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Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) The president’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic can only be described as a shitshow. From responding way too late to touting unproven treatments, Trump has been a hindrance to the recovery effort. When he’s not just poorly managing the crisis, he’s trying to take advantage …

This article is a collaboration between The Atlantic and ProPublica. “Give me, a white man, a reason to live,” a user posted to the anonymous message board 4chan in the summer of 2017. “Should I get a hobby. What interests can I pursue to save myself from total despair. How …

On Tuesday (April 7), Donald Trump held his daily press conference and acknowledged that African Americans are disproportionately contracting the coronavirus and are dying at a much higher rate than whites. He promised his administration would “provide support” to Black communities without giving any specifics about what that support would …

Image: Instagram Korey Wise, a member of the Exonerated Five whose story was portrayed in the Netflix series, When They See Us, has been committed to paying it forward. Now Wise is stepping up to help those in his community of Harlem who have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. …

Photo: Robyn Beck (AFP via Getty Images) As Americans stock up on supplies to get through quarantine, grocery store workers have become some of the most essential workers in the country. Unfortunately, they’re also some of the most vulnerable when it comes to contracting COVID-19. NBC News reports that the …

States need to fix voting rules before the fall. Vote by mail is an important part of the solution, but more needs to be done, Marc Elias, a lawyer and the chair of Perkins Coie’s Political Law Group, writes. The coronavirus killed the Democrats’ policy primary. “The Democratic presidential race …

A federal inmate who was incarcerated on a nonviolent drug charge and was attempting to gain his freedom under a law designed to help people like him re-enter society has died of coronavirus complications after a judge refused his request to be released. Patrick Jones, 49, contracted coronavirus while serving …

(Image: iStock) The number of coronavirus cases continues to build throughout the U.S. While the virus outbreak started in China, the U.S. now has the most coronavirus cases in the world as the number of deaths rises by the day. Hospitals and healthcare professionals have been overwhelmed with patients on …

image: Verizon Media Player As the political race for the 2020 presidential election moves forward, more and more public figures are announcing their endorsements for candidates in the upcoming elections. Rep. John Lewis is the latest to come out and offer his endorsement to former Vice President Joe Biden whom he …

‘Thanks, Black One’Screenshot: @unpaulished (TikTok) Remember it was such a big deal when Neo (Keanu Reeves) finally realized he was “The One” in The Matrix? Take all of the power and acclaim from that feeling, replace it with patronizing stereotypes, add a dash of microaggression and you have, “The Black …