Archive for December 2020

With skepticism about the safety and efficacy of a COVID-19 vaccine running high among African Americans, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, wants Black people to know that a Black woman, Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, was heavily involved in developing one of the vaccines that will soon be available to Americans later this…

When Joe Biden selected Kamala Harris to be his running mate, he started a new chapter in the history of Black women, women of South Asian descent, and all women in the United States. It’s therefore cruelly ironic that as we prepare to celebrate her inauguration as our nation’s 49th vice president, we may also…

Georgia residents will vote in two Senate runoff elections on January 5, and early voting begins on Monday. Runoff elections are held when no candidate wins the the required majority of votes.  Reverend Raphael Warnock is challenging Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler in one election. In another runoff, Republican Senator David Perdue is being challenged by…

Following a Georgia official’s passionate plea to end Donald Trump’s fraud madness before someone gets killed, Trump and his allies have dug in their heels, continuing to fan the conspiracy flames that have inspired a rash of death threats in the state. Read more at Daily Sound and Fury.

In late March, with the stock market reeling from the effects of coronavirus, an explosive story took over the news: Members of the U.S. Senate, who had received early briefings on the potential effects of the coronavirus, had dumped stock positions, allowing them to avoid massive losses. No one had ditched more than newly appointed…

Sen. Kelly Loeffler, the unelected multimillionaire Georgia Republican senator facing a critical runoff election this January which will determine control of the U.S. Senate, released an ad over the weekend claiming that she knows “how it feels” to wait on a paycheck. Read more at Salon.com.

President-elect Joe Biden has been making nominees and appointments as he prepares to assume the presidency on January 20. Some of these picks have already faced backlash online, like his pick for director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, who faced backlash earlier this year for supporting current CIA director Gina Haspel during her 2018 nomination…

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel leaves office Monday after two terms, and America might begin seeing a lot more of him after that. He’s already been shopping around for a cable news gig, meeting with executives at CNN and MSNBC, and is represented by his brother Ari’s talent agency. He’s been making the rounds of cable shows,…

Two weeks ago, rumors bubbled up on CNN that former Barack Obama chief of staff and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was being considered to lead Joe Biden’s Department of Transportation. Monday of last week, rumors bubbled up in Crain’s Chicago that Biden is considering Emanuel for the job of U.S. trade representative. Sunday night, rumors…

Black women have done it before and are being asked to do it again in the state of Georgia. The ask? To help deliver votes ensuring progressive leaders win in a highly contentious Senate runoff race. On Jan. 5, Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, will face off, as will GOP…