Race

In Chicago, COVID-19 Is Hitting The Black Community Hard

9:22pm April 06, 2020

by Natalie Moore

While black residents comprise 29% of Chicago, they represent 70% of that city's COVID-19 deaths. There are a number of reasons for that, and officials are just now beginning to address the issue.

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Liz Kleinrock: How Can We Broach Hard Conversations With Kids, From Race To COVID-19?

9:19am April 03, 2020

by NPR/TED STAFF

When one of Liz Kleinrock's fourth grade students made a cringeworthy comment about race, rather than change the subject, she chose to turn the moment into a teachable one—and start a conversation.

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While more affluent parts of Nashville have had testing sites for weeks, this drive-through testing site at Meharry Medical College, in a historically African American neighborhood, experienced weeks of delays because staff couldn't acquire the needed tes

Health & Safety

The Coronavirus Doesn't Discriminate, But U.S. Health Care Showing Familiar Biases

9:33pm April 02, 2020

by Blake Farmer

Most available coronavirus data doesn't include ethnic or racial demographics, but public health experts say they fear the response to the pandemic will lead to predictable health care disparities.

Health & Safety

The Coronavirus Doesn't Discriminate. U.S. Health Care May Be A Different Story

4:45pm April 01, 2020

by Blake Farmer

The coronavirus doesn't discriminate in who it infects. But some doctors say the U.S. health care system's pandemic response is already showing familiar patterns of bias.

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The U.S. 'Majority-Minority' Projection Gets Majorly Murky In The Minor Details

4:43pm March 30, 2020

by Yowei Shaw

Maybe you've heard that by mid-century, the United States will no longer have a white majority. But what if that projection wasn't realistic? Here's how a statistic took on a life of its own.

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Op-Ed Writer On How 'Essential' Business Designations Affects Minorities

5:12pm March 28, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Solomon Jones of The Philadelphia Inquirer about how "essential business" designations affect minority communities.

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The Rev. Joseph Lowery gave the benediction during the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

National

Rev. Joseph Lowery, 'Dean' Of The Civil Rights Movement, Dies At 98

8:17am March 28, 2020

by Debbie Elliott

Lowery got his start as an activist organizing bus boycotts in 1950s Alabama. He led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for two decades and prayed at Barack Obama's first inauguration.

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National

New Site Collects Reports Of Racism Against Asian Americans Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

11:54am March 27, 2020

Russell Jeung, a professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, describes harassment, assault and microaggressions against Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.

Asian Americans Are Blamed By Some For COVID-19 Outbreak

6:53am March 27, 2020

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Russell Jeung, professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, about harassment of Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.

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The Coronavirus Crisis Is Sparking Harassment Of Asian Americans

4:42pm March 25, 2020

Los Angeles Times columnist Frank Shyong speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about the racism that Asian Americans and Asian-owned businesses are facing during the coronavirus epidemic.

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