Medical mistreatment, inequity lead to vaccine hesitancy for Black Americans →

By Amudalat Ajasa, Amanda Paule and Ian S. Brundige

By late June, Yolanda Corbett, a single mother of three living in Washington, D.C., was certain she would not get the COVID-19 vaccine. She wanted to protect her family more than anything, and while the vaccine might be a clear sign of hope for many, Corbett wasn’t convinced.

“All of a sudden a country that has literally kept a foot on our necks for years, and even during a pandemic has shown that it has no interest in collectively supporting us as human beings or as a people of color, to put my life and my family’s lives in your hands, to trust that you want to suddenly give me a vaccine that’s going to save us,” Corbett said.

When a pandemic enters the food chain: COVID-19’s impact on restaurants and businesses →

By Ian S. Brundige, Thomas Curdt and Maxwell Shavers

Though many industries are gradually recovering, COVID-19’s impact on small businesses and restaurants lingers, a reminder of the pandemic’s effect.

As the country wrestles with how to best balance public safety with personal risk, stimulus with unemployment and federal governance with local intervention, restaurants and small businesses continue to hang on and stay open.

LOGGING ON: YOUNG ACTIVISTS TURN TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO RAISE MONEY FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

Last summer’s duelling crises — COVID-19 and the racial reckoning spurred by the killing of George Floyd — activated Cat Robinson’s life. Those global events sparked her to pick up her phone, log onto Instagram and raise funds for Black women in need.

“I was trying to get Black women and fems money,” Robinson said. “They keep killing us. What the hell? Can we at least get some money?”