In our most recent analysis, we examined hate crime data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for the five-year period spanning 2014 to 2018.We now have updated statistics up to 2021, so we can compare the data from 2017 to 2021. Even though there is some overlap in theContinue Reading
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The overall Life expectancy in the United States peaked in 2014 for all races and ethnicities, then it began dropping slightly before the pandemic. Drug overdoses and suicides attributed greatly to the US life expectancy decreases since 2014. The opioid crisis hit America especially hard and now there are growingContinue Reading
Early in the pandemic it was widely reported that African Americans were being severely affected by COVID-19 cases and deaths. In early April, 2020 several news outlets were reporting that 70% of COVID deaths in Louisiana were African American, as were 58% of COVID deaths in Illinois, 40% in Michigan,Continue Reading
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One of the reasons health departments across the country are reporting African Americans with higher incidence rates of positive COVID-19 test results and deaths is related to their exposure as part of the front line essential workers. Nationwide African Americans are over-represented in some of the important jobs that haveContinue Reading
New BLACK COVID-19 TRACKER CLICK HERE Long gone are the days when some African Americans shares rumors on social media that they may be immune from the Coronavirus. As a matter of fact the latest data shows African Americans are testing positive at higher rates than most. Unfortunately the CDCContinue Reading
With the revelation on March 17th that famous actor Eldris Elba tested positive for the Coronavirus or COVID-19, the circulating rumors that Black people cannot contract this alarming disease has hopefully been put to rest. There have also been (at the time of this article) a couple of deaths ofContinue Reading
African Americans have high incident rates of obesity. As a matter of fact black women have the highest rates of obesity in America.Continue Reading
