Author: Carma Henry

Uncomfortably close to Lake Tahoe, the Caldor Fire is now the nation’s top-priority wildfire  underscoring the potential damage it could yet unleash even as weather conditions improve and resources continue to flow to the area.

     The increase in enrollment at Howard and Bowie State reflects what’s happening at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) around the country.

     “With time not on our side, there is no reason we should still be debating whether to pass a civil rights bill that will indubitably strengthen our fractured democracy by achieving the one goal our nation’s essence depends on – lending a voice to the people.”

   On Thursday, Aug. 19, Office Depot, in partnership with Broward Education Foundation, distributed 1,000 brand-new backpacks to students at Wilton Manors Elementary IB World School, a Title I school in the heart of Broward County. During the Start Proud®  event, students received brand new backpacks filled with school supplies to help them feel confident, prepared and proud as they embark on a new school year.

     In an exclusive telephone conversation from his hospital bed on Sunday, August 22, the renowned civil rights leader expressed his ongoing support for vaccinations while explaining why his wife, Jacqueline, had not received the vaccine. “I have had both my shots,” Rev. Jackson said in the telephone call from Northwestern Memorial Hospital. “My wife did not receive the vaccine because she has pre-existing conditions that were of concern.” Jackson maintained the importance of vaccination, noting that there are more stringent variants of the coronavirus.

      Mississippi public health officials warned residents against using ivermectin to treat COVID-19. The state’s poison control center received a surge in calls related to people trying to use the drug, including a version for animals. 

     Type 2 diabetes remains more common among youth in racial or ethnic minority groups than among white youth.

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     As of Thursday, August 19, approximately 51 percent of the American population is vaccinated. The authors spell out that some states are safer than others. The District of Columbia enjoyed the least overall deaths from Covid, followed by Vermont, California, Connecticut, and Wisconsin. Vermont, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey had the highest vaccine rate.

      Award winning actor, Deaon Griffin-Pressley, stars in a new original national touring play, Satan Vs God. The production has been accepted into the 2021 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, U.K.  Satan Vs God is written & performed by Deaon Griffin-Pressley, directed by Judy Barr and cinematography by Andrè Russell.