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COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Black, Hispanic and Asian Americans, according to Medicare claims data.

Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly 4 Times As Likely To End Up In Hospital

An analysis of claims data shows stark racial disparities among Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with COVID-19.

Nelba Marquez-Greene and her husband, Jimmy Greene, embrace during a news conference on Jan. 14, 2013 — one month after their daughter, Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, 6, was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.

Parents Of Sandy Hook Shooting Victim Hope Protesters Will Hold Out For Real Change

Nelba Marquez-Greene and her husband, James Greene, are inspired by the marches for racial justice but fear they could fizzle out and become just another disappointment.

Demonstrators take part in a Juneteenth march and rally Friday in Washington, D.C., one of a number of major cities to see large gatherings commemorating the date.

Across The U.S., A Juneteenth 'Tinted With Sorrow' And Buoyed By Hope

Rallies are happening from Atlanta to Los Angeles — including in Galveston, Texas, where the holiday was born. Amid a reckoning around race, this year's Juneteenth has an even more urgent meaning.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio backs a decision to remove the statue of Theodore Roosevelt in front of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Visitors look at a statue which includes a man in a Native American headdress.

Theodore Roosevelt Statue To Be Removed From New York Museum Entrance

"It is time to move the Statue and move forward," the 26th U.S. president's great-grandson says. It depicts Roosevelt on horseback with a Native American man and a man of African descent on foot.

Remembering Front-Line Workers Lost To COVID-19

The U.S. has lost more than 120,000 people since the coronavirus started sickening Americans five months ago. Here we remember a few of those who continued working during the pandemic, serving others.

Costumed actors perform in a dark lecture hall at the New York City Police Academy. The one-act play -- which tells the stories of Emmett Till and Anne Frank — is a new training tool the NYPD is using for recruits.

NYPD Raises Curtain On New Sensitivity Training Tool For Recruits

The New York Police Department has been under pressure to improve how it trains officers to interact with the public. Now, recruits are required to watch a play about Anne Frank and Emmett Till.

A Battle To Wash Away A Fountain's Controversial Namesake

In Washington, D.C., a local commissioner is working to get Sen. Francis Newlands' name removed from a fountain. Newlands was an outspoken white supremacist who tried to repeal the 15th Amendment.

The U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, shown here in March, is planning to debate violence against protesters.

U.N. Human Rights Council To Hold Urgent Debate On Police Brutality, Racism

A group of African nations requested the urgent debate on racism and police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death. The U.S. is no longer a member of the U.N.'s top human rights body.

Protesters march against police violence in Atlanta on Monday. The event coincides with state lawmakers returning to work after the session was halted for three months amid concern about the spread of the coronavirus.

Hundreds March On Georgia Capitol As Legislature Reconvenes

The NAACP event coincided with lawmakers return after a three-month hiatus due to COVID-19 fears. The march took on added urgency after Rayshard Brooks was killed by police over the weekend.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., pictured last week, acknowledged how differently he, as a white man, views his interactions with police than do African Americans.

Senate Judiciary Holds Hearing On Police Use Of Force

The hearing included two panels, one on policing in the black community, and another, the chairman said, with "folks who can tell us about the other side of the story and ways to go forward."

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