A group of researchers from Rutgers University and Michigan State University have launched a five-year study to examine the long-term effects of structural racism on cognitive aging, physical decline, and frailty in Black Americans, with a grant from the National Institute on Aging.
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Aunt Kelly’s Cookies Providing the Fresh, Old-School Flavor to Delighted Customers
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Kelly Simmons opened Aunt Kelly’s Cookies in 2018, and she said she “mixes every batch with love” using locally sourced ingredients, including Domino Sugar. Cookies are made daily from scratch to ensure they taste as fresh as they look. “We bake our last daily batch two hours before closing,” Simmons continued. “Because of this, our customers say they taste like their grandmother’s kitchen and bring back feelings of nostalgia and happiness.”
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Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, Immunologist and White House Covid-19 Task Force Member, to Receive 2021 NNPA National Leadership Award
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, a member of the White House COVID-19 Equity Task Force and a Food and Drug Administration member, empaneled to approve Covid vaccines, demurred when asked whether schools should reopen before children vaccinated. “The short answer is, for most places, in my opinion, it is not safe because mask mandates are not in place,” Dr. Hildreth responded.
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Baltimore Writer, Producer and Director Continues to Shine in Hollywood
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a live interview with the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s morning news show, “Let It Be Known,” Cuffie-Jones explained that she just wrapped on directing her first feature film, “Twice Bitten,” scheduled for a fall release and the second season of “Stuck With You,” a hit that’s streaming on the ALLBLK network.
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Enrollment Increases for HBCUs
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Some observers believe the calls for racial justice after the murder of George Floyd and the global awareness of the Black Lives Matter movement have contributed mightily to the rise in enrollment at HBCUs.
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Historic Bill Raises Minimum Wage to $17 and Eliminates Tipped Wage for Contracted Workers at BWI Airport and Baltimore Penn Station
NNPA NEWSWIRE – Following a three-year campaign, Doran Brown, a contracted wheelchair agent at BWI Marshall Airport in Baltimore, and over 2,000 union and non-union contracted workers at BWI Marshall Airport and Baltimore Penn Station who earn as little as $8.50 per hour plus tips will see their hourly compensation rise to $17 five years. The higher salary is a result of the Secure Maryland Wage Act, a new law sponsored by Maryland Senator Antonio Hayes and Delegate Kriselda Valderrama.
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Morgan State Alum Dropped Out, Drove for UPS, Presents University with $20 Million Endowment
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Morgan is so proud to call this son and daughter of the great City of Baltimore our own, and through their historic giving, the doors of higher education will most certainly be kept open for generations of aspiring leaders whose financial shortfalls may have kept them from realizing their academic dreams,” David K. Wilson, president of Morgan State University, stated in the release. (Photo: Courtesy Morgan State University)
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Sgt. Major Christian Fleetwood, Medal of Honor Recipient and Unsung Civil War Hero
NNPA NEWSWIRE — After graduating as class valedictorian from Pennsylvania’s Ashmun Institute – later renamed as Lincoln University – Sgt. Major Christian Fleetwood, Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War, started The Lyceum Observer, the first Black-owned newspaper south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
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Baltimore Black Baptist Ministers Conference Expresses Opposition to Proposed Maryland Menthol Ban
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I am really concerned about this banning of menthol cigarettes. It was originally for flavored tobacco products in the bill, but they have mixed in menthol, which includes the Newport brand that many in our community uses,” Bishop J.L. Carter, the president, and pastor of the Ark Church in Baltimore, said during a Baltimore Baptist Ministers conference call on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021.
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Black Investors Take Note: Reddit Rebellion Rescues GameStop Stock
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The band of amateur day traders that interact with each other on the Reddit page WallStreetBets, encouraged whoever was listening to buy shares of the flailing GameStop, AMC, Macy’s and Koss stocks. Big investors, often in the form of hedge funds, frequently bet against struggling public companies using a process referred to as “shorting,” which allows investors to bet on the degree of misfortune a stock may experience and earn billions of dollars in profits as a result.
