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The Sacredness of the Right to Vote Revisiting 2004 in 2020 by Rev. Dr. Kenneth E. Harris, President and Professor of Biblical Studies      Ecumenical Theological Seminary                                                       

THE RESSLER GERTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION AND HAWKS INVESTING $40 MILLION IN ATLANTA, BOLSTERING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN BLACK COMMUNITY AND EXPANDING COMMUNITY/D&I COMMITMENT Ressler Gertz Family Foundation Celebrates Five Years of Ownership with $5 Million Commitment to Support Growth of the Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Nation’s Largest Hub for Black Entrepreneurs ATLANTA – The

City of South Fulton residents behind on mortgage or rent payments can receive one-time subsidies from the city as it uses CARES Act funds to assists residents and businesses negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The city will receive $4.14 million CARES Act funding from Fulton County to offset costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Morgan Stanley has announced the launch of Morgan Stanley HBCU Scholars, an integrated program to strategically engage with and support Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). The program will support 60 scholarships for students at Howard University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College to set scholars up on a path to educational attainment and financial independence

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Sunday that the US is “not going to control” the coronavirus pandemic, as cases surge across the country and nearly 225,000 Americans have died from the virus. “We are not going to control the pandemic. We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics

President Donald Trump assured supporters packed shoulder to shoulder at weekend rallies that “we’re rounding the turn” on the coronavirus and mocked challenger Joe Biden for raising alarms about the pandemic, despite surging cases around the country and more positive infections at the White House. Trump’s remarks came Saturday, hours before the White House announced

The Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Public Schools today announced a formalized partnership for Hawks at Home. Hawks at Home is an innovative online program created to educate and help youth stay active during this time of social distancing. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hawks have empowered kids across the state of Georgia and beyond

Breaking — Remdesivir, a drug President Donald Trump took to help treat his Covid, has gotten FDA approval — the first such drug to gain access to the US market. Covid deaths per day: 1,100 Days to election: 11 Ballots already cast: > 46 million Top voting states for far: Texas – 5.9 million votes

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden fought over how to tame the raging coronavirus in Thursday’s final 2020 debate, largely shelving the rancor that overshadowed their previous face-off in favor of a more substantive exchange that highlighted their vastly different approaches to the major domestic and foreign challenges facing

Cristo Rey Atlanta Receives $50K Grant from SunTrust Trusteed Foundations for COVID-19 Prevention Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School received a $50,000 grant from the SunTrust Trusteed Foundations – Nell Warren Elkin and William Simpson Elkin Foundation to underwrite the cost of the purchase and installation of Ultravation ultraviolet (UV) lights for the school’s HVAC