As cities update crosswalks with the latest technologies, the visually impaired have gone largely ignored, a federal lawsuit filed in Chicago says.
Author: Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY
‘I miss everything. I miss everybody’: Depression rates for seniors are soaring amid COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified loneliness and isolation for older adults, raising risks of anxiety and cognitive and physical decline.
‘Unity without uniformity’: 50 years later, ideology of 1972 National Black Political Convention still resonates
As the anniversary of the largest-ever Black political gathering nears, new leaders aim to attain the unified voice that eluded the historic event.
Texas transgender prisoner could be nation’s first to get gender affirmation surgery in federal custody
This week, a federal inmate in Texas will learn whether her groundbreaking push to get gender affirmation surgery can proceed.
Historians say an unsuccessful protest in Georgia helped Martin Luther King Jr. become a national leader
The civil rights leader was stymied by a shrewd police chief. The campaign honed his tactics and inspired local Black people into further challenges.
Atheists, agnostics and humanists much more likely than Christians to get COVID-19 vaccine
Atheists are more likely than the religious to be vaccinated against COVID-19, even as they grow in number and struggle to find acceptance in the U.S.
‘Sold a dream’: As HBCUs struggle for funding, Howard University students protest living conditions and lack of voice
From students living in cars to mushrooms growing on ceilings, students say substandard conditions make some feel ‘they were sold a dream’
2020 census may have massively undercounted Black population, analysis shows
After advocates warned the 2020 census would seriously undercount the Black population, independent findings appear to show they were right.
White people in the US have long controlled public institutions. Racial progress has paid the price.
Major institutions in the U.S. — including law enforcement, school leaders and the media — have sometimes hindered or openly opposed racial progress.
‘I can’t separate my identities’: For LGBTQ people of color, discrimination is worse, researchers say
For LGBTQ people of color, discrimination is more common and more harmful — but supportive policies, families and peers can make a difference.