This series of essays grows out of an online Roosevelt House program broadcast on May 1, 2020 titled “The Discriminatory Impact of COVID-19: The Pandemic’s Role in Highlighting Entrenched Racial… 
The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on African Americans cannot be understood without comprehending how anti-Blackness continues to shape the contours of their life chances. The legacy of connecting…
Introduction In early April 2020, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported that Latinos—people of Latin American ancestry living in the United States—were the hardest hit…
On January 21, 2020, the first case of the novel coronavirus renamed COVID-19 was confirmed in the United States (ABCNews, n.d.). On February 26, 2020, the CDC confirmed the first…
The story of the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 among Asian New Yorkers highlights how much we still do not know about this population and why we need a comparative lens…
As I write this essay, New York City (NYC) has had a momentary reprieve, going from being the undisputed epicenter of COVID-19 to becoming a global hub of public demonstrations…
Americans have enjoyed profligate lifestyles compared to the rest of the world based on their easy access to enormous amounts of affordable energy. On a total consumption basis, the U.S….
Columbine High School, Littleton, CO. April 20, 1999: thirteen killed; Pulse Night Club, Orlando, FL. July 12, 2016: 49 killed; Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland FL. February 14, 2018:…
Politics was not the only polarizing aspect of the U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings on September 26, 2018. Under intense national scrutiny, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh…
The Supreme Court avoided what Justice Felix Frankfurter called the “political thicket” of redistricting for over 180 years until deciding in Davis v. Bandemer (1986) that it was a justiciable matter….
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