Inequality
A Native American Tribe In Oklahoma Denied Black Citizens COVID-19 Vaccines And Financial Relief
“We’re stuck in a system that doesn’t care about us,” one Black citizen of the Seminole Nation said.
Joseph Lee
A Very True, Very Biased Look At Small-Town America
"I'm trying to highlight that this is home and that home has its flaws and it can be anywhere. There are these sides to every town that we just pass over and write off."
Kate Bubacz
Los requisitos de identificación buscan frenar el turismo de vacunas, pero pueden excluir a residentes vulnerables
En teoría, las demostraciones de residencia y los requisitos de identificación buscan asegurar que las vacunas para COVID-19 se distribuyan de manera equitativa, pero las reglas están excluyendo a la gente que buscan proteger.
Stephanie M. Lee
These Maps On Zillow Seem To Accidentally Show The Invisible Legacy Of "Slum Clearance"
Ghost boxes in Zillow's maps of cities like Chicago and Cincinnati appear to mark the homes bulldozed to build freeways — and the neighborhoods that were displaced in the process.
Caroline Haskins
Facebook Helped Fund David Brooks’s Second Job. Nobody Told The Readers Of The New York Times.
The New York Times columnist has been using his perch to promote the Weave Project — without disclosing his potential conflicts of interest to his readers.
Craig Silverman
How Has Putting Your Student Loans On Hold Changed Your Life?
If your student loans are in forbearance and you suddenly have more money than normal, BuzzFeed News would like to hear from you.
Pia Peterson
ID Requirements Are Meant To Stop Vaccine Tourists, But They Can Also Shut Out Vulnerable Residents
Proof-of-residency and ID requirements are supposed to ensure COVID-19 vaccines are equitably distributed — but the rules are shutting out some of the people they aim to protect.
Stephanie M. Lee
This Billionaire Has Been Partying Through The Pandemic While His Company’s Workers Died
Ricardo Salinas Pliego has seen his net worth rise to $13.5 billion during the pandemic. But while he’s partied on his yacht, his workers have faced deadly conditions that violate Mexico’s pandemic rules.
Karla Zabludovsky
After The Texas Snowstorm Knocked Out This Woman’s Power, She Had To Race To Keep Her Daughter Alive
This mother of seven was left without electricity, which she desperately needed for her daughter, who has a condition that requires a machine to get food into her body.
Adolfo Flores
Many Essential Workers Down The Street From Yankee Stadium’s Vaccine Site Are Still Waiting For Access
Yankee Stadium’s mass vaccine site was supposed to reduce disparities in one of New York’s hardest-hit areas, but shortages are making it hard to get in.
Rosalind Adams
Texas Was "Seconds And Minutes" Away From An Uncontrolled Blackout, Officials Said
By Thursday, outages had left 500,000 without power and led to at least 10 deaths.
Zahra Hirji
Meet The Women Making Inclusive Creative Spaces For Black Joy: "If I Don't Do This Work, Who Will?"
"There are so many Black stories out there to tell that I don't think we have even scratched the surface of, so I hope to see more of that this year."
Pia Peterson
Capitol Police Officers Are Fed Up With Their Bosses And Taking A Vote Of No Confidence
Capitol Police officers are furious at how their bosses handled the Jan. 6 attack and want to see a radical overhaul of the department, not "political theater."
Emmanuel Felton
Young People Coping With Mounting Debt Say No One Has Their Backs. The Pandemic Has Left Them On The Brink Of Ruin.
College graduates took out big loans hoping their education would spring them into financial stability. Instead, their debt left them vulnerable.
Venessa Wong
Google And Apple Have Caved To Pakistani Pressure To Take Down Apps Made By This Persecuted Religious Minority
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has used anti-blasphemy rules to target members of the Ahmadiyya community.
Megha Rajagopalan
This 13-Year-Old Transgender Girl And Her Dad Created A Much-Needed Swimwear Line For Non-Binary Kids
"I would like to imagine a world where kids can wear whatever they want, irrespective of their anatomy."
Krista Torres
Mexican Influencers Are Getting Called Out For Promoting Abuse. Has the Country’s #MeToo Movement Finally Turned a Corner?
Some of Mexico's most popular influencers are being accused of sexual assault — but many of the women who speak out are getting victim-blamed.
Karla Zabludovsky
After Defending Its Low-Cost Internet Offering, Comcast Agrees To Increase Speeds
The company faced criticism from families who said its low-cost internet plan was too slow for online learning.
Caroline O'Donovan
New York’s “Walking While Trans” Ban Has Been Repealed
The repeal strikes a statute that outlawed loitering for the purposes of prostitution that was widely seen as discriminatory.
Otillia Steadman
A New Photo Exhibit Looks At Decades Of FBI Surveillance On American Citizens
In Las Carpetas, Christopher Gregory-Rivera shares a cautionary tale of the American surveillance state.
Pia Peterson
More Than 1,000 Open Prostitution Cases In Brooklyn Are Going To Be Wiped From The Files
“The current way of handling sex workers is dangerous. It drives them underground, it doesn’t keep us safe, and it’s not really getting to the issue of trafficking.”
Otillia Steadman
A Former Comcast Employee Explains Why Low-Income WiFi Packages Aren't Helping Students
A viral tweet by a former Comcast employee supports high school students’ claims that the company’s low-cost internet plan isn’t always fast enough for remote learning.
Caroline O'Donovan
How Do You Social Distance In Prison? You Don't. You Get COVID.
In crowded cells, where COVID is running rampant, appeals for clemency for thousands of prisoners have gone unanswered or flat-out rejected.
Melissa Segura
Joe Biden Will Immediately Start His Presidency With A Slew Of Executive Orders Reversing Trump
The incoming president plans to sign executive orders in his first hours on everything from COVID-19 to climate change and immigration.
Nidhi Prakash
Trump Zealots Can’t Hide Behind Economic Anxiety Any Longer
“They’re not expressing economic anxiety. They’re expressing a desire to dominate.”
Venessa Wong
Capitol Police Officers Said They Wouldn’t Be Surprised If Members Of Congress Helped Plan The Attack
“We are the buffer, so that Congress doesn’t have to deal with the mess that they create in their respective districts.”
Emmanuel Felton
People Are Really Mad About Facebook's Changes To WhatsApp's Privacy Policies
And they are moving to Signal and Telegram as a result.
Pranav Dixit
The Capitol Siege Wasn’t Institutional Failure. It Was Exactly How American Policing Was Meant To Work.
If you haven’t heard of “bluelining,” you saw it on Capitol Hill.
Melissa Segura
Black Police Officers Describe The Racist Attacks They Faced As They Protected The Capitol
Two Black officers told BuzzFeed News that their chief and other upper management left them totally unprepared and were nowhere to be found on the day.
Emmanuel Felton
Trump Supporters Used GoFundMe To Get To DC — Now The Pages Have Been Removed
Trump supporters used the popular crowdfunding platform to raise money to attend the president’s rally in Washington, DC.
Venessa Wong
