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Dialogue: Racial Inequity in the Age of COVID-19

The coronavirus has affected people of color at a disproportionate rate. While we’re coping with a new virus, it’s not a new problem. African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans have long suffered worse health effects than White Americans.

A House commerce committee investigation found that two drug wholesalers had sent more than 20 million pain pills to two pharmacies in the small town of Williamson, W.Va., seen in 2016.

Drug Distributors Shipped 20.8 Million Painkillers To West Virginia Town Of 3,000

Other towns were similarly inundated, in a state that now has the highest rate of drug overdose deaths. In 2008, one wholesaler provided 5,624 pills for every man, woman and child in Kermit, W.Va.

8 architecture and culture groups sue Trump and the Kennedy Center board

The groups, which include the American Institute of Architects, are asking for compliance with historic preservation laws and to secure approval from Congress.