Coronavirus
Coronavirus
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Decides This Is a Good Time to Reopen Beaches. Local Officials Disagree
You would think that after Gov. Brian Kemp caught Americaâs collective side-eye when he revealed that heâd recently learned that asymptomatic people can still spread the coronavirus, he would be trying to keep his head low and avoid making any decisions that could even be perceived as reckless in this time of crisis. Instead, heâs…
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Oprah Donates $10 Million for Coronavirus Relief, With $1 Million Going to America's Food Fund
We have more news of celebrities going beyond empty platitudes by using their financial privilege to pay it forward. Oprah has pledged to donate $10 million toward relief during the coronavirus pandemic. She also set aside $1 million of that donation to go toward fighting food insecurity, specifically. âChef Jose Andres and Claire Babineaux-Fontenot have…
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Blacks and Latinos Affected Most by Job Losses During the Coronavirus Pandemic
In news that shouldnât be surprising to anyone, black and brown workers were disproportionately hit by job losses last month, according to a report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). In the Employment Situation report (pdf) for March released on Friday, the U.S. saw a job loss of over 700,000 and the unemployment…
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Detroit Bus Driver Who Complained About a Woman Coughing on His Bus Has Died of COVID-19
Remember the Detroit bus driver who went off in a Facebook video on a woman who was coughing on his bus? On Wednesday, just two weeks after the incident, the driver, Jason Hargrove, died from COVID-19, according to the Detroit News. In a nearly nine-minute video posted on March 21, Hargrove recounts the incident in…
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Report: Black People Are Contracting and Dying of Coronavirus at Higher Rates
One of the more insidious bits of misinformation in the early days of the pandemic was the idea that black people were somehow, as if by magic, immune to COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Not only was that rumor grossly inaccurate, a new report reveals that black people are getting hit by the…
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A Navy Captain Wrote a Letter Begging for Help With the Coronavirus Onboard His Ship. He Was Removed From Duty
Captain Brett Crozier was worried about sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which had been battling the coronavirus, so he sent an email explaining the complexity and the urgency of the dire situation he faced. âWe are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing…
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Jared Kushner Is a Goddamn Idiot
On Thursdayâand I didnât think this was possibleâPresident Trump handed the mic to someone who is actually dumber and less qualified than the president, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. To date, Jared Kushner is basically following in Trumpâs footsteps; his father made money in real estate and the young Kushner is eating off the fat of…
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Black People Represent Majority of Coronavirus Cases, Deaths in Michigan
When the COVID-19 pandemic initially started there was fear that it would have an inordinate impact on black communities. In Michigan, those fears are sadly coming to life. Detroit Free Press reports that black people make up the majority of both coronavirus cases and deaths in Michigan. Of the 10,791 cases reported so far, 35…
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Omar Comin', So #StayAtHomeBoxOffice: You Can Now Watch All 5 Seasons of The Wire for Free
âYou come for the king, you best not missâ… this free content. As we rack up yet another day that we canât label anymore (Is it Friday? Is it Monday? What is time?!) during self-isolation, itâs becoming harder and harder not to exclaim, âI hate it here!â every single day. Well, thanks to HBO, we…
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8 of the 10 Worst Coronavirus Hot Spots Are in the South. Apparently, Republican Governors Just Found Out About the Pandemic
Finally eschewing the sentiments of noted not-scientist Donald Trump, Ph.D. (Doctor of Phuckery), some red-state governors are beginning to take the research-informed advice of health experts and issued stay-at-home orders in Southern states already ravaged by the coronavirus. Other governors and legislators, however, are sticking by their dear leaderâs advice and are still holding out, despite…