Civil rights veterans are praising today’s young protesters for continuing the fight against police brutality, injustice and discrimination.
Author: Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY
‘People are really suffering’: Black and Latino communities help their own amid coronavirus crisis
Black and Latino community leaders are stepping in to help their own through the coronavirus crisis.
Black people are overwhelmingly dying from coronavirus in cities across the US
With coronavirus cases and deaths soaring in cities with significant black populations, civil rights groups are urging the release of racial data.
Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans tend to have poor health. Coronavirus could ravage their communities.
People of color have many underlying health conditions that could make them vulnerable to health risks from coronavirus, experts said.
Coronavirus is slowing down search for census workers, could make it harder to count Americans
Census officials and community groups are canceling job fairs and other events to ward off the spread of the coronavirus, but hiring is still underway
We’re ‘equipped’ to count nation’s population amid coronavirus crisis, census officials say. Lawmakers aren’t so sure.
As census officials prepare to count the nation’s population, experts and lawmakers raise concerns about the potential impact of the coronavirus.
What is the census and how is it used? Here’s what you need to know about the 2020 census
Census 2020 helps determine everything from federal funding for schools, roads and health programs.
America has a ‘gruesome’ history of lynching, but it’s not a federal crime. A House vote could change that
The House is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a bipartisan bill that would make lynching a federal crime, a move supporters say is long overdue.
I was writing about colonial America’s first enslaved Africans. I was stunned to find my ancestors, too.
The search for one woman’s family led a reporter to find her own roots using oral history, archives and DNA tests. It also led to stunning results.
Joe Biden: Racism is a ‘white man’s problem’ that is institutional in the U.S.
During an interview that focused largely on issues related to race, Biden said “white folks are the reason why there’s institutional racism.”