N. Jamiyla Chisholm | 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

Black Magic. Shirtless Black man wearing yellow tights and black shoes on one knee.

Black Voguers Will Grace 72 Times Square Billboards Through the End of 2020

Artist Rashaad Newsome will share “Black Magic” every night, through Dec. 31, as “a memorial to those who have fallen” from AIDS and COVID-19.

N. Jamiyla Chisholm Nov 30, 2020 2:30PM 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

Colin Kaepernick. Black man with large dark Afro wearing a dark T shirt.

Colin Kaepernick Wants To Bring Political Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal Home

In a video campaign, the activist and former NFL player stressed that “Mumia has been in prison longer than I have been alive.”

N. Jamiyla Chisholm Nov 24, 2020 6:00PM ET

Older Black woman with short gray hair wearing a blue mask and purple top standing in front of white man wearing a blue mask and blue shirt.

American Medical Association Declares Racism a Public Health Threat

As long as there are health inequities, “the overall health of the nation will suffer,” says the nation’s largest physician organization.

N. Jamiyla Chisholm Nov 19, 2020 11:45AM ET