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Read: The simple rule that could keep COVID-19 deaths down The chart that he generated is as simple as it is disturbing. It shows that, as we should expect, far fewer people are dying, per reported cases, than in the early days of the pandemic. But on the chart below, …

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The Disney and Pixar film Soul is released this Christmas.The film stars Jamie Foxx as Joe Gardner, who is a high school band teacher aspiring to be a jazz pianist. The movie is the animated studio’s first film with a Black lead. However, they aren’t stopping there, Disney and Pixar’s …

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Tennessee State University has announced that men’s basketball alumnus and current NBA star Robert Covington is donating funds toward a practice facility for the men’s and women’s basketball programs at Tennessee State University. “I love my alma mater, I’m not donating a new practice facility for the recognition or because …

Photo: zef art (Shutterstock) A Milwaukee cop responsible for fatally shooting three people over the last five years while on duty has resigned. The Associated Press reports that Joseph Mensah has signed a separation agreement with the Wauwatosa Common Council on Tuesday night. As a result of that agreement, Mensah’s …

Instances of Donald Trump’s racism have been documented throughout the years with several people coming forward to substantiate claims of abusives and derogatory language used by the President both before and during his time in office. Now, former Celebrity Apprentice contestant Holly Robinson-Pete is speaking out about Trump using the …

I’m never sure what to call the set of industries we need to fight climate change—the sector that encompasses solar panels, wind turbines, electric stove tops, and electric cars. Some people call it “clean tech,” but that reminds me alternately of Mr. Scrubbing Bubbles, the anthropomorphic brush, and of Apple …

It has been seven years since actor Michael B. Jordan was featured in People Magazine’s Ones to Watch portfolio for his outstanding performance in Fruitvale Station. And now he’s been crowned the publications Sexiest Man Alive for 2020.  Sitting down with People, Jordan said that the honor is a “cool …

Representative Cedric L. Richmond is set to join President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign as its first national co-chairman. Richmond, who has represented New Orleans in the House of Representatives for the past 10 years and led the Congressional Black Caucus, has steadily emerged as one of the most influential Black voices …