

Health May 01

An Associated Press analysis of census data shows that the burden of keeping the country open has been borne unevenly across gender, racial and socioeconomic lines.
By Mae Anderson, Alexandra Olson, Angeliki Kastanis, Associated Press
Nation Apr 14

The coronavirus outbreak is taking a disproportionate toll on African Americans and other nonwhite populations.
By Aaron Morrison, Associated Press
Health Apr 08

As the coronavirus tightens its grip across the country, it is cutting a particularly devastating swath through an already vulnerable population — black Americans.
By Kat Stafford, Meghan Hoyer, Aaron Morrison, Associated Press
Politics Mar 30

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna Pressley say in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar dated Friday that comprehensive demographic data on people who are tested or treated for the coronavirus does not exist.
By Aaron Morrison, Associated Press
Mar 26

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press
While the diagnosis gap is narrowing, it's not clear that minority kids are getting the same access to services and treatment, said Michael Yudell, a Drexel University public health professor.
Jun 13

Whites in the U.S. have much greater household and individual wealth than blacks and other minorities. In fact, the typical black household has about 10 cents for every dollar of wealth in a typical white household. Some economists and politicians…
Jan 03

By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report
States are disproportionately subsidizing schools whose students are wealthier, whiter…
Aug 15

By PBS NewsHour
The city of Ferguson, Missouri, is more than two-thirds African-American. But only three of its 53 police officers are black. Jeffrey Brown talks to Tracie Keesee of the UCLA Center for Policing Equity and Malik Aziz of the National Black…
Aug 14

By PBS NewsHour
Judy Woodruff talks to Yamiche Alcindor of USA Today in for a closer look at the drama unfolding over the police killing of Michael Brown, as well as local reaction to the governor’s order for State Highway Patrol to take…
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