February 2021

By Fernanda Santos  FEBRUARY 3, 2021 It’s exhausting to be a widow and single mother — and not just because of the responsibilities. For me, fatigue comes from having to constantly engage with complete strangers who don’t know what to make of a woman without a man. I’m sure that their comments and I’m-so-sorrys are well-intentioned.…

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Stimulus payments help some, but beans make a lot of food for not so much money. A bowl of beans, a big piece of cornbread, what else can you ask for? Navy Bean Soup 1 (16 ounce) package dried navy beans1 (14.5 ounce) can fire-roasted diced tomatoes1 onion, chopped2 stalks celery, chopped1 clove garlic, minced1…

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By Adrienne Gaffney Jan. 30, 2021 It’s not an understatement to describe the events of the past year as historic, and particularly for Black Americans. The nation elected its first Black vice president, a woman, and a graduate of a historically Black university and Georgia sent its first Black senator to the Capitol. (Both of these…

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42,842,000 = The Black (only) population in the United States in 2019, about 13% of the total US population. 48.2 million = The number of black people in the US, black only or in combination, in 2019. 2.1 million = The number of Black military veterans in the United States nationwide in 2019. 87.9% =…

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