International

Ashes instead of soap: Inside Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 fight

Many of Zimbabwe’s rural communities lack soap. So in the fight against COVID-19, people are using ashes. “Communities are drawing lessons from the 2018 cholera outbreak where villagers who couldn’t afford soap were encouraged by authorities to wash their hands […]
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Celebrity

‘Free them all!’ Activists demand ICE release detained illegal immigrants during COVID-19 crisis

Dozens of activists stood in social-distancing-appropriate formations on Friday in New York City as they demanded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement release detainees who have accused of entering the country illegally. “People are dying in these cages right now,” Benjamin […]
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News

Former D.C. politician Michael Brown: Trump’s only black outreach is ‘to say ”I’m doing outreach”’

As President Trump heads into a face-to-face showdown with former Vice President Joe Biden, he sees improving his limited popularity with black voters as a must-do. Former At-Large D.C. City Councilman Michael Brown says he isn’t buying it. “I don’t […]
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events

Health Disparities Pod Cast

Marking National Nurses Week 2020 and the bicentenary of Florence Nightingale’s birth.  Nurse advocates and leaders from across the U.S. meet to celebrate the nursing profession and discuss many topics, including its diversity, future aspirations, and their nursing heroes.  Featuring: […]
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