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Posted inEducation

Distance Learning Earns an ‘F’ in Most Poor Homes

by WI Guest Author April 30, 2020December 21, 2021

Nearly 16% of eighth graders overall, and almost 25% of eighth graders who are poor, do not have a desktop or laptop computer at home on which they can follow their classes, according to a recent report.

**FILE** Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (International Telecommunication Union via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inInternational, World

Trump Points Finger of Blame at Another Black Man for COVID-19

by WI Guest Author April 16, 2020December 21, 2021
Posted inBlack Experience, National

African Americans are 40 Percent of Nation’s Homeless Population: Report

by WI Guest Author January 21, 2020December 21, 2021
Courtesy of usda.gov
Posted inNational

States Sue to Stop Changes to Food Stamps Program

by WI Guest Author January 21, 2020December 21, 2021
Courtesy of Trice Edney News Wire
Posted inBlack Experience, National

Police Killings a Leading Cause of Death of Black Men: Report

by WI Guest Author December 18, 2019December 21, 2021

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