to former FedEx worker Vincent Paterno’s TikTok account on September 16. Paterno ripped those who do not fly the American flag, support Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and support Black Lives Matter in his video: What’s up TikTok? I just wanted to come on here and let all of you know, if you don’t have a flag in front of your house, and if you have a Joe Biden, Kamala fucking camel-toe posted up in front of your house – Black Lives Matter – I will not deliver your shit. I will not deliver your shit. I will bring that back to the station and I will keep doing that shit. Have a good day. Media reports have circulated that Paterno was fired by FedEx, but a follow-up TikTok posted by the former delivery man challenges that narrative. Paterno displays text messages that seem to show he provided the company with … [Read more...]