On Monday, Republican Gov. Greg Abbot of Texas told the world that he would be allowing the state’s stay-at-home order to expire on Thursday, April 30. Alongside other historically awful Texas officials, Gov. Abbott made an attempt at oration, saying, “Now it’s time to set a new course, a course that responsibly opens up business in Texas.”…
Responding to the proposed reopening of several southern states including Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Florida, a group of Black civil rights, labor, and health leaders called on governors to take several critical steps to safely reopen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizational representatives from the Black Voters Matter Fund, The Southern Rural Black…