— KEEANGA-YAMAHTTA TAYLOR, THE NEW YORKER On the grounds of the Chelten Hills Cemetery, in West Oak Lane, Philadelphia, not far from where I live, brightly colored helium balloons stretch toward…
— NICQUEL TERRY ELLIS, CNN (CNN)Watching rioters storm the US Capitol reopened old wounds for Valarie Carey. Carey’s younger sister, Miriam Carey, was fatally shot by Capitol police and US Secret…
“The real fraud is that we call ourselves a democracy yet deny the people of our capital political representation.” — HANNAH GIORGIS, THE ATLANTIC Less than six months before a mob…
The nominee, Lloyd J. Austin III, a retired four-star Army general, must obtain a congressional exemption from a law that bars recent active-duty officers from serving in the top Pentagon job. …
— Dana Givens, BLACK ENTERPRISE Tia McWilliams didn’t see many women in law enforcement roles growing in her rural Georgiacommunity. Despite the odds, that didn’t stop her from pursuing the path. This…
Georgia illuminates the path to Black power. It lies in the South. Follow me there. — Charles M. Blow, The New York Times ATLANTA — A year ago this week, I…
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— KEEANGA-YAMAHTTA TAYLOR, THE NEW YORKER On the grounds of the Chelten Hills Cemetery, in West Oak Lane, Philadelphia, not far from where I live, brightly colored helium balloons stretch toward…
— Aryn Baker, TIME When COVID-19 initially blazed through Asia, Europe and then the United States, global public health experts worried that it could be catastrophic for Africa, with its crowded cities, poorly funded…
Some 700 foreigners who were exposed to the coronavirus through their frontline work are being given expedited naturalization reviews. — Constant Méheut, The New York Times PARIS — Nine months after…
Black churches have suffered big losses this year. They’ve also adapted, and some are thriving. — Curtis Bunn, NBC News Black churches have certainly not been spared from the incalculable loss…
COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate by race, yet it has still laid bare the brutality of racism in the United States. — Patrice Peck, The Atlantic All skinfolk ain’t kinfolk, but as Black people…
Researchers from countries across the globe are developing more than 200 experimental coronavirus vaccines, according to the World Health Organization, 51 of which have entered human trials. — Riley Griffin, Bloomberg Dan…