Almost a hundred advocacy organizations have petitioned the United Nations to investigate the negative effects of menthol cigarettes on African Americans’ health as a human-rights problem, increasing pressure on the US government to outlaw the minty flavored tobacco products. Bloomberg News obtained a copy of the request to the United …
Read More »Residents Call For Resignation Of Mississippi State Official After Racist Comments Amid Confederate Statue Vote, Says Black People Were “Taken Care” Of During Slavery
Citizens of Mississippi are calling for a state elected official to resign as supervisor board president or be fired completely after he made racist remarks about Black people while discussing his vote for the relocation of confederate statues to a local newspaper. On Monday, state officials failed to win a …
Read More »Reports Show African-Americans Are More Likely To Die From COVID-19; Democrats Demand Equal Testing For All Communities
Data from COVID-19 cases show that African Americans are more likely to be affected by the coronavirus. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Kamala Harris called on the United States Department of Health and Human Services to expand testing throughout minority communities. The CDC has not officially separated coronavirus …
Read More »White House Secretary Sarah Sanders Issues Rare Apology For False Claims Regarding Black Employment Numbers
In a rare twist of events, the Trump Administration was advised to “tweet” an apology regarding inaccurate claims that Trump increased African-American employment three times more than Obama. This is a historic moment, as the Trump Administration does not grant apologies, regardless of the reason — inserts sarcasm. White House …
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