Housekeepers Face a Disaster Generations in the Making

By David Segal
NYT Business Day
Ghosted by their employers, members of the profession are facing “a full-blown humanitarian crisis — a Depression-level situation.”
Published date: September 18, 2020 at 12:00PM
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Mark Cuban Wants to Fix Health Care, the N.B.A. and Maybe Everything Else

By David Marchese
NYT Magazine
"I’m just looking to say — and this may be arrogant — how can I solve this problem?"
Published date: August 10, 2020 at 12:00PM
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Why Black Workers Will Hurt the Most if Congress Doesn’t Extend Jobless Benefits

By Emily Badger, Alicia Parlapiano and Quoctrung Bui
NYT The Upshot
An extra $600 a week smoothed out sharp differences in benefits among states, and among the people who live in them.
Published date: August 7, 2020 at 12:00PM
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Black and Pregnant During Covid: ‘They Never Had Time to See Me’

By Emily Bobrow
NYT New York
Why being Black and giving birth in New York during the pandemic is so dangerous.
Published date: August 6, 2020 at 06:35PM
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Returning From War, Returning to Racism

By Alexis Clark
NYT Magazine
After fighting overseas, Black soldiers faced violence and segregation at home. Many, like Lewis W. Matthews, were forced to take menial jobs. Although he managed to push through racism, that wasn’t an option for many.
Published date: July 30, 2020 at 12:00PM
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A Climate Plan in Texas Focuses on Minorities. Not Everyone Likes It.

By Christopher Flavelle
NYT Climate
For years, money for flood protection in the Houston area went mostly to richer neighborhoods. A new approach prioritizes minority communities, and it’s stirring up resentments.
Published date: July 24, 2020 at 12:00PM
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Black Children Are More Likely to Die After Surgery Than White Peers, Study Shows

By Jenny Gross
NYT Health
A large study, published in the journal Pediatrics, suggests that disparities exist in surgery outcomes, even among healthy children.
Published date: July 21, 2020 at 12:24AM
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Self-Care for Black Journalists

By Patrice Peck
NYT Style
In a news cycle filled with tragedy, much of it disproportionately affecting people of color, Black reporters and editors are reimagining coping strategies.
Published date: July 14, 2020 at 12:00PM
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No One Should Take Black Voters for Granted

By Thomas B. Edsall
NYT Opinion
Recent research shows that a crucial bloc of Democrats is at once more moderate and more radical than its counterparts.
Published date: September 11, 2019 at 01:00PM
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How Segregation Caused Your Traffic Jam

By Kevin M. Kruse
NYT Magazine
In some of America’s most congested cities, roadways were designed to keep people “in their place.”
Published date: August 14, 2019 at 07:26AM
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Stopped, Ticketed, Fined: The Pitfalls of Driving While Black in Ferguson

By John Eligon
NYT U.S.
Despite five years of changes in Missouri, black drivers continue to be stopped at much higher rates than white drivers in communities throughout the state.
Published date: August 6, 2019 at 12:00PM
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The Democratic Party Is Actually Three Parties

By Thomas B. Edsall
NYT Opinion
They have different constituents and prefer different policies. Satisfying them all will not be easy.
Published date: July 24, 2019 at 12:00PM
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Where Segregation Persists, Trouble Persists

By Thomas B. Edsall
NYT Opinion
Integration works, but how do we get it to fly in the face of white intransigence?
Published date: July 17, 2019 at 01:00PM
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Trump’s Attacks on Members of Congress Set the Tone for 2020

By Jeremy W. Peters, Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni
NYT U.S.
The president boasted of “marrying” Pelosi to “the Squad,” betting that he can cast the entire Democratic Party as radical.
Published date: July 17, 2019 at 03:24AM
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Trump’s Attacks on Members of Congress Set the Tone for 2020

By Jeremy W. Peters, Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni
NYT U.S.
The president boasted of “marrying” Pelosi to “the Squad,” betting that he can cast the entire Democratic Party as radical.
Published date: July 17, 2019 at 03:24AM
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The Never-Ending Mistreatment of Black Patients

By Jessica Nutik Zitter
NYT Opinion
For most of their lives, many African-Americans don’t get enough medical care. At the end, they get too much.
Published date: June 29, 2019 at 09:30PM
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Kamala Harris Is Trying to Reset Her Campaign by Taking On Trump

By Astead W. Herndon and Jonathan Martin
NYT U.S.
In the months since 20,000 people gathered to kick off her candidacy, Ms. Harris has found herself in a vise, squeezed by factions in her party and her own campaign.
Published date: May 8, 2019 at 06:07PM
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Do You Know What You’ve Given Up?

By JAMES BENNET
NYT Opinion
Introducing The Times Privacy Project.
Published date: April 11, 2019 at 05:47AM
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Should We Heed Calls for Reparations?

By Unknown Author
NYT Opinion
Readers react to a column by David Brooks describing how his thinking has evolved and he now favors reparations to African-Americans.
Published date: March 16, 2019 at 07:00PM
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Maryland Lawmaker’s Use of Racist Slur Leads to Calls for Her Resignation

By CHRISTINA CARON
NYT U.S.
The state lawmaker, Mary Ann Lisanti, apologized after a fellow delegate accused her of using the slur, but colleagues on both sides of the aisle said it wasn’t enough and she needed to quit.
Published date: February 28, 2019 at 09:51PM
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