Panelists explore where to find and cover coronavirus inequities, Monday, May 4

The novel coronavirus pandemic is amplifying racial and ethnic differences, with people of color more anxious about its consequences and more likely to lose their lives.

Join Ibram X. Kendi, a New York Times-bestselling author and the founding director of The Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University, and Robert Samuels, Washington Post national reporter, for a discussion of coronavirus inequities and how journalists can cover them. 

The conversation and question-and-answer session with participants will be moderated by POLITICO reporter Shannon Young, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, May 4, on Zoom. Registration is open.

This program will also support local independent bookstore Solid State Books, which is selling signed copies of Kendi’s “How to be an antiracist.” 

The program is one of five free community conversations scheduled through May, including:

• Writing through: A personal pandemic with Sarah Maslin Nir (May 12, 11:30am-12pm ET)

Contact Journalism Institute Executive Director Julie Moos with questions.