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African Americans die more frequently from Covid-19, but MIT researchers say poverty isn’t why

July 6, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Black Americans are dying from Covid-19 more frequently than white people. But two researchers found it’s not because of obesity or poverty. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management professor Christopher Knittel and graduate research assistant Bora Ozaltun analyzed […]

A Nation’s Story: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

July 4, 2020 admin 0

The Fourth of July is celebrated as the anniversary of American independence in 1776. In 1852, Frederick Douglass asked, “Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us?” And, to this […]

VIDEO: Endangered Maine senator calls for focusing coronavirus relief on small businesses

July 3, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Employers with more than 300 employees might get kicked out of the Paycheck Protection Program, if one senator succeeds. During debate on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, called for decreasing the maximum number of people […]

#STRONGERTHANEVER: How I Live with Prostate Cancer

July 3, 2020 admin 0

By Dr. Daniel Durant Myers Jr How I Live with Prostate Cancer provides an in-depth personal and scientific account of the author’s battle with prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is an ever-changing disease which presents differently based on race, family history, and […]

72-Hours of Royalty: Twilight Purple 2020 Rolls-Royce Cullinan

July 2, 2020 admin 0

Experienced by Kimatni D. Rawlins Good day, you’ve found me in the presence of the 2020 Rolls-Royce Cullinan, the baddest and most luxurious SUV on the planet. It’s the business, made for epic journeys, your ultimate transport. So much so […]

Movie review: ‘The King of Staten Island’

July 2, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

If you haven’t found Pete Davidson funny after six years on “Saturday Night Live,” two hours watching his semi-biographical film “The King of Staten Island” likely won’t change your mind. Prolonged adolescence, arrested development,and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have become […]

VIDEO: Fauci warns a coronavirus vaccine is not guaranteed

July 1, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

The nation could see thousands more cases of coronavirus, the country’s top infectious disease specialist said Tuesday. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, testified for three […]

Motorbike mission: Activist delivers sunscreen to Ugandans with albinism

July 1, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

For street vendor Barbra Anyinge, who normally sells shoes in Lira, a town in northern Uganda, the pandemic has made one essential especially scarce: sunscreen. While usually Anyinge’s difficulty in obtaining the recommended high-protection sunscreen is its up to $20 […]

Free Food Distribution Friday July 3rd Washington D.C. At The TIS Foundation

June 30, 2020 admin 0

[wpgmza id=”1″] ABOUT TIS FOUNDATION We believe we can end the cycle of poverty one family at a time by investing in educational and economic opportunity initiatives for individuals and families in need. Since 1994, TIS Foundation has provided critical […]

VIDEO: Press secretary talks ‘white power’ tweet

June 30, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

President Donald Trump didn’t hear a supporter use the words “white power” in a video he retweeted, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Monday. “He did not hear that particular phrase when he tweeted out the video,” she said […]

Passion and Purpose. Brand Architect and Global Entertainment Executive Ava L. Hall

June 28, 2020 admin 0

Ava L. Hall’s journey amplifying a global brand, global good and Black culture around the world. Having a position is one thing. Doing so with a larger passion and purpose is something greater. By Jessica Dupree For 23 years, brand […]

Locust swarm destroys crops in Kenya as millions face hunger

June 25, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

A swarm of desert locusts following a poor harvest season has added to fears about a lack of food for millions in Kenya, as the country grapples with the effects of COVID-19. The desert locusts—in the worst invasion in Kenya […]

Trump Administration Withholding $14 Billion in Critical Coronavirus Funding

June 25, 2020 admin 0

By NNPA newswire Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia In a letter Democratic Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington) sent this week to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, the senators reveal that […]

Africa Development Bank blacklists Chinese company building Kenyan power project

June 25, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Kenyans in rural areas and a port city region who expected to get electricity next year might be disappointed. The African Development Bank Group suspended the China-based Sinotec company for three years for fraud — a move that will likely […]

ZuCot Gallery Artist Steve Prince

June 23, 2020 admin 0

By Taroue Brooks How did you get started creating art? I grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana, I was a creative and inquisitive child, and the youngest of 4 children. My earliest recollection of creating was copying images from encyclopedia’s […]

NEW KONTIKI SMALL-YACHT EXPEDITIONS TO LAUNCH THIS FALL

June 22, 2020 admin 0

By Meryl Pearlstein (Manta, ECUADOR – June 2020) After an extensive planning and construction period, the start-up Kontiki Expeditions will launch their maiden voyages this fall. A new concept in luxury ocean vacations focusing on conscious travel and immersive experiences, Kontiki small-yacht expeditions include both […]