Many Black and Hispanic Americans mistrust government officials, and instead have turned to physicians they have long known. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Hispanic-Americans”
The Surprising Places in NYC Where Trump’s Support Grew
By Gotham Rex on December 24, 2020
Joseph R. Biden Jr. won President Trump’s hometown handily. But a deeper look at election data suggests a surge in support for the president in some districts. Source: New York Times
Biden to Pick Latino Chief of Connecticut Schools as Education Secretary
By Gotham Rex on December 22, 2020
Miguel A. Cardona will fulfill Joe Biden’s promise to appoint a diverse cabinet with an education secretary with public school experience. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. to Change Many Selective Schools to Address Segregation
By Gotham Rex on December 18, 2020
The pandemic prompted the mayor’s most significant action yet on integration: a major shift in how hundreds of schools admit students. Source: New York Times
Social Inequities Explain Racial Gaps in Pandemic, Studies Find
By Gotham Rex on December 9, 2020
Higher rates of infection and mortality among Black and Hispanic Americans are explained by exposure on the job and at home, experts said. Source: New York Times
Miguel Algarín, Force Behind Nuyorican Cafe, Dies at 79
By Gotham Rex on December 4, 2020
His Lower East Side performance space has been an incubator for poets, playwrights and other artists, many of them not initially embraced by the mainstream. Source: New York Times
Prisons Are Covid-19 Hotbeds. When Should Inmates Get the Vaccine?
By Gotham Rex on November 30, 2020
Federal officials have suggested that corrections staff receive high priority for a coronavirus vaccine, but not the millions of vulnerable inmates held in U.S. facilities. Source: New York Times
Klaudio Rodriguez Named Director for the Bronx Museum of the Arts
By Gotham Rex on November 14, 2020
After two stints as de facto director, Klaudio Rodriguez gets the top job, joining a growing group of Latino leaders of art museums. Source: New York Times
Honoring Latinx Art, Personal and Political
By Gotham Rex on October 15, 2020
El Museo del Barrio celebrates its own electric history, and present, in a show about the Puerto Rican workshop Taller Boricua. Source: New York Times
N.Y.P.D.’s Top Latino Official Resigns After Clashing With Mayor
By Gotham Rex on October 13, 2020
Chief Fausto Pichardo told colleagues that he felt insulted by Mayor Bill de Blasio during a turbulent time for the city, a police official said. Source: New York Times
Why the Coronavirus Stalks Children of Color
By Gotham Rex on September 1, 2020
Cases are rising among children everywhere. But those in minority communities are much more likely to become infected and severely ill, new data show. Source: New York Times
Dermatology Has a Problem With Skin Color
By Gotham Rex on August 30, 2020
Common conditions often manifest differently on dark skin. Yet physicians are trained mostly to diagnose them on white skin. Source: New York Times
68% Have Antibodies in This Clinic. Can Neighborhood Beat a Next Wave?
By Gotham Rex on July 10, 2020
Data from those tested at a storefront medical office in Queens is leading to a deeper understanding of the outbreak’s scope in New York. Source: New York Times
Coronavirus ‘Ripped A Hole’ In N.Y.C.’s Black Community. This Funeral Director Knows.
By Gotham Rex on June 14, 2020
In New York City, Covid-19 is disproportionately killing black and Latino residents. As the city reopens, a longtime funeral director in Harlem says, “It’s going to take a long time for people to heal.” Source: New York Times
How the Stoop and the Sidewalk Helped New Yorkers Stay Sane
By Gotham Rex on June 14, 2020
A look back at maybe the one good thing to come out of lockdown: getting to know your neighbors. Source: New York Times