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A U.S. Senate committee investigating the tax avoidance work that Jeffrey Epstein, the registered sex offender, did for the private equity mogul Leon Black has questioned Bank of America over Mr. Black’s hefty payments to Mr. Epstein, according to a letter viewed by The New York Times. This month, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, the […]
Nearly 160,000 Blacks are among the 1.1 million people in America who have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began in 2020, according to a Crusader analysis of data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The data shows America’s Hispanic residents had more deaths than Blacks and other minority groups during the […]
Our democracy is in peril — and it’s imperative that Jews and Blacks not let differences over Israel obscure what’s most urgent. Photo by iStock by Getty Images Tamar Manasseh March 1, 2024 One of the unintended consequences of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and Israel’s subsequent war in Gaza has been the rapid deterioration of […]
SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Board of Supervisors issued an apology Tuesday to the city’s Black community for decades of discrimination − but issuing $5 million checks to make up for the harm is another matter. The 11-member board voted unanimously to approve a resolution apologizing “to all African Americans and their descendants who […]
NEW YORK—With Black History Month now well underway, Nielsen has released a new study of media usage by Black consumers in five countries that highlights the size and importance of their audience and their desire for better representation on TV. The study found that among U.S. audiences, Black consumers spend over 81 hours per week […]
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The incidence of stroke is decreasing among Black and White adults in the U.S. population, but disparities persist, according to a study published online Jan. 10 in Neurology. Tracy E. Madsen, M.D., Ph.D., from the Brown University School of Public Health in Providence, Rhode Island, and colleagues examined […]
Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath carries a Torah while marching with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Courtesy Central Conference of American Rabbis The global intensity of the Israel-Hamas War and the saturation of media around it requires a lot of discernment and the ability to unearth and understand sources. I have been doing this, especially while […]
Official MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL, INC. press release Green & Black’s Smooth flavours are revolutionizing the dark chocolate category TORONTO, Nov. 28, 2023 /CNW/ – Just in time for the holiday season Green & Black’s, the renowned premium organic chocolate brand, is thrilled to introduce its newest addition to the Canadian market: Smooth. Two new exciting Smooth flavours, […]
A wrought-iron door guards the address near Central Park where Guzel Ganieva lives on the upper floors of a townhouse dating from the Gilded Age. On a winter morning two years ago, the doorman stationed there took a hard look at two uninvited guests. The visitors, a man and a woman, wore the thousand-yard stare […]
A new report says progress against childhood cancers has stalled in recent years for Black and Hispanic youth By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer November 15, 2023, 5:49 PM ET • 3 min read Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine. But in the past decade, those strides have stalled […]