Inequality in America

In President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, $5 billion are earmarked for Black farmers impacted by decades of discrimination made worse during the pandemic.

Local author and historian Ty Siedule talks about his new book “Robert E. Lee and Me” and how it challenges his past beliefs of the confederate legacy. News4’s Shawn Yancy reports.

As the nation continues to reckon with racism, historical sites like Colonial Williamsburg are working to be more racially inclusive

America’s Black politicians have a long history of calling out the nation’s racism

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has signed a measure to settle a long-running federal lawsuit related to underfunding at the state’s four historically Black colleges and universities for $577 million over a decade

A Maryland man’s social justice song could become part of school curriculum. He wants to use the power of song to spread an even bigger message. News4’s Molette Green reports he’s working to get it into lesson plans across the region.

D.C. police are patrolling the homes and businesses of Asian Americans on Wednesday, a day after a shooter killed eight people, including six Asian women, at spas in the Atlanta area.  The Metropolitan Police Department has officers tasked with protecting members of the District’s Asian community, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. There have been ...

Uterine fibroids that can cause chronic pain and disrupt pregnancy plans disproportionately affect Black women, and research that would help women and girls is underfunded, experts say.

The coronavirus crisis has laid bare racial and ethnic inequalities in health care that have been built into policies and practices over generations.  For COVID-19, there is hope in the form of a vaccine. But as News4 prepares for our annual Health & Fitness Expo this month, we’re taking a look at issues that a shot can’t make go...

D.C.’s Black Lives Matter Plaza partially reopened to vehicle traffic on Sunday, nine months after its creation.  Drivers now roll over the huge yellow letters that spell out “Black Lives Matter” from curb to curb. One lane of traffic in either direction is open to cars on 16th Street NW between H and K streets NW.  The center of...

Black Americans are more likely to get colon cancer than most other groups, and even more likely to die from it.  The American Cancer Society says Black Americans are 20% more likely to get the disease and 40% more likely to die from it than most other groups.  In another disturbing trend, rates of the onset of the disease in…...

One Georgetown University Law Center professor was fired and another resigned following a conversation they had about the performance of Black students on a recorded video call.

The colorectal cancer death rates for Black men and women are significantly higher than anyone else. Today Show anchor Craig Melvin says that is largely due to less screening.