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As a Coronavirus Pandemic Sweeps the World, American Indian Communities Turn to One Another, Teachings
By Lynda V. Mapes—March 24, 2020 Tribal communities know death by pandemic. As history threatens to repeat itself with the menace of the novel coronavirus, tribal communities are turning to their teachings and one another to protect themselves amid what they call a...
The White House Wanted To Give $0 To Tribes In The $2 Trillion Stimulus Bill
By Jennifer Bendery—April 1, 2020 In the end, tribes got about $10 billion in the emergency $2 trillion stimulus bill that President Donald Trump signed into law last Friday. But if the White House had its way, tribes wouldn’t have gotten a penny in direct relief,...
Asian People Are Being Targeted By Racist Attacks. Here’s How You Can Be An Ally.
By Josephine Harvey—March 19, 2020 Rising episodes of racism, hate and discrimination against people of Asian descent amid the coronavirus pandemic often take place right in front of bystanders. But people who have felt the sting of coronavirus-fueled hatred say the...
Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear for Their Safety
By Sabrina Tavernise and Richard A. Oppel Jr.—March 23, 2020 Yuanyuan Zhu was walking to her gym in San Francisco on March 9, thinking the workout could be her last for a while, when she noticed that a man was shouting at her. He was yelling an expletive about China....
The Crisis of Anti-Black Racism in Schools Persists Across Generations
Sept. 3, 2019 Recent reports of the schooling experiences of Black students in elementary, middle and high school in Toronto tell a story of negligence and disregard. This disregard includes a lack of access to appropriate reading materials and supportive...
White Americans’ Hold on Wealth Is Old, Deep, and Nearly Unshakeable
By Brentin Mock—Sept. 3 2019 It will end up costing the U.S. economy as much as $1 trillion between now and 2028 for the nation to maintain its longstanding black-white racial wealth gap, according to a report released this month from the global consultancy firm...
The Only Native American Running for U.S. Presidency
By Khushboo Razdan—Aug. 31, 2019 Yá'át'ééh. Mark Charles yinishyé! Mark Charles, the only second Native American in the history of the United States to jump into the race to the White House, began the interview with CGTN Digital by introducing himself with a hello in...
Cherokee Nation Seeks to Send First Delegate to Congress
By Jose A. Del Real—Aug. 27 2019 For Native American tribes, treaties with the United States government have often led to displacement, removal and outright erasure. But now, the Cherokee Nation is turning to treaties signed in the 18th and 19th centuries to push for...
Why Doesn’t the United States Have Universal Health Care? The Answer Has Everything to Do With Race.
By Jeneen Interlandi—Aug. 14, 2019 The smallpox virus hopscotched across the post-Civil War South, invading the makeshift camps where many thousands of newly freed African-Americans had taken refuge but leaving surrounding white communities comparatively unscathed....