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Justice Department Makes Moves to Undo Certain Civil Rights Protections

Instead of just filing a two-week notice and coasting until Inauguration Day, the Justice Department has opted to…

Joe Jurado

1/06/21 3:30PM

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Air Force Investigation Finds Black Personnel Are Subject to More Disciplinary Action, Face Numerous Racial Disparities

I think it’s safe to say we live in a post-George Floyd world. Floyd’s tragic, violent death has spurred a…

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As U.S. Faces Surge in Coronavirus Cases, Study Shows Black Americans Most Likely to Know Someone Who's Died from the Virus

Across the world, coronavirus cases are popping up again. But in few other countries has the virus had as disastrous…

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Nursing Homes With High Numbers of Black and Latinx Residents Twice as Likely to Be Hit by COVID-19

A reporting investigation by the New York Times and the Baltimore Sun has uncovered deep racial disparities in…

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Lawmakers and Advocates Grow Increasingly Frustrated With Lack of Comprehensive Racial Data on COVID-19 Cases

Nearly three months after the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the U.S., more than 1.1 million people have been…

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Stop and Frisk, but in a Pandemic: Data Confirms Black New Yorkers Targeted for Social Distancing Violations at Higher Rates

After a series of violent arrest videos went viral this week, the NYPD finally released citywide data on social…

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More Than 80% of Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 in Georgia Were Black, CDC Reports

As Georgia gets set to reopen more non-essential business this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

Anne Branigin

4/30/20 9:30AM

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Thanks to Black Women, There's More Political Interest in Fixing Black Maternal Care Than Ever Before

Racial disparities in maternal care have been an issue for decades—and for decades, many politicians were content…

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We Figured Out Why Coronavirus Is Killing Black People...As If You Didn't Already Know the Answer

Tamara is “essential.”

Michael Harriot

4/09/20 11:07AM

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Can a City Be Cervical Cancer-Free? Chicago Aims to Eradicate a Preventable Cancer by Focusing on Racial Disparities

Say what you want about Chicago’s winter weather, sports teams, crime rate (though it still fails to rank among…

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Elizabeth Warren Proposes $50 Billion in Aid to HBCUs, Student Debt Forgiveness in Radical Higher Ed Reform Package

If there’s one thing Americans of all stripes seem to agree on, it’s that the education system is broken: school…

Anne Branigin

4/22/19 12:09PM

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Serena Williams Reveals What She Learned After Her Near-Death Experience Giving Birth

Living tennis legend Serena Williams, in an op-ed essay penned for CNN, opened up about her life-threatening…

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The Black Maternal Mortality Rate in the US Is an International Crisis

Last week I spoke at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to urge the United States…

Dr. Joia Crear Perry

9/30/16 5:56AM

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7/27/16

Democratic Political Infighting Over Education Harms Black Families

The Democrats’ political machine is in full gear this summer as special interest groups drive toward a common goal:…

Andre Perry

7/27/16 6:06AM

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