Nerissa Zhang, who is a Black woman, sent her startup's pitch deck to several VCs who publicly stated wanting to invest in Black-owned startups. She got 0 responses – until she sent the same messages from her co-founder husband's email. [thebolditalic.com]
Oprah Winfrey, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Lionsgate and The New York Times to Adapt The 1619 Project Into Film, TV Programming and More [theroot.com]
Doctors in the UK are seeing mildly affected or recovering Covid-19 patients come down with "serious and potentially fatal brain disorders". [theguardian.com]
American Fascism: It Has Happened Here. As Langston Hughes once said, "In America, Negroes do not have to be told what fascism is in action. We know." [nybooks.com]
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