Photo by Marckus Winkler on Unsplash.com I forgot to add this note to the last newsletter. The Intersection published a Q & A in September on Dr. Stephen Thomas's work in Prince George's County, and the lack of Covid-19 funding. In that interview, Dr. Thomas spoke candidly about how the Biden administration needed to pass a Covid-19 funding bill. At least on my end, something unexpected happened. A month and two days after our article was published, in October, Dr. Thomas received a $1 million dollar contract from the Centers For Disease Control. Also, recently, part of Biden's administration's Covid-19 winter program is to collaborate with local communities to do pop-up programs. It's not clear if this will happen in all states. I am proud of The Intersection's reporting. Read the interview here.
Dr. Stephen Thomas didn’t only talk about the new boosters. He talked about how the lack of federal funding has negatively impacted his work to get Prince George’s County residents in working-class communities vaccinated, and educated about the virus.
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Wes Moore, Maryland's Democratic governor-elect, addresses his state's decision to ramp up its cannabis industry, his Wall Street work and presidential chatter.
OXON HILL, Md. (DC News Now) — Help for people in Prince George’s County struggling to pay their rent could be on the way. Affordable housing is a big issue for many cities, including Laurel, Bladensburg and Greenbelt. Now, leaders are hoping to make changes on the county level through rent stabilization. “Prices of rent […]
Juanita Miller testified on the last day of an administrative hearing for a judge to decide whether to remove her from school board seat.
Prince George’s County schools CEO Monica Goldson was the first of four witnesses to testify Tuesday during a virtual hearing on whether to remove embattled school board chair Juanita Miller.
The Prince George’s Chamber of Commerce announced on Dec. 14 its selection of Alexander K. Austin as its new president and CEO.
When Del. Brooke Lierman was running for the job of Maryland comptroller, she visited every county and Baltimore City; the first thing she had to do was explain to voters what a comptroller does.
Eleanor Holmes Norton said Wednesday that she has secured federal funding for projects and institutions in D.C. such as Howard University Hospital.
Prince George's County had a strong 2022 creating various programs for communities and small businesses. It plans to keep the momentum going into 2023.
The Maryland Society for Educational Technology wants to see more educators take advantage of video games like Minecraft in the classroom to keep students engaged.
The School of Education at Loyola University Maryland shapes accomplished educators and the online Educational Technology Program had four “accomplished educators” present at the 10th Annual Common Ground Maryland 2022 Educational Conference November 17-19, 2022.
An initial consortium of five minority-led technology firms has teamed up to announce the formation of a new initiative, Tech Prince George's, that is focused on significantly increasing the per capita income of county residents and repositioning Prince George's County, MD as the wealthiest majority-minority county in the nation in advance of the year 2030 by focusing exclusively on information technology as the preferred industry sector. The five initial technology partner firms are Cloudforce,
When Antonika Johnson, daughter, and Victoria Johnson, mother, both retell the tragic events of 2020 as if they happened yesterday. Victoria’s husband – Anthony, a son, nephew, brother and father – life and sudden death are still tethered to their memories. “ We were married for 38 years,” said Victoria of her husband. Both mother, daughter and other family members bear the wound of Anthony’s death. Antonika’s emotions are not only lacerated by the death of her father, but her body bears the wounds of long-covid, and scars of surgery.
Today, the Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) welcomed Johns Hopkins University’s commitment this week to address security and chaplaincy-related concerns for Muslim students at its Baltimore campus in response to a letter CAIR wrote last week.
Police responded to reports of antisemitic graffiti at a Maryland high school on Saturday, school officials and police say.
Community leaders are determined to improve their struggling neighborhoods on their own and are done waiting for the city to do something.
Since Myanmar’s latest military coup in February 2021, ethnic Chin, Kachin and Karen Christians in the U.S have advocated for democracy. Last week those efforts paid off, with the historic passage of the BURMA Act, an American Congressional act that will authorize sanctions against senior officials in Myanmar’s military and state-owned commercial enterprises, support democracy efforts and provide humanitarian relief.
A day after the Maryland Catholic Church said it would support legislation reform on statute of limitations laws, survivors say it shows the church is still refusing to deal fairly with past victims.
Many Jews feel that the best defense against anti-Semitic attacks is armed self-defense.
By Renata Hill, Moodfuel News The cold, dark months can have a profound affect on us, but simple techniques will help As we move into winter with shorter daylight hours and falling temperatures, does a cloud follow you around? Do you feel tired or sluggish, maybe even cranky, too, and
A variety of factors, such as low COVID-19 vaccination rates and Americans' general poor health, is behind the life expectancy drop, experts say.
