COVID-19 | Colorlines

LA Schools. Small girl child kneels on floor in front of a row of back packs hanging from a wall.

7 Black and Latinx Families Sue California for 'Inadequate' Education During Pandemic

With a shortage of digital tools, the suit stresses: “These conditions would be unacceptable in wealthier, whiter communities and do not meet the minimum standards set by the California legislature.”

N. Jamiyla Chisholm Dec 2, 2020 4:45PM ET

Latinx and COVID. People crowd around a memorial and large photo of Latinx woman.

Latinx Adults Suffer Most From COVID-19-Related Anxiety and Depression

A new national survey showed 48% of Latinx adults reported mental health symptoms in November.

N. Jamiyla Chisholm Dec 1, 2020 5:00PM ET

CLose-up of Black teen girl wearing two buns in her hair and gold stud earrings in her ears.

Honestie Hodges, Whose Handcuffing Sparked Outrage, Dies of COVID-19 at 14

The teen, who made headlines in 2017 after she was handcuffed by Grand Rapids, Michigan, police at 11 years old, died from the deadly virus.

Shani Saxon Nov 25, 2020 4:15PM ET

Black Coalition of docs. Young Black woman with braids in top bun wearing blue medical scrubs.

Black Health Professionals Pen 'A Love Letter to Black America' Re: Coronavirus

“Respect for our Black bodies and our Black lives must be a core value for those who are working to find the vaccine for this virus that has already taken so many of our loved ones,” writes the Black Coalition Against COVID-19.

N. Jamiyla Chisholm Nov 25, 2020 3:45PM EST

Migrant Children and Parents Face Deportation After Refusing to Be Separated

A small boy with dark hair hugs his father and leans on his shoulder.

Shani Saxon Tue, 11/24/2020 - 18:30

While coping with COVID-19’s growing threat this summer, parents held in ICE detention were forced to decide whether they would separate from their children or stay incarcerated together.

Shani Saxon

a group of women wearing blue shirts stand in a row and hold a large banner that reads, Me Too Survivors March

COVID Causes Long-Term Harm for Sexual Violence Survivors of Color: Report

The study from the ‘me too.’ examines how the economic crisis caused by the pandemic is having disproportionate impacts on women of color who are also survivors of sexual and/or intimate partner violence.

Shani Saxon Nov 20, 2020 6:30PM ET