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.
Empty buildings across US now housing coronavirus patients, the homeless and first responders
Officials in counties – large and small, rural and urban – are turning to hotels, to house first responders, patients and homeless people.
Health issues for blacks, Latinos and Native Americans may cause coronavirus to ravage communities
People of color have many underlying health conditions that could make them vulnerable to health risks from the coronavirus pandemic, 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.
Nancy Pelosi gets pressure from the left to move ahead on Trump impeachment
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has long said impeachment would be divisive for Democrats but has not ruled it out if facts from investigations lead there.
Trump warns GOP should be “paranoid” about elections as states spend millions to boost voter confidence
State officials are looking to increase confidence in voting ahead of 2020 as Trump tells Republicans to be “paranoid” about how votes are counted.