People in Maryland, including those without legal immigration status, prepare to celebrate Day of the Dead after losing loved ones to COVID-19 in the U.S. and Mexico. Over 1 million people have died from COVID-19 in the two countries.
988 suicide line on its way, but states might not be ready
The “988” line is intended to be a faster, easy-to-remember way to get help in a mental health emergency. Calls to the new number will be routed to the already-in-existence National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Maryland needs more marijuana data, experts say
Collecting data before potential legalization of recreational cannabis use would allow for comparison afterward.
Columbus, Mississippi, newspapers were not innocent bystanders to racist violence
Lynchings, were a form of racial terror, said historian Elijah Gaddis, an assistant professor of history at Auburn University. No state used the tactic more than Mississippi.
Yazoo City’s newspaper provided a forum for its pro-lynching readership
The Yazoo City Herald, a white-owned newspaper, covered lynchings, sometimes delivering inconsistent or problematic reporting.
P.G. County Police resist release of misconduct records, despite law change
The Prince George’s County Police Department has refused to disclose police misconduct records, despite a new state law that was intended, according to its sponsor, to open such records to the public and the media.
Against backdrop of instability in Haiti, Cardin and Rubio press for more U.S. engagement
Senators Ben Cardin and Marco Rubio co-sponsored legislation from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to combat corruption, crime, violence and abuse of human rights.
With holidays ahead, small businesses struggle with supply chain disruptions
The pandemic forced many factories overseas to shut down, dramatically reducing production. There are also shortages of ships, containers and truck drivers.
Massive public lynchings of Black men were nurtured by Waco, Texas, newspapers
In Waco, Texas, up to 15,000 white men, women and children, elected officials and law enforcement would gather to watch public lynchings of Black men.
Anti-lynching laws have not passed Congress in 130 years
In January 1900, George Henry White, the only Black man within the U.S. House, proposed a bill to ban lynching. During his speech, he was interrupted and the bill never went past the House Judiciary Committee.