Posts Tagged: race

vaccine

Racial Gap in US Vaccinations is Closing

The racial gap among vaccinated U.S. residents appears to be closing.  Data released by the Kaiser Family Foundation reveals vaccination rates among minority groups are skyrocketing, with Hispanic residents surpassing White people. Of U.S. Latino residents, 73 percent have received at least one dose of vaccine, according to the data. Whites follow with 71 percent,… Read more »

Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry Partners With LinkedIn for Series on Race in the Workplace

Tyler Perry is teaming up with LinkedIn as the first guest editor of Conversations for Change.  It is a new content and community discussion being launched by LinkedIn to create more engagement.  Tyler started his series on Monday February 8th. He will also answer questions directly from LinkedIn users  who have lost their job during the pandemic. … Read more »

Nick Cannon Dropped by ViacomCBS After Making Anti-Semitic Comments

Radio personality and television host, Nick Cannon has been dropped by ViacomCBS due to anti-semitic comments made on his podcast, “Cannon’s Class.” A video of a podcast that was recorded in June resurfaced featuring former Public Enemy member Professor Griff. During their conversation, Nick called Black people the “true Hebrews” and referenced conspiracy theories relating… Read more »

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Drops Out of the Race

Well it looks like Bernie Sanders has dropped out of Democratic Presidential Race finally clearing the way for Joe Biden to be the Democratic nominee, who will run against President Trump in November.  CNN is reporting that Senator Sanders made the announcement in a call to his campaign staff, his campaign said. Read more here