Despite the coronavirus pandemic halting in-person religious services around the country, an 82-year-old Black Oklahoma churchgoer has been present for 52 virtual Sunday services, decked out in a new look each week. Laverne Wimberly, a member of Metropolitan Baptist Church in Tulsa, said she has been going to church virtually in the same fashion she’s been […]
Despite the pandemic halting in-person religious services around the country, an 82-year-old Black Oklahoma churchgoer has been present for every virtual Sunday service, decked out in a new look each week. Laverne Wimberly, a member of Metropolitan Baptist Church in Tulsa, said she has been going to church virtually in the same fashion she’s been […]
Several researchers across the country have concluded that drug overdose deaths have surged among Black Americans during the pandemic. The scientists’ focus on disparity follows up on research from the CDC, which found that fatal drug overdoses among all Americans increased by 20% during the coronavirus pandemic, killing more than 83,000 people. “It wasn’t until we started […]