Most working-class families in the United States didn’t have access to professional childcare before COVID-19 hit, and they don’t now. Now, as many states begin to reopen workplaces, the schools remain shut. So the childcare crisis deepens. Even in “normal,” pre-COVID...
In Baltimore City, Maryland, the living legacy of racial segregation, economic inequality and poverty dominate the health of the population. Like many U.S. cities, Baltimore has a large population of people of color, and the deeply ingrained racism in society is...
The COVID-19 pandemic has been slow to reach most of Africa compared to Europe and the United States. But that is changing. Reported cases and deaths in Africa are accelerating. And, because of the centuries-long racist pillaging of Africa by European and U.S....
The news media and many politicians have acted shocked that African American people are getting COVID-19 and dying from it at much higher rates than white people. As the numbers keep coming out, it has become impossible even for racist-in-chief, Trump, to ignore. He...
Residents of the Douglass Homes “affordable” housing community in Baltimore are organizing with supporters to get food during the coronavirus pandemic. Like other people in impoverished communities in Baltimore and around the country, Douglass Homes residents have few...
