ATLANTA – Health officials are concerned about coronavirus outbreaks as they watch protests unfold across the country over the death of George Floyd. An Athens, Georgia, commissioner has an urgent message for demonstrators who may have marched alongside others: get tested for the coronavirus. Athens-Clarke County Commissioner Mariah Parker said she tested positive for the coronavirus following […]
“Stay home if you can. Mask up if you can’t.” That’s the message targeted to young African Americans in DeKalb County, Georgia. The messenger: Killer Mike, Atlanta’s famed rap artist and activist who teamed up with another Mike, DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond. “I just don’t want to see people who look like me die unnecessarily because of […]