On May 19, COVID-19 stats: More than 1,523,780 Americans have been infected; and more than 91,000 Americans have died, out of a population of 330 million.

It is a story still unfolding as a public health menace married to economic downturns, and thanks to the American White House, it is politicized during this all-important election year.

Last week President Barack Obama, de facto Democratic Party head, belatedly re-entered national politics with two powerful talks, which were streamed to America’s GenZers – the Class of 2020 HBCUs and HS seniors, people who would be voting in November.

The Democrats must forego their aversion to deep-pocketed donors and PACs in order to hundreds of millions, some of which is targeted to the removal of Congressional Democrats like African American Nevadan Steven Horsford, and New Yorker.

Birthday greetings to Gemini natives: Carmelo Anthony; Wayne Brady; Roslyn Woods Cabbagestalk, RN; Ice Cube; Morgan Freeman; Ronnie Grant, actor; Ceelo Green; Dennis Haysbert; Maya Horsford; Naomi Horsford college coed; Karyn Jackson; Gladys Knight; Lenny Kravitz; Bishop TD Jakes; Kendrick Lamar; Aaron McGruder, writer/cartoonist, The Boondocks; Mamadou Niang, TV Journalist/Producer; Lionel Richie; Edgar Ridley, Semiotics Scholar, author of The Golden Apple: Changing the Structure of Civilization, Volume 3; Kai Sidberry; Sherry Smith, Goldman Sachs, VP; Entrepreneur Karen Soltau, Jamaican “Real Estate Lady” and Entertainment impresario; Octavia Spencer; Bob Tate, special events curator; Pierre Thiam, Teranga Restaurant and author of “The Fonio Cookbook: An Ancient Grain Rediscovered; Franklin Thomas, first African American Ford Foundation CEO; Donald Trump; Kanye West; Patti LaBelle and Sandra Williams, actress.

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