Racial Disparities

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NYPD, police stops, theGrio.com
March 19, 2024
Black and Latino New Yorkers made up 88% of all police stops in 2022, according to a new report by…
July 4, 2023
Black mothers died at the nation’s highest rates over the course of two decades.
May 24, 2023
The Associated Press spent a year examining how racial health disparities have harmed generations of Black Americans.
May 1, 2023
While more white people were released from prison, more Black and brown people were going to prison in the year…
Buffalo blizzard racial disparities
December 30, 2022
Blacks make up 33 percent of the population in Erie County and 14 percent in Buffalo, yet are 51 percent…
November 8, 2022
What’s considered quiet-quitting behavior from one employee is perceived as being difficult when the employee is a Black woman.
October 25, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic caused historic learning setbacks for America’s children and widened racial disparities.
May 27, 2022
As parents across the United States struggle to find baby formula, the pain is particularly acute among Black and Hispanic…
March 23, 2022
Vice President Kamala Harris announced a plan intended to end racial and ethnic discrimination in the appraisal of home values.
March 18, 2022
Black defendants charged with felonies are frequently ordered to pay double the amount of bail as whites accused of the…
January 26, 2022
The Black Men's Research Institute “will fill a void in research, scholarship, curriculum, and public engagement," a college chair said.
Walmart invests Black business
December 19, 2021
The multinational retailer apologized after a Kentucky mother found that certain Black dolls cost over 50% more than the same…
September 13, 2021
Released in National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, new research says it continues to disproportionately affect Black men.
March 7, 2021
Pharmacy and medical infrastructure shortages in the nation’s rural areas highlight health-care disparities exacerbated by the pandemic.
January 10, 2021
"My sister didn't breach security, she made a U-turn and she was ultimately gunned down," Valarie Carey said of her…
Childbirth
October 29, 2020
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a Black woman is at least twice as likely to die…
Mom feeding child food theGrio.com
July 7, 2020
A report claims that nearly four in 10 Black and Hispanic households with children are struggling with food insecurity during…
Health_Care_TheGrio
February 12, 2019
"[R]acism within the health care system has led to increased addiction and overdoses in low-income white areas," the study’s lead…
June 8, 2017
A Protect Our Defenders report details how Black members of the military are punished disproportionately in comparison to their white…
June 2, 2015
The city of Baltimore has reached a tragic milestone, as May became its deadliest month in over four decades. Last