Why are these stories just getting published?

Good question.

Perhaps the editors were afraid (ridiculously) about being labelled hateful racists by the usual suspects having vested interests in keeping the overseas money roll in, and it took decades before they gathered the bravery (roll eyes) to see that the immense magnitude of upheaval was needing reports to the readership.

If the editors had been so afraid of racism accusations over German folks, then World War II would not have been reported on this paper's pages until around 1972, and if the editors had been so afraid of racism accusations over Russian folks, then the American moon landing would not have been reported until around 1995...