Investigating abuse of Indigenous North American children

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<p>A series of discoveries is shedding light on historical abuse of Indigenous children forced into school systems in North America. The <a href="https://apple.news/AiCllHdQ_Tji9XnlvTLRlow?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Toronto Star</a> reports on hundreds of unmarked graves found at a former school in Canada, as well as <a href="https://apple.news/AhtxXeNXiTvSlXpriN65NnA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">news that the U.S. is to investigate the issue</a>.</p> <p>The Biden administration is banning imports of solar-panel materials from a Chinese company accused of using forced labor in Xinjiang. <a href="https://apple.news/Ay2slX-O4R2Stqv7LzdyqHw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg News</a> puts this move in context.</p> <p>In a personal essay for <a href="https://apple.news/A8rpriEpuTlit1STcUALRHg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Eater</a>, Peneliope Richards shares the frustrations she has felt eating in restaurants as a wheelchair user. She argues that since restaurants were able to quickly transform to adapt to pandemic regulations, they should be able to do a better job accommodating diners with disabilities.</p> <p>Music plays a big role in celebrations of the LGBTQ+ community. <a href="https://apple.news/AVbHH5LVORYeBha-xCJYS8Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">MTV News</a> goes through decades of musical history to explore how songs have served as means of representation and self-expression.</p>