Across the country, Black and Hispanic physicians like Dr. Wiley are reaching out to Americans in minority communities who are…
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Flint Has Clean Water Now. Why Won’t People Drink It? | POLITICO
by Derek Robertson
December 27, 2020
Weaver was narrowly defeated in her 2019 reelection bid by Sheldon Neeley, a state representative and former city council member…
African-American Resistance to the COVID-19 Vaccine Reflects a Broader Problem | The New Yorker
by Jelani Cobb
December 21, 2020
Back in March, when the pall of the pandemic hung over the city, and long stretches of Broadway were as…
Combating misinformation in under-resourced languages: lessons from around the world | First Draft
by Ali Abbas Ahmadi
December 18, 2020
2020 has taught us that virtually all communities struggle with the effects of misinformation. While those that speak majority languages…
Failure to understand Black and Latinx communities will result in a critical misunderstanding of the impact of disinformation | First Draft
by Daniel Acosta-Ramos and Jacquelyn Mason
December 17, 2020
In the months leading up to the presidential election, reporting detailing the importance of the Black and Latinx vote proliferated…
Black doctors, scientists try to boost trust in coronavirus vaccine for Black community | The Washington Post
by Lola Fadulu
December 8, 2020
The Rev. Liz Walker’s job is to minister to souls at Roxbury Presbyterian Church in Boston. But lately it’s her…
Mapping Black Media | Center for Community Media
by Black Media Initiative
December 3, 2020
As part of the Center for Community Media’s (CCM) Black Media Initiative, we’re offering a map and directory of nearly…
How a team led by a journalist is fighting coronavirus misinformation in the Filipino community | Poynter
by Amaris Castillo
December 2, 2020
Last year, Leezel Tanglao traveled to the Philippines as part of an immersion program from the Filipino Young Leaders Program,…
Tackling Online Abuse and Disinformation Targeting Women in Politics | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
by Lucina Di Meco & Saskia Brechenmacher
December 2, 2020
In 2017, soon after then Ukrainian member of parliament Svitlana Zalishchuk gave a speech to the United Nations on the…
Fake news in Asian American communities can affect elections. Organizers are worried. | Vox
by Terry Nguyen
November 30, 2020
Less than a week after Election Day, a spreadsheet titled “Battling Asian American Misinformation” began circulating in progressive Asian American…