Xavier Higgs has 21 articles published.
It is unusual for labor and business to work together in a legislative battle.
However the Biden administration has engaged with the private sector and seems to have shown an appreciation of employers’ struggles to rebound from the Covid-19 disaster and the nation’s crumbling infrastructure.
Members of the ultranationalist surged Washington, D.C. last Jan. 6 to oppose the certification of the Electoral College vote for President Joe Biden.
The breach on the Capitol building by a mob of pro-Trump supporters shattered windows and vandalized the Capitol building. Keep Reading
Britian’s 1st Black TV news presenter says she’s not surprised to learn racism against Meghan Markle was a key factor the Duke & Duchess of Sussex choosing to leave the monarchy in England for private lives in Southern California! Barbara Blake-Hannah spoke via videochat from Jamaica, where she returned after anti-Black viewers convinced her then-employer Thames Television to yank her off the air! Keep Reading
Amanda Gorman, a 22-year-old poet laureate and the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history read an original work “The Hill We Climb” after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as president and vice president.
The stunning petite Los Angeles native, dressed in a daffodil-colored coat and strawberry-colored headband, captured the nation’s attention with her emotional recital. Keep Reading
America begins recovery from the 2020 elections coverage there was no parallel in this nation’s history. Perhaps it’s a sign of the changing political landscape in the county downplays any suggestion that there might be a substantial analysis needed explain the 2020 results.
The whole voting universe was turned upside down by Covid19. While an overwhelming emphasis was on electoral strategy, and on the problems the coronavirus pandemic and racial justice movement are major stories that have impacted last November’s general election. Keep Reading
Authorized and Recommended Vaccines
As Covid-19 vaccines are authorized and recommended for use in US by the Center for Disease Control two vaccines are available, Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech. A third vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson is in late-stage clinical trials.
There is still some confusion of what to expect after vaccination, as well as ingredients, safety, and effectiveness.
Vaccines in Phase 3 Clinical Trials
The CDC says that as of December 2020, large-scale (Phase 3) clinical trials are planned for three COVID-19 vaccines in the United States:
#COVID19 vaccines are safe and effective. Millions of people in the United States have received COVID-19 vaccines, and these vaccines have undergone the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S. history. More on COVID-19 vaccine safety: https://bit.ly/3pE2Go7.
Black churches are responding to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic by migrating to online services while feeding and serving its immediate community.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines calls for social distancing as black faith leaders find it necessary to discontinue in-person church services.
Most historically black churches are adapting to a virtual worship service. Keep Reading
COVID-19 is hitting black and brown communities particularly hard according to the Center for Disease Control data from 14 states. One-third of all Coronavirus cases are African American, while African Americans make up only 18% of the population of those states.
Those states include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, and Utah.
CDC data indicates race and ethnicity categories have tangible effects on the lives of individuals impacted by COVID-19.
According to Dr. Stefan Flores, a New York City emergency room physician, Black and Brown communities where people come from low socioeconomic backgrounds or migrant communities are disproportionately affected. Keep Reading
