Tuesday Spotlight, ADVISORY

EDITORS:

The following story will move Monday as this week’s Tuesday Spotlight, a feature showcasing the best off-the-news enterprise in the AP report:

RACIAL INJUSTICE-PUBLIC HEALTH

A growing number of cities, counties and states across the country have declared racism a public health crisis. Local leaders say formally acknowledging the role racism plays not only in health care, but also in housing, the environment, policing and food access is a bold step toward solutions. Most made declarations in response to the pandemic that’s amplified attention to racial disparities and the call for racial justice after George Floyd’s killing. Still, what the declarations do varies widely with skeptics saying it’s a weak response that could take too long. By Sophia Tareen. UPCOMING: 1,020 words, photos.

—The AP