Mensah also spoke at a rally this month in Los Angeles sponsored by White Coats for Black Lives. But because there are still such persistently low numbers of black people working in medicine, Mensah found himself addressing a sea of white faces.

“I was the only black male there, unfortunately,” he says.

“Black trans lives matter,” Brown told the crowd. “My sister’s life mattered. All of the loved ones we have lost, all of these beautiful girls that we have lost. There (sic) lives matter. We have to protect them.”

The police killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky., have sparked a national conversation around racial justice. But the country’s racial justice problems aren’t limited to policing — American schools have long struggled with racial inequity.

Between the lines: Historically, business recipients of the Small Business Administration’s Section 7(a) loans, which PPP was structured under, have had their names and loan amounts publicly disclosed on an annual basis.

Inequality permeates the very air we breathe.

Local governments should not shore up their budgets by preying on the very people Covid-19 hit the hardest.

A federal moratorium on evictions — which only applies to the 1 in 4 rental units that are backed by the government — expires in a matter of weeks.

While some lawmakers want to continue substantial aid for millions of unemployed workers, others are concerned that the money is holding back a recovery that depends on employees returning to work.

The U.S. financial system could be on the cusp of calamity. This time, we might not be able to save it.

Closed fitness centers, clubhouses, pools and offices contributed

Roughly 2 out of 3 Americans who have lost jobs or had their paychecks reduced as a result of the coronavirus pandemic are worried about their ability to pay their bills, according to the latest TransUnion Consumer Financial Hardship Study.

Central bank reduces minimum and raises maximum loan limits in effort to reach more small and midsize businesses

While personal reflection is necessary for moving forward, it is not sufficient. There are tangible steps that individuals and institutions need to take at this very moment to ensure that black colleagues and students are supported and heard within economics and related fields.

Feel-good gestures from politicians and the police shift no power. Real change lies within a system overhaul.

Addressing centuries of racist policy is a critical solution to today’s social unrest, explains law professor Mehrsa Baradaran in an interview with HuffPost.