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  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
March 27, 2020 at 12:59 AM

An uphill battle

    John -- It’s no secret that whenever a crisis hits Americans -- it hits our community even harder. That’s why it comes as no surprise that the coronavirus is especially threatening for Black Americans. Structural and systemic racism have long-upheld disparitie…
  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
March 25, 2020 at 8:08 PM

Coronavirus: What you need to know today

    John -- While the coronavirus stimulus relief package makes its way through Congress, it’s overwhelming to keep track of all that’s happening. As of right now, both the Democrats and Republicans have varying priorities -- and we wanted to run down the good and…
  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
March 24, 2020 at 9:57 PM

The most vulnerable are at stake

    John -- This pandemic is exposing the ugliest parts of America. A country that puts profits over lives. A country that refuses to ensure people have food in their bellies and a roof over their heads. And a country that consistently downplays the gravity of thi…
  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
March 23, 2020 at 9:30 PM

Have you signed the COVID-19 petition?

    John, We reached out last week about the coronavirus and all that our government is doing -- and not doing -- to help mitigate the short and long-term effects of this outbreak. Since then, the virus has continued to spread, the death toll has risen, and the nee…
  Black Lives Matter Global Network · [email protected]
March 20, 2020 at 3:43 PM

COVID-19 response: We need more. We demand more. Add your name >>

    John -- The true rate and magnitude of the coronavirus in the United States remains illusory and fragmented at best and a deadly moral and political catastrophe at worst. And compounding the problem, the lack of a public healthcare system means we are relying …