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Avoid Wildfire-Related Sicknesses: Check Air Quality to Protect Your Health
By Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media This year’s wildfire season has already been out of the ordinary. About 3.3 million acres have burned across vast tracts of California, Oregon and Washington. The areas surrounding those places have also been affected by dangerous levels of smoke over the last few weeks. Although the skies in the Bay Area are no longer orange and the air quality has improved, wildfire season is not over. Therefore, officials are advising people…
Read MoreChairman Omali Yeshitela at Oxford Union: The Africa Debate
SB54 as Written Has To Go, Penalizing Poor People During a Pandemic is Insensitive and Deplorable
By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief “It’s a pandemic for crying out loud!” Why is this cry not heard by those, including my local state assemblywoman Kamlager-Dove, who have put forth a bill that will be injurious to families and restaurants alike? Kamlager- Dove is the co-author of AB 1080 along with Senate Bill 54 Yes, that’s…
Read MoreBDO Survey: 58% of African Americans Say They Won’t Take COVID-19 Vaccine
CHICAGO /PRNewswire/ — A recent survey on Blackdoctor.org (BDO) revealed a staggering 58% of the respondents wouldn’t take a COVID-19 vaccination as soon as it’s available. In addition to 58% saying “no” to the vaccine, 22% reported they would take the vaccine, but had “concerns”. In total, 80% of respondents either said “no” or…
Read MoreThe World Expected Too Much From Obama. Now It Expects Too Much of Kamala Harris
Rashmee Roshan LallFlorida @rashmeerl When Joe Biden said of Kamala Harris, “Her story is America’s story”, it felt like 2008 in India all over again. I was editor of the Sunday Times of India, the country’s largest English-language newspaper, and based in the Indian capital. My husband was cultural attaché at the US embassy in New Delhi. Barack Obama had just…
Read MoreWhen the Dems Win, Gov. Newsom Must Pick an African American to Replace Kamala Harris
By Hardy Brown | Special to California Black Media U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, the first Black woman to serve on a major party’s presidential ticket made history last week when Joe Biden, the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee, announced that she would serve as his running mate. While much of the national and local news centered…
Read MoreWillie Brown: Kamala Harris Should ‘Politely Decline’ Any Offer to Be Biden’s Running Mate
By Zack Budryk From thehill.com Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown (D) advised Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) to “politely decline” any offer to be presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate. Brown wrote that the vice presidency would likely hinder any further political ambitions for Harris. “Historically, the vice presidency has often ended up being a dead end. For…
Read MoreThe Political and Media Witch Hunt of Dr. Immanuel Must Stop!
By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief When I look at how they are tearing down Dr. Stella Immanuel, I am reminded of what Isaiah said, “Whose report will you believe?”I am speaking of Black people specifically and others in general, whose report will you believe? Will you believe the white mainstream media or will you believe a Black…
Read MoreReader’s Response: Thank you Dr. Randy Short
From:JD Speigner In reply to Dr. Randy Short. Thank you Dr. Randy Short. I have been watching this ‘pomp and circumstance’ parade and wondering what the ultimate purpose is. I recall hearing about the bridge as a child born in the middle 1950’s and as such trying to mentally and academically reason why he has…
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