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Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Black Voices for Black Justice Fund Announces Awards to 19 Black Activists Working to Advance Racial Justice January 26, 2021 GMT WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 26, 2021-- In the wake of white supremacists attempting to overthrow the federal government and Black Americans continuing to be disproportionately affected by the pandemic and economy, a new racial justice fund is doubling down on its support of Black activists who are leading the urgent movement to build a fair, equitable, and anti-racist...

December 10, 2020 The devastating police and institutional violence against Black people, the sharp rise of xenophobic hate crimes against Asian people, the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on Black, Latino, Native American, low-income, uninsured, unhoused and chronically ill people ­– these inequities did not form overnight. It took years for fractures like these to take shape and even longer to reckon with the necessity for and possibilities of change. State and local governments have tremendous influence over how these inequities can be addressed and eliminated. Because they are dir...