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Black-Owned Newspapers and Media Companies Are Small Businesses Too!

April 29, 2020 Carma Henry 0

“Dear World, the entire planet is feeling the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic,” Cheryl Smith of Texas Metro News wrote to her readers. “We must be concerned about ourselves, as well as others. You may be aware that the media is considered ‘essential.’ So, guess what? We have a responsibility, a moral obligation to use this status to be a source of information, support, and inspiration, just as we are at all other times,” Smith wrote. […]

Exonerated man freed from prison, now in hotel quarantine: ‘I could watch Netflix!’

April 29, 2020 Carma Henry 0

COVID-19 outbreak at the prison, the 37-year-old former inmate is now holed up at a hotel for a voluntary 14-day quarantine –- a confinement of sorts but one far more pleasant than what he was used to. watch Netflix. I get to sleep on a nice comfy bed,” Harrington told NBC News by phone from his hotel room. […]

13-Year-Old Paris Brown Recalls Her Coronavirus Awakening

April 29, 2020 Carma Henry 0

And even when more and more reports of deaths from the virus came piling up, I still did not take it seriously enough. Then one day, mom said she was not feeling good, and that was the start of it all. In my head, I thought that’s just mom being mom. She sometimes doesn’t feel well. Then when dad got sick, mom stayed in her room, and dad stayed in the basement. I, of course, thought this was unnecessary. […]

Cell phone raises questions of links between jihadis and Nigeria’s police and army

April 29, 2020 Carma Henry 0

Amid butchered bodies and scattered wreckage, surviving villagers found one of the attackers’ mobile phones. The phone was not password-protected. Among the 26 phone numbers saved to the phone were direct mobile phone numbers for Nigeria’s army and police officers—the very people who should be hunting terrorists. […]

Emotional Maxine Waters Announces that Her Sister is Near Death With COVID-19

April 29, 2020 Carma Henry 0

“I’m going to take a moment to dedicate this legislation to my dear sister, who is dying in a hospital in St. Louis, Missouri right now, infected by the coronavirus,” Waters announced as she voted on a new coronavirus small business package. […]

Nobody ever asks poor people about their capacity’; Bob Woodson offers a hand up through his center

April 29, 2020 Carma Henry 0

“All of my work throughout my life has been working on behalf of low-income Black neighborhoods, helping them to create strategies to promote excellence within their communities so they’re agents of their own uplift,” Woodson said. […]

Journalism Industry Needs Coronavirus Relief Funding

April 29, 2020 Carma Henry 0

The collapse in advertising revenue during the pandemic ex-acerbated the already perilous financial position of news outlets, who have been decimated by Google and Facebook’s monopolistic actions. The Tampa Bay Times was even forced to cut back to two days a week of printed copies. The forgivable loans will allow these newsrooms to obtain some sense of normalcy but will not nearly restore the damage done during this crisis. […]

Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD Organization Donates $6 Million To COVID-19 Relief Efforts

April 29, 2020 Carma Henry 0

Songstress Beyoncé is stepping up to provide support for vulnerable groups impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. According to Vulture, she has donated $6 million towards COVID-19 relief efforts. […]

Congressional Black Caucus Calls Out Senate Bill That Still Ignores Disproportionate Black Coronavirus Deaths

April 29, 2020 Carma Henry 0

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has some criticism for a new Senate bill in response to the coronavirus pandemic. […]

Statement by National Black Faith & Civil Rights Leaders Encouraging Communities to Continue to “STAY AT HOME” in States Lifting Orders

April 29, 2020 Carma Henry 0

A group of national Black faith and civil rights leaders along with the heads of the largest historically Black religious denominations are encouraging communities to stay at home in states where stay at home orders are being lifted until there is evidence that it is safe. […]