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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a centrist Democrat vital to the fate of President Joe Biden's $3.5 government overhaul, walks to a caucus lunch at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021

White House, Dems Fume Over Manchin’s Rejection of Build Back Better

2021-12-20, 05:45

ANALYSIS: Black Press photojournalist and social media maven Anthony Tilghman assessed the death of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better legislation this way: “ Republicans in the Senate don’t care about children in their own communities and want them to remain in poverty, and yet they still get...

The Whoppers of 2021

2021-12-18, 19:39

Summary Mass rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines has been the defining story of 2021, yet for all its success, vaccination rates remain stubbornly low in some populations. As with all things in American life these days, partisanship has played an outsized roll: an estimated four in 10 Republicans, for...

Viral Story Takes Fauci COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Comments Out of Context

2021-12-18, 05:13

SciCheck Digest The COVID-19 vaccines available in the U.S. were found to be safe and effective in clinical trials and real-world conditions. Dr. Anthony Fauci did not admit that “Covid Vaccines May Actually Make People ‘Worse,’” as a viral headline misleadingly claims. Fauci’s March 2020...

COVID Surge Forces Prince George’s Schools to Return to Virtual Learning

2021-12-18, 04:18

Due to an increase in COVID-19 cases, Prince George’s County Public Schools will shift back to virtual learning for the entire student population from Monday through Jan. 14. Schools will be closed for the winter break from Dec. 24-31 and then reopen Jan. 3. School buildings are scheduled to...

BRIC Nonprofit Receives $35K from AmeriGroup DC to Help Combat Drug Use in City

2021-12-17, 23:47

Bridging Resources in Communities, Inc. (BRIC) says that it has received $35,000 from AmeriGroup DC to support its health education and drug prevention programs. The partnership with AmeriGroup DC will let BRIC create new programs to educate residents of...

Dereck Davis Sworn In as Maryland Treasurer

2021-12-17, 23:47

ANNAPOLIS — Dereck E. Davis, who spent nearly half his life representing Prince George’s County as a member of the House of Delegates, will now officially represent the state of Maryland as its new state treasurer. House Speaker Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson swore in Davis...

Biden Sounds Alarm on Looming Omicron Holiday Surge: ‘It’s Here Now, and It’s Spreading’

2021-12-17, 22:53

With coronavirus-related hospitalizations rising around the country, the Biden administration is working with medical experts to stop the spread of COVID-19 and to blunt the impact of the new omicron variant. Broadway shows are shuttering, some professional sports teams again are playing without...

CDC Recommends Pfizer, Moderna COVID Shots over J&J

2021-12-17, 22:53

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee voted Thursday to advise calling mRNA coronavirus vaccines such as the two-dose Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna versions the preferred...

Hogan Says Md. Nursing Homes Must Offer Antibody Treatments for COVID

2021-12-17, 22:53

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has initiated new efforts to ready the state’s nursing homes for the expected winter surge of the coronavirus. Nursing homes are...

D.C. Council’s Trayon White has COVID-19

2021-12-17, 22:53

D.C. Council member Trayon White revealed Friday on his Instagram and Facebook accounts that he has contracted the coronavirus. “I have tested positive for COVID-19,”...

U.Md. Nixes Winter Commencement Activities Due to COVID

2021-12-17, 21:40

The University of Maryland has canceled all winter commencement activities at the College Park campus because of an increase in coronavirus cases. “This decision was not made lightly,” U.Md. President Darryll J. Pines wrote Thursday in a letter to the...

Doctor Makes False Claim About Stillbirths in Canadian Hospitals

2021-12-17, 04:16

SciCheck Digest The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant people, and the World Health Organization says the vaccines are safe for them. Yet online articles cite a Canadian doctor who falsely claims that the vaccines have caused an unusually high number...

Prince George’s Businesses Get Grants to Hire Unemployed Residents

2021-12-17, 04:16

Prince George’s County was one of three Maryland counties that recorded a 6.1% unemployment rate in October, the lowest figure this year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported earlier this month. But the majority-Black jurisdiction has lost about 30,000 jobs since the outset of the...

No Credible Evidence COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines ‘Dramatically Increase’ Heart Attack Risk, Contrary to Flawed Abstract

2021-12-16, 20:47

SciCheck Digest The COVID-19 vaccines administered in the U.S. are not known to increase the risk of heart attack. But social media posts are misinterpreting an abstract in an American Heart Association journal as proof that the vaccine kills. The publisher later issued an “expression of concern”...

Three Prince George’s Schools Shut Down, Go Virtual as COVID Cases Spike

2021-12-16, 20:47

Three Prince George’s County schools are going virtual amid a recent surge in COVID-19 cases. PGCPS officials announced Wednesday that Benjamin...

