The CDC now estimates that 700 to 900 new and expectant mothers die in the U.S. each year, and an additional 500,000 women experience life-threatening postpartum complications. More than half of these deaths and near deaths are from preventable causes, and a disproportionate number of the women suffering are black.

The recent decline in support for the Black Lives Matter movement is particularly notable among White and Hispanic adults. In June, a majority of White adults (60%) said they supported the movement at least somewhat; now, fewer than half (45%) express at least some support. The share of Hispanic adults who support the movement has decreased 11 percentage points, from 77% in June to 66% today.

While the nationwide percentage has remained stubbornly low over the past decade, the percentage of female superintendents in North Carolina is trending up, propelled by more open hiring practices and a breaking down of societal biases.

That’s happening everywhere: Restaurants across the country that became soup kitchens in the early days of the pandemic are facing the same uncertainty, even as need persists. Celebrity chef José Andrés’s foundation has spent $86 million supporting more than 2,000 restaurants doing similar free meals in similar fashion to Heriford’s independent effort. But that bulk of money was to have run out by the end of August, the nonprofit said.

The disproportionate deaths among youths echo pandemic disparities well-documented among adults. Previous studies have found the virus’s death toll is twice as high among people of color under age 65 as for White Americans. People of color also disproportionately make up “excess deaths” — those killed by the virus without being diagnosed or those killed indirectly by the virus’s wide effects on the health-care system.

Immergluck said throughout history Black people haven’t benefited as much from homeownership, going back to when they first could buy homes in many of these neighborhoods around Atlanta. Banks either denied them mortgages or marketed them terms set up to fail. Still, Immergluck said, in the U.S., homeownership remains the key way for working class families to build wealth.

As we try to prepare for more “unprecedented” fires, steeling ourselves to assess the season’s destruction and start yet another incomplete recovery, the inaction from our elected officials only puts more human and animal lives at risk, and adds to our heartbreak.

They want to protect Black lives, and threatening an industry’s money and the public’s entertainment was the only option left.

The virus doesn’t sicken kids as much as adults. But it can still destroy their futures. A child allowance would help.