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The disparities were no less prevalent once Wells moved on to teaching in Memphis in the 1880s.

MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER IDA B. WELLS LEFT A LEGACY OF ACTIVISM IN EDUCATION. WE NEED THAT NOW.MICHELLE DUSTERFEBRUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POST

While online health services could be used to increase access and retention in care among vulnerable groups, not having access widens existing disparities.

ONE BIG HICCUP IN US EFFORTS TO DISTRIBUTE COVID-19 VACCINES? POOR INTERNET ACCESS.BY TAMRA BURNS LOEB, ET AL./THE CONVERSATIONFEBRUARY 10, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCE

Weeks later, vast disparities remain — and some residents are fuming at being shut out of the sign-up system once a week.

CONFUSION AND CHAOS: INSIDE THE VACCINE ROLLOUT IN D.C., MARYLAND AND VIRGINIAJULIE ZAUZMER, GREGORY S. SCHNEIDER, ERIN COXFEBRUARY 9, 2021WASHINGTON POST

The march of the virus through the District, Maryland and Virginia has exposed cruel disparities influencing who gets sick and who survives.

900,000 INFECTED. NEARLY 15,000 DEAD. HOW THE CORONAVIRUS TORE THROUGH D.C., MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA.REBECCA TAN, ANTONIO OLIVO, JOHN D. HARDENFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Part of that disparity is about access, both to facilities vaccinating people and because the complicated, online application process locks out those who find it tougher to get on the Internet.

THE NEWEST CURSE OF COVID-19 IS VACCINE ENVYPETULA DVORAKFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST

These initial findings are not enough to prove policing in these cities is unlawful or to prove these disparities were motivated by racial bias.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS WITH THE BIGGEST RACIAL DISPARITIES IN ARRESTS AND KILLINGSSAMUEL SINYANGWEFEBRUARY 4, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHT

Taffe’s solution for the disparity within NIH—to fund a more diverse range of scientists—is echoed in other corners of academia.

NIH DIRECTOR FRANCIS COLLINS IS FIGHTING THIS CORONAVIRUS WHILE PREPARING FOR THE NEXT ONEBELINDA LUSCOMBEFEBRUARY 4, 2021TIME

Still, research confirms that they regularly reproduce the same old sexist labor disparities at home.

WE NEED MORE FEMINIST DADS - ISSUE 95: ESCAPEJORDAN SHAPIROFEBRUARY 3, 2021NAUTILUS

This disparity has led to criticism from US lawmakers that Israel is shirking its responsibility and a statement from the United Nations urging Israel to “help address the priority needs of Palestinians.”

ISRAEL LEADS THE WORLD IN VACCINATION RATES, BUT A KEY GROUP IS MISSING FROM THE DATABY YARA M. ASI/THE CONVERSATIONFEBRUARY 3, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCE

Moreover, the lack of adequate vaccination data could undermine efforts to ensure racial and ethnic equity in the process, further exacerbating pandemic-driven disparities.

MANY STATES DON'T KNOW WHO'S GETTING COVID-19 VACCINES. THAT'S A HUGE PROBLEM FOR EQUITYCHRIS WILSONJANUARY 28, 2021TIME

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