Critics fear NYPD Asian hate crime task force could have unintended consequences

In this article as in most yahoo enjoys manipulating minorities. In part of the article you claim conservatives use asians as the pinnacle of minorities. Then show exactly how badly asians were (WERE) treated suggesting it was conservatives that were doing this exclusively.

In this article you make the suggestion that anyone not born in or have roots in Europe is a minority. Yet when talking about how hard blacks have it, yahoo conveniently puts any one not being black or having roots in Africa as being white. Well its convenient to put Hispanics in a minority when it suits you but since most Hispanics are European by heritage it is convenient to label them white. The same thing occurs with nearly every minority except blacks. You label people a minority until it is convenient to label them white.

Until you people do what you criticize whites not doing ( putting on race blinders) you will continue to be part of the racial divide here in the US.

Republicans and Democrats alike need to tone down the divisive rhetoric. Yahoo News can lead in this when it seeks to report accurate facts and stories from both sides. Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been caught in lies; neither have been truthful about major events in their lives. Unfortunately, it seems like only one of those men's lies is consistently brought up. A further example of this is Yahoo News inability to report Nancy Pelosi's recent visit to a salon in San Francisco, indoors and without a mask, both prohibited by regulations. The RNC on the hand was consistently condemned for those who chose not to wear masks while being outdoors. This inconsistency exists on both sides of the aisle and Yahoo can work to bring unity rather than division in the way it reports the news.

Australia government is demanding Tech giants Yahoo, Google, Facebook pay for fake news that is now distributed for free. Murdoch's News Corp., owning most of Australian news media & in control of governments & law enforcement authorities, will benefit. Murdoch's newspaper publishing South Australian state monopoly published fake news & produces fake archives of newspapers - some brief detail at https://rjrbtsrupertsfirstnewspaper.wordpress.com/2018/03/11/rupert-murdochs-fake-archives-of-newspapers-corrupt-journalism-and-billions-of-dollars-of-unaccounted-for-public-debt-updated/ that includes 2 media releases of ASC [since renamed Australian Securities & Investment Commission ASIC] the newspaper articles reporting of which have been erased from archives in Australian state & national public libraries & also exported to British Libraries UK London. Refuse to pay for Australia's fake news & expose corrupt journalism. Ask US citizen Rupert & Australia's government 'What do they know?' about the corruption and crimes concealed by fake news & fake archives of newspapers.

My name is Bill Loving. I am a retired professor of journalism and media law. I am reaching out to you with a news tip regarding COVID-19 and retail. We can remember the viral video of the Costco shopper who was kicked out of a store for refusing to wear a mask. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8fkVqEZGRA
I was among many who applauded Costco for working to protect its customers and staff.
Recently, I noticed shoppers in my local Costco without masks. I spoke with a manager who said that Costco's mask requirement had an exception for persons with a medical condition that made them incapable of wearing masks. People don't have to cite a condition. They just have to say, "I have a medical condition" (I did that on one visit and was allowed to enter the store and shop. I put my mask on as soon as I left the entrance.)
The news tip is that stores and places of public accommodation provide less protection to the public and their employees with exceptions.:
!. A medical condition that precludes the use of masks does not confer COVID-19 immunity.
2. Anti-maskers can simply claim a condition to be exempt. An employee at the Costco mentioned to me that some shoppers said masks "made them crazy."
An anti-masker is not likely to follow CDC guidelines and represents a risk to staff and customers.
I have expressed my concerns to Costco headquarters and suggested that its stores could offer curbside service for persons who can't or won't wear masks or designate an hour for maskless customers. That does not eliminate the risks to store staff.
Thank you for reading this.