A large study found that young people hospitalized with acute Covid-19 have symptoms and characteristics that differ from those with a Covid-linked inflammatory syndrome. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Black People”
Douglas Turner Ward: A Lens on ‘Questions That the Country Wasn’t Asking’
By Gotham Rex on February 23, 2021
Samuel L. Jackson, David Alan Grier, Phylicia Rashad and others remember the Negro Ensemble Company founder. Source: New York Times
Douglas Turner Ward, Pioneer in Black Theater, Dies at 90
By Gotham Rex on February 22, 2021
A founder of the Negro Ensemble Company in New York in the 1960s, he was outspoken about limited opportunities for fellow Black actors and directors. Source: New York Times
How a Former News Anchor and Current Painter Spends His Sundays
By Gotham Rex on February 19, 2021
John Johnson, a trailblazing Black journalist, lives in the woods now, where he has an art studio and a cozy den that he calls “the nest.” Source: New York Times
The Fun Police: Law Enforcement Comes to Carnival
By Gotham Rex on February 18, 2021
Events like J’Ouvert in New York and Carnival in London have seen violent incidents. But the way they are policed says a lot about what happens when Black people gather. Source: New York Times
Cicely Tyson’s Harlem: Dance, Jazz, Faith and Waffles
By Gotham Rex on February 18, 2021
Cicely Tyson, who died in January, was famous all over the world. But her heart was at home, in Harlem. Source: New York Times
Barbara Ann Rowan, Who Spurred Advances for Black Lawyers, Dies at 82
By Gotham Rex on February 18, 2021
As a Black lawyer she protested a racial slur during a bar association speech after forging a trail as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan. She died of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
Stark Disparities in Vaccine Rollout by ZIP Code
By Gotham Rex on February 17, 2021
Data shows wealthier neighborhoods with more white residents received doses at much higher rates than low-income communities of color. Source: New York Times
New Footage Emerges of Police Pepper-Spraying of Distraught 9-Year-Old
By Gotham Rex on February 11, 2021
“Please don’t do this to me,” the child said to an officer in Rochester, N.Y. “You did it to yourself, hon,” the officer replied. Source: New York Times
A Photo That Captures a Busier Bygone Era in New York
By Gotham Rex on February 5, 2021
The photographer Andre D. Wagner is based in Brooklyn — but always finds himself coming back to Times Square. Source: New York Times
Even in Poorer Neighborhoods, the Wealthy Are Lining Up for Vaccines
By Gotham Rex on February 2, 2021
Officials acknowledge that the coveted shots are disproportionately going to white people and that planners’ efforts to course-correct are having limited effect. Source: New York Times
Jazz at Lincoln Center Focuses on Music’s Role in Social Justice
By Gotham Rex on February 2, 2021
A new season of video concerts will feature a tribute to renowned jazz vocalists and include new compositions created in collaboration with Bryan Stevenson. Source: New York Times
NY Braces for Second Day of Snow
By Gotham Rex on February 2, 2021
It won’t be nearly as heavy as Monday, but as much as 24 inches is expected to have piled up when the snowfall ends late Tuesday. Source: New York Times
Missing in School Reopening Plans: Black Families’ Trust
By Gotham Rex on February 1, 2021
Deep-seated mistrust among Black families toward their public school districts is holding back school reopening, even as Black children suffer inordinately from remote learning. Source: New York Times
On King Holiday, New York’s Mayoral Hopefuls Vie for Attention
By Gotham Rex on January 18, 2021
With the Rev. Al Sharpton playing host in Harlem, the crowded field of Democratic candidates tried to sell themselves and inspire a battered city. Source: New York Times