COVID-19 Health and Wellness 0 (Image: iStock/kali9) According to the CDC, Black mothers are two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications in comparison to white mothers. To stop these deaths from occurring, many expecting mothers have opted to go with a midwife for the delivery rather …
Read More »Mike Pence's Closest Staffers Are Testing Positive for COVID-19, But the VP Has No Plans to Quarantine
US Vice President Mike Pence greets supporters after his “Make America Great Again!” campaign event at Oakland County International Airport in Waterford, Michigan, on October 22, 2020. Photo: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP (Getty Images) About five members of Vice President Mike Pence’s inner team now have coronavirus, a troubling outbreak that nonetheless …
Read More »The 11,000 Votes That Haunt Michigan Democrats
Biden and his team have stayed engaged, as Trump’s campaign has continued to visit and otherwise actively campaign in the state. Biden has visited several times, and may be back. In the past week alone, the Biden campaign has sent Jill Biden; Kamala Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff; Pete Buttigieg; and …
Read More »This Day in Black History: Oct. 24, 1948
The experience of Kweisi Mfume, former Maryland congressman and NAACP president and CEO, is an object lesson in how to turn one’s life around. He was born Frizzell Gray on Oct. 24, 1948, into a family that struggled to stay financially afloat. Eleven years later, his father abandoned the family …
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Read More »Robocalls About Warrants, Lies About Absentee Ballots, and Other Disinformation Targeting Black Voters Ahead of Election Day
People wait in long lines to vote outside of the Brooklyn Museum as early voting begins on October 24, 2020 in New York City.Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) With days to go until election day, there are increasing signs of voter disinformation and suppression tactics targeting Black and Latino voters. …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: How to Not Go Crazy the Week Before an Election
3. Consider limiting your news consumption. As Lori Gottlieb, our Dear Therapist columnist, wrote back in March: “Bingeing on up-to-the-minute news is like stress eating—it’s bloating our minds with unhealthy food that will make us feel sick.” 4. De-stress with an election-anxiety playlist. Spencer Kornhaber, who writes about music, curated …
Read More »Iggy Azalea Confirms Split With Playboi Carti
Iggy Azalea is confirming that she is no longer in a relationship with Playboi Carti. After the Australian rapper sparked breakup rumors in her Instagram Story on Friday night (October 23), she is putting any lingering speculation to bed. Azalea gave a brief update on her IG Story on Saturday, …
Read More »Indiana Barber Turns Tragedy to Triumph, Then Turns It All Into a Talk Show
Growing up in the then-murder capital of America, Gary, Indiana, local barber turned talk show host Jamie McGrone knows all too well what it means to have to turn tragedy into triumph. Although he grew up in a loving, large family, he understood that nothing would be given to him. …
Read More »The Home of Celebrated Poet Lucille Clifton Will Become a Creative Haven in Baltimore
Lucille Clifton recites “Won’t You Celebrate with Me” in Screenshot: PoetryEverywherePTV/YouTube It’s Lit!It’s Lit!Where all things literary live at The Root The opening lines of one of Lucille Clifton’s best-known poems read: “Won’t you celebrate with me, what I have shaped into a kind of life? I had no model.” …
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