respiratory illnesses

Report: COVID-19 Now is The Third Leading Cause of Death Among Black People

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentSeptember 3, 2020

“In 2020, more Black Americans will die of COVID-19 than will succumb to diabetes, strokes, accidents, or pneumonia. In fact, COVID-19 is currently the third leading cause of death for African Americans,” concluded Trevon Logan, professor of economics at the Ohio State University and Bradley L. Hardy of the American University in Northwest, Washington D.C. Logan and Hardy are co-authors of a new report from the Brookings Institution, “The Hamilton Project, Racial Economic Inequality Amid the COVID-19 Crisis.”

Weapons of War on Our Streets?

Rep. Alma AdamsJune 18, 2020

John Adams and his son, John Quincy, were the only two of our first 12 Presidents who didn’t own slaves.

I mention this for two reasons: first, to demonstrate how the control and devaluation of Black lives formed the foundation of our political thought; and second, to reinforce that Adams may be more qualified than most founding fathers to speak about justice.

He wrote, “we are to look upon it as more beneficial, that many guilty persons should escape unpunished, than one innocent person should suffer.”