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Yogananda Pittman named acting US Capitol police chief after riots
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN
The US Capitol Police has appointed a Black woman as its acting police chief after the former head resigned in the fallout from the agency's inadequate response to pro-Trump rioters who staged an insurrection at the Capitol last week.

Sister of Black woman killed by US Capitol police angered by response to white rioters
By Nicquel Terry Ellis
Watching rioters storm the US Capitol reopened old wounds for Valarie Carey.

Warnock's and Ossoff's wins signal hope and real change for some Black residents in Georgia
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN
As a fellow Morehouse College graduate, Patrick Delisser feels inspired by Rev. Raphael Warnock's historic Senate victory.

Black Georgia voters' high turnout helped solidify a historic win, organizers say
By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Nicole Chavez, CNN
Black Georgia voters showed up in droves for the state's pair of US Senate runoffs and voting rights groups say the high turnout plus aggressive organizing efforts helped solidify a historic win.

The Columbus, Ohio, officer who killed Andre Hill has been fired
By Alec Snyder, Peter Nickeas and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN
Adam Coy, the Columbus, Ohio, police officer who shot and killed Andre Hill, was fired Monday, according to a statement from Public Safety Director Ned Pettus Jr.

Their communities are deserted by pharmacies. Advocates fear this will lead to inequitable vaccine access
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, Nathaniel Meyersohn and Omar Jimenez
Rochelle Sykes worries that her west side Chicago neighborhood will be left out when the Covid-19 vaccine becomes widely available next year.

Popular culture made it impossible to ignore America's reckoning with racism in 2020
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN
Whether you lived in rural America, the bustling streets of a big city or even another country, you couldn't ignore the nation's racial reckoning of 2020 -- and how Black Lives Matter resonated throughout popular culture.

Morehouse dean takes vaccine on TV to remove the stigma as some Black Americans remain hesitant to get the shot
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN
Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice wants to turn vaccine hesitancy into acceptance in the Black community.

Nearly one third of Black Americans remain hesitant to get Covid-19 vaccine, study finds
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN
As the first Covid-19 vaccinations are being administered across the country this week, Black Americans remain among the groups that have the least confidence in the vaccine, according to a study from the Kaiser Family Foundation.