LONG-STANDING WEALTH GAP BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITES REMAINS SUBSTANTIAL, FED DATA FOR 2019 SHOW. Typical white family has eight times the wealth of typical Black family. The wealth gap between […]
BLACK OWNED GAY BARS ARE DWINDLING. CAN THEY SURVIVE COVID? The coronavirus pandemic is just one of many headwinds facing the few remaining Black-owned LGBTQ bars across the country. When […]
WHITE COATS, BLACK SCIENTISTS. Scientists often consider their work and their institutions unbiased. After all, scientists rely on a rigorous set of experiments to test hypotheses and arrive at conclusions […]
THE ELECTION SCENARIO THAT SHOULD FRIGHTEN EVERYONE — ESPECIALLY BLACVK AMERICA. As Election Day draws closer, commentators are issuing apocalyptic warnings about potential coups, street violence and President Trump not conceding if he loses. […]
TRANSNATIONAL ADOPTION: ‘I’VE BEEN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING MY WHITE CHILD’. Stories of transracial adoption most often feature white families adopting black and Asian children. When the opposite happens, and black […]
DONALD TRUMP MAKES PROMISES TO BLACK AMERICA. Donald Trump has laid out an extensive proposal for the upliftment of the African American community. Dubbed the Platinum Plan, he detailed in […]
RUTH BADER GINSBURG COULD’VE DIED IN PEACE IF WHITE PEOPLE WERE BETTER PEOPLE. Propped on the pavement, planted in yards, and sitting on stoops in every block in my neighborhood […]
CULTIVATING A FAIRER FOOD SYSTEM. As the cofounder of Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York, which began as a community farm and has since grown into a sprawling organization that aims […]
REPUBLICANS RUSH TO DEFEND AMY CONEY BARRETT AFTER TROLLS TARGET HER TWO ADOPTED CHILDREN FROM HAITI – WITH TRUMP EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE HER AS HIS PICK TO FILL RBG’S SUPREME […]
LIZZO ON HOPE, JUSTICE, AND THE ELECTION. In our new world, where travel is no longer advisable and social distancing mandatory, it has been a bit hard to connect with Lizzo. […]
A QUICK READ FOR WHITE PEOPLE WHO DON’T CONSIDER THEMSELVES RACIST. My newsfeed turned into a sea of black squares (June 2, #BlackOutTuesday). … Initially, this warmed my heart — […]
LOUISVILLE POLICE MAJOR WHO CRITICIZED ANTIFA AND BLM RELIEVED OF DUTY, WILL RETIRE. The Louisville police major who sent an email last month criticizing Antifa and Black Lives Matter activists as the […]
JUDGES SCRUTINIZE SUIT’S CLAIMS IN HARVARD RACIAL BIAS CASE. A panel of appeals court judges on Wednesday repeatedly challenged the legal claims of a group that accuses Harvard University of […]
SUPERMARKETS ARE POWERFUL FLASH POINTS IN RACIAL POLITICS. In recent months, grocery stores have become sites of clashes over mask-wearing. In some cases, videos of customers (nearly always White customers) […]
ANOTHER BIG INVESTMENT IN RACIAL JUSTICE. Square’s $100 million plan to invest in Black communities. Jack Dorsey’s financial company — known for its credit-card readers, Cash payments app and Square […]
SUPPORT FOR RACIAL INJUSTICE PROTESTS DECLINES. As the decision in Kentucky to bring charges against only one of three police officers involved in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor sparks […]