Resilient Persistent Improvisers…Musicians in the COVID-19 Pandemic
May 31, 2020
Resilient Persistent Improvisers…Musicians in the COVID-19 Pandemic By Charles Emmons It’s a painful time for many of us. We can’t see loved ones graduate, weddings are out, family gatherings and reunions are a distant memory, and dancing in the streets is definitely out. In another time we might head out...
Schools Scramble to Design Instructional Options for New School Year
May 31, 2020
Schools Scramble to Design Instructional Options for New School Year COVID-19 Forces Changes to School Schedules By Alfonzo Porter Determining what the opening of schools may look like this fall, as the coronavirus continues to rage, has become the most urgent challenge for school leaders both locally and around the...
Universal Basic Income: An Antidote for Poverty
May 31, 2020
Universal Basic Income: An Antidote for Poverty By Jamil Shabazz There has been a convenient narrative around COVID-19 in the African American community. Countless television specials, webcasts and articles drive home the message that African Americans are more susceptible to COVID-19 because of underlying conditions like heart disease, hypertension and...
Coronavirus and Voter Suppression – A Deadly Combination
May 31, 2020
Coronavirus and Voter Suppression – A Deadly Combination By Thomas Holt Russell Democracy demands participation. If we don’t have people voting, then we don’t have a democracy. – State Representative Leslie Herod It was always known that African Americans were at the wrong end of health and social economic disparities....