American University Mandates COVID Vaccine Booster

2021-12-16, 20:47

All American University students and staff must get a coronavirus vaccine booster for the spring semester. The president said in a...

D.C. Elementary School Reverts to Virtual Learning Amid COVID Outbreak

2021-12-16, 20:47

Whittier Elementary School will revert to virtual learning through Wednesday due to a spike in COVID-19 cases. Tiffany Johnson, principal of the Ward 4 school, said there have been 14...

Black Men Die of Prostate Cancer at Double the Rate of All Other Races

2021-12-16, 19:34

Benjamin J. Lambert IV, a member of one of the most prominent Black families in Virginia’s public service history, lost his battle to prostate cancer on Monday, June 3, 2019. He was only 52. His father, Virginia Senator Benjamin J. Lambert III, his grandfather, and four uncles also all died of...

D.C.’s New U.S. Attorney Promises to Reach Out to Residents

2021-12-16, 05:08

Matthew M. Graves, the new U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, in his first public appearance, pledged to engage District residents and actively work with them to fight crime and deadly violence. “Our city has seen an unacceptable rise in homicides,” said Graves, who delivered remarks at the...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Remembering Bob Dole

2021-12-16, 05:08

I embarrassingly never knew about Bob Dole, the former senator who recently passed away. It’s a shame because I like to stay...

EDITORIAL: WFT Among Pro Athletes Whose Teams May Suffer Because of Refusal to Vaccinate

2021-12-16, 05:08

Washington Football Team defensive tackle Jonathan Allen, linebacker David Mayo, defensive end William Bradley-King and tight end Temarrick Hemingway were added to the reserve/COVID list, the team announced Monday afternoon. It’s a major loss for the team, particularly with the loss of Allen who has...

EDITORIAL: Take Heed to Threatening Weather Warnings

2021-12-16, 05:08

When residents in eight Midwestern states heard warnings that devastating tornadoes were headed their way, were those warnings taken seriously? It’s hard to say but no one could have predicted the catastrophic impact tornadoes would have on their communities or their lives. When the tornadoes hit...

National Black Business Chamber Champion Harry C. Alford Dies

2021-12-16, 05:08

Harry C. Alford, the president/CEO and co-founder of the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC), died Dec. 6 in the District. His wife, Kay DeBow, vice president and co-founder of the National Black Chamber, preceded him in death five months ago. In 1993, Harry C. Alfred moved the...

D.C. Activists Lend a Hand in Barber’s Poor People’s Campaign Rally

2021-12-16, 05:08

District residents joined hundreds of political and anti-poverty activists from around the country at Capitol Square on Dec. 13 to urge the U.S. Senate to move forward on the Build Back Better plan and voting rights legislation but voiced concerns that D.C. statehood legislation received no...

VIEWPOINTS

2021-12-16, 04:13

A jury has found actor Jussie Smollett, best known for his role on the Fox drama “Empire,” guilty of staging a racist and homophobic attack nearly three years ago in Chicago. What are your thoughts? Louis...

South Africa: Male Grooming Enhancing Business in Beauty Sector

2021-12-16, 04:13

Pretoria-based celebrity hairstylist Patrick Missile has based a portion of his business in helping balding men. He started creating wigs known as toupees for his male clients nine years ago. But he is only one of the many springing up across South Africa in the business of men’s grooming....

THE RELIGION CORNER: The Story of Margaret Garner

2021-12-16, 04:13

Though I really don’t believe in coincidences, last week, something did happen to me that felt like it was a coincidence. Instead, I believe that whatever happens was meant to be. It was how the story of Margaret Garner showed up in my life during my first period class. Garner’s life...

Swinging and Swaying and Singing the Blues

2021-12-16, 04:13

In this semi-post-COVID-19 time, most people are more than ready to get “back to normal” as soon as possible. The opportunity to safely socialize, be entertained and just have a good time is indeed compelling. Theatre is the ideal venue for this to be realized and the D.C. area is blessed to have...

Medical School Enrollment More Diverse in 2021: Report

2021-12-16, 04:13

U.S. medical schools attracted and enrolled a more diverse class in the 2021-22 academic year with Black, Hispanic and female applicants and enrollees all making gains, according to data released on Dec. 8 by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). This year, the number of students...

Work Has Begun to Make Jamaica a Republic

2021-12-16, 04:13

Jamaica’s Attorney General Marlene Malahoo Forte says an announcement is expected by the end of the second quarter next year in relation to Jamaica’s way forward to becoming a republic, The Jamaica Observer...

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