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BREAKING: In a stunning moment, JD Vance refused to admit that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Tim Walz is holding him accountable for that failure. Retweet so all Americans see this.

“Be careful, when a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.” Albert Camus #FrenchElections

Applications are DUE in 1 month 12/15/2023. The Graduate Group in Demography @Penn is now accepting applications for its PhD program in Demography. We look forward to recruiting a strong and diverse cohort for Fall 2024! Learn more about the program here: demog.pop.upenn.edu/prospective-st…

Great news about an excellent research collaboration: The Max Planck - University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health celebrates its opening yesterday & today in Helsinki! Read all about MaxHel with @MPIDRnews & @helsinkiuni: demogr.mpg.de/en/research_61…

Tribal nations face less accurate, more limited 2020 census data because of privacy methods apnews.com/article/native…

New 2020 census data shows an aging America and wide racial gaps between generations brookings.edu/articles/new-2…

Our recent article, COVID-19 and All-Cause Mortality by Race, Ethnicity, and Age Across Five Periods of the Pandemic in the United States, is now available online. urldefense.com/v3/__https://l…$

via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/06/18/bus…

[Accra, 23rd May 2023] - @RYofiGrant, the CEO of the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (#GIPC), has been honored with the Outstanding Public Leadership #Award at the just ended CEOs Summit. The award was in acknowledgment of the CEO’s visionary leadership & relentless efforts 1/5

The 3rd edition of the #Ghana Investment Opportunities Summit is set to take place over two days at the London Hilton on Park Lane, on Tuesday 6th & Wednesday 7th of June, 2023. This year’s #GHIOS will have Ghana’s Vice President, H.E Mahamudu #Bawumia as its keynote speaker 1/3

Join the Director, Beyond the Return, Annabelle McKenzie, along with other high-level participants on May 17th for the upcoming #Bahamas Summit as part of the #Diaspora Connect Roadshow in the #Caribbean.1/3

In new work @JAMANetworkOpen, we examine racial disparities in COVID mortality during the pandemic. Our key finding: While disparities narrowed over time, the decline was mostly due to an increase in White mortality and shifts in pandemic geography. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

@astokespop discussed "Excess Natural--Cause Deaths by Place of Death in the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic, March 2020 to February 2022" at the @PennPARC Aging Retreat @irmatelo @BUSPH @BU_Tweets #mortality #death #COVID19 #demography

To mark the International Girls in ICT Day 2023, STEMi Makers of Africa partnered with the International Telecommunication Union to train 250 secondary school girls across five African countries. Read more: bit.ly/415hnSq #theafricandreamdotnet #Africa #STEMeducation

#Ghana has been encouraging #AfricanAmericans to move to the West African nation since 2019, urging them to connect with their African roots & also invest in the country . More info/video via @VOANews⬇️ fb.watch/kezakSlWIW/?mi… . cc|@EdwardAsare @mistameister @shamimamuslim @ghpac

51 years ago on April 27, 1972, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first Prime Minister & President of Ghana 🇬🇭 while being treated for cancer in Bucharest, Romania, died at 62. He was a visionary and a true Pan-Africanist. Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame_Nkr… #theafricandreamdotnet #ghana

Harry Belafonte, actor, producer, and singer who popularised calypso music, used his fame to draw attention to Martin Luther King Jr. & highlighted global injustices and civil rights concerns, has passed away at 96. Read more: bit.ly/3LJl641 #theafricandreamdotnet

A fundraising gala organized by Ghana Impact Project, a U.S. based Ghanaian nonprofit that happened in Virginia successfully raised enough money to provide #prosthetics for 26 physically challenged children in #Ghana. Read more: bit.ly/3n3QfoW #theafricandreamdotnet

Great African Elder, Statesman, and Activist Akyaaba Addai-Sebo (seen in the teaser video) is a Ghanaian analyst, journalist, and pan-African activist credited with developing Black History Month in the UK. . Full video👇🏾 fb.watch/jpdZQSksaS/ . #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryUK