The coronavirus in Japan has brought not just an epidemic of infections, but also an onslaught of bullying and discrimination against the sick, their families and health workers. A government…
Keisha Lance Bottoms described the shooting as a "lynching." Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) on Sunday described the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery as a lynching and characterized rhetoric from…
The mother of a black Georgia man who was fatally shot in February after two white men chased him down in their pickup truck said she was about to give up hope…
HOUSTON — “Can you hear that?” my son, Sam, asked me a month or so ago, interrupting our conversation to hold his phone up to his open car window. “It’s…
In early April, Wisconsin and Michigan released data showing stark racial disparities in rates of Covid-19 cases and deaths. In those states, many media outlets noted that the percentages of…
By David BrooksSyndicated columnist There is now a vast army of young people ready and yearning to serve their country. There are college graduates emerging into a workplace that has few…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Protesters crowded the streets of Indianapolis on Thursday to voice concerns about police treatment after officers shot and killed two men and fatally struck a pregnant pedestrian…
Oregon last month expanded testing criteria to prioritize Latinos and other minorities, citing the higher risk posed from the virus because of “long-standing social and health inequities.” At the Virginia…
Mayor Bill de Blasio said the police had enforced rules properly, but other officials expressed concern about tactics similar to unfair “stop and frisk” practices. Credit...Marian Carrasquero for The New…
All struggles against oppression have participants whose valor does not receive the recognition it deserves. Dennis Goldberg, who died in Cape Town last month at the age of 87, was…