Both sides rushed to draft legislation in response to the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police and the nationwide protests that followed. But they don’t seem to be in the mood to commit in the midst of a pandemic and with an election in just over four months. …

Recent Medicare claims data further highlighted racial and socioeconomic health disparities amid the coronavirus pandemic, prompting the federal agency to issue a call for value-based care. Preliminary data included total reported cases of COVID-19 and hospitalizations among Medicare beneficiaries from January 1 to May 16, 2020. The new data showed …

A group of Baltimore restaurants apologized Monday after the video of a black woman and her 9-year-old son who was denied service due to the way the boy was dressed appeared, despite the fact that he apparently he served a white boy who was dressed similarly. The mother, Marcia Grant, …

Starting in March, universities began a month-long confrontation with the coronavirus pandemic. Schools closed their campuses, changed online classes, and adjusted their admissions policies. Now, many schools face tough decisions about the upcoming fall semester, namely, should students return to campus? Many schools have delayed issuing such verdicts in hopes …

[UPDATE – June 23, 2020: Minneapolis Police have updated their reporting on the Uptown incident, and have said that Cody Pollard was actually shot and killed near 7th Street and First Avenue in downtown Minneapolis. What follows is the story as it originally ran.] MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – ShotSpotter technology has …