More awareness of racial disparities in COVID-19 led to less fear, support of precautions among white people, research says

Psychology professor Allison Skinner-Dorkenoo says we need to recognize disparities are happening so that we can do something about them and make sure to contextualize systemic injustice. The COVID-19 pandemic…

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Title 42 will end late next month, but immigration advocates say BIPOC migrants can’t wait that long

Implementing the end of Title 42 won’t take effect until late May, leaving many migrants unprotected The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the terminationof the harmful Title 42…

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Buffalo, N.Y., police officers cleared of wrongdoing after shoving elderly man to ground at protest

75-year-old in hospital a month after attending protest over George Floyd's murder An arbitrator has ruled that two police officers in Buffalo, N.Y., didn't violate the department's use-of-force guidelines when…

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