Communities of color and activists have been practicing mutual aid for a long time. But it has become much more widespread recently.

The proposed cuts amount to at most 8% of the LAPD’s $1.86 billion budget.

“Going back to normal would be disastrous for Black Americans,” says Andre M. Perry of the Brookings Institution.

The property damage in recent protests is on a much lower scale than in past protests.

Merchants are reporting a spike in sales of titles like “How To Be an Antiracist.”

There’s a stark gap between Black and white communities in the state, despite its high scores in quality of life ranking.

They don’t just have a harder time getting initial funding. They also get less of it.

After some protests became destructive in several cities across the U.S., small business owners are cleaning and and trying to protect their stores.

Workers already worried about staying safe are now trying to figure out how to get to and from work without violating curfews.

Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal spoke with Dorothy Brown, Emory University, about the racial economic divide.