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Coronavirus vaccine trials are underway and the presidents of two prominent HBCUs are urging you to participate. In a letter published in The Advocate , the presidents of Dillard and Xavier University — Walter M. Kimbrough and C. Reynold Verret, respectively — explain that they are already participating in the Ochsner Health System’s current vaccine trial. During the study, they have each been injected with the experimental vaccine and are “monitoring and reporting any symptoms and side effects.” Currently, they are both well. Given the devastation of COVID-19 on the Black community, Kimbrough and Verret urge students, faculty, staff, and other HBCU institutions to volunteer in one of the many trials in order for the vaccines to be understood among a diverse group. In short, they want the medicine to work for Black people just as well as it will for others. “Today, there are many regulations in place to assure the ethical execution of medical studies, including oversight by human...
Despite the widespread economic turmoil many Americans are experiencing, the stock market has enjoyed historic highs throughout much of 2020. It may seem counterintuitive, but the major market indices are weighted heavily with multinational corporations, whose fortunes are not as dependent on Main Street as they once were. Further, despite the spate of business bankruptcies, strong performances by larger companies have reinforced investor confidence . Still, some economists warn that this year’s historic highs are a prelude to a crash , given the hits the global economy has taken. Will this bit of “irrational exuberance” continue into 2021? And what else does the market hold for investors next year? Here are three trends to consider: High Demand for Tech / Communications Despite the significant COVID-19 vaccine progress, most experts don’t believe the U.S. will complete a mass vaccination program until the summer of 2021 . That means that many workers will remain working remotely...