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INEQUALITY

RENÉE GRAHAM
People celebrate as the verdict is announced in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on Tuesday. Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in a case that roiled the United States for almost a year, laying bare deep racial divisions.
We knew Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. But Black people never expect justice
In a jury’s guilty verdict, a small step toward accountability.

RENÉE GRAHAM
A person stands outside the Hennepin County Courthouse on April 19 in Minneapolis.
Being Black isn’t exhausting. Racism is exhausting.
I will not perpetuate a narrative that tries to define Blackness as inherently broken or burdensome.

SCOT LEHIGH
In this image made from a Windsor Police video, a police officer uses a spray agent on US Army Lieutenant Caron Nazario on Dec. 20, 2020, in Windsor, Va. Nazario is suing two Virginia police officers over a traffic stop during which he says the officers drew their guns and pointed them at him while he was dressed in uniform.
Police must be guardians, not warriors
Put yourself in the place of Lieutenant Caron Nazario for a moment.

MARCELA GARCÍA
Rosa Yanes.
The lessons of a Chelsea family’s COVID-19 ordeal
Rosa Yanes is a reminder of the lopsided impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the uneven devastation affecting the most vulnerable whose own return to normal will never be normal.

LETTERS
MBTA must restore crucial bus lines
Despite reversing course on cuts, many crucial MBTA busroutes are still without service.

Kimberly Atkins
Producer, actor, filmmaker, and author Tyler Perry is 2,674 on Forbes' list of billionaires.
Why the racial wealth gap hitting Black American billionaires matters
The inequality represented even at the highest echelons of affluence reflects how a dearth of Black super-wealth can have a ripple effect on the rest of society.

Michelle Wu and Sheldon Lloyd
Roberto Dos Reis prepares a takeout order at Soleil in Roxbury, in January.
To tackle racial injustice in city contracting, start with food
Here’s how Boston can ensure universal access to nutritious food while supercharging its economic recovery and closing the racial wealth gap.

LETTERS
A METCO school bus outside Bedford High School on the first day of school in September.
Decades-old problem of segregated schools persists
How about envisioning a world in which our primary intention is to ensure that our public education system is a quality public good for all?

Tamara Rushovich and Sarah S. Richardson
A woman is administered the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine by a medical technician in Bates Memorial Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky.
The intersection of Black women, COVID, and death rates
The narrative about sex differences and COVID-19 overshadows alarming facts.

EDITORIAL
A report from the MBA urges Governor Charlie Baker to adopt new guidelines that would prioritize clemency for victims of domestic violence, those convicted at a very young age, and those who are now elderly, frail, or chronically ill.
State parole board, clemency process need reform
The Massachusetts Bar Association makes the case for more “justice” at the end of the criminal justice pipeline.