Jewish families on Wednesday will again recount the 10 plagues from the Book of Exodus. Only this year will be a little different. Religious ritual holds power not only because…
The most important factor in enabling the spread of pandemics in slums is the neglect of these marginalized populations by governing elites. Although the Covid-19 pandemic was spread around the…
On Tuesday, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, acknowledged at a news conference that he expects black people will continue to die of the coronavirus at…
There is an old saying that when white America catches a cold, African Americans catch pneumonia. Whether it was the Great Depression, Hurricane Katrina or the Great Recession, entrenched racial discrimination causes black communities…
Black Americans have more existing medical issues, less access to health care, and are more likely to work in unstable jobs — all factors that have made the coronavirus pandemic…
Kuperstein said his father, the son of Holocaust survivors, came to the United States with nothing and achieved so much. NBC New York anchor Adam Kuperstein announced in an emotional…
C Pam Zhang’s debut, “How Much of These Hills Is Gold,” is one of several new or forthcoming books by Asian-American writers set in a period that historically hasn’t recognized…
Stark statistics from Chicago health officials have underscored the heavy toll of coronavirus on black Americans. Black Chicagoans account for half of all coronavirus cases in the city and more…
New York State legislature voted to pass a bill equating hate crimes with domestic terrorism on Friday, days after the most critically injured victim of the Monsey stabbing attack in…
The Walker family never thought having an age range of 3 to 96 under the same roof would be risky. That was before the coronavirus pandemic. Wilma Walker's now nonagenarian…