Pistons’ Tom Gores responds to calls to divest from prison telecom company
Updated Dec 27, 2020;
Posted Dec 27, 2020
Pistons owner Tom Gores announced donation of masks and gloves to help fight coronavirus. (Mike Mulholland/MLive)
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DETROIT For years, criminal justice reform groups have been pushing Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores to either sell the team or sell his prison telecommunication company, Securus Technologies.
This fall, advocacy groups turned up public pressure, first by writing to the board of the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts, from which Gores resigned. Then they wrote an open letter to the NBA and took out a full-page ad in the New York Times.
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Will the Black community get shut out on COVID-19 vaccination?
Distrust of US medicine raises concerns
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The rocky historic relationship between African Americans and the United States medical community raises concerns as to whether the Black community will resist participating in COVID-19 vaccinations when they become available.
The first wave of coronavirus vaccines should reach the public this week, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommending that all adults receive the vaccination in 2021.
While the CDC said there should be enough doses for as many as 20 million people to receive vaccination by the end of December, health officials expect a much larger supply in the coming months.