A wave of empathy is sweeping through the community as residents band together to assist a teenager recently injured while participating in a basketball game. The incident has deeply impacted the local area, especially after news broke that the teenager was the son of renowned NBA star Carmelo Anthony. A GoFundMe campaign launched/created/establish

Every day is/can be/feels like a tightrope walk for people living while black. Their/Our/Its lives are constantly colored by the shadow of past/historic/systemic injustices that still echo/resonate/linger. We carry the weight/a heavy burden/the scars of Rodney, Ryan, and Larry's stories – reminders of how fragile/how precarious/how vulnerable our