MEDICAL ALGORITHMS HAVE A RACE PROBLEM. When Vanessa Grubbs first met Eli about a decade ago, he was a muscular man in his 50s. Grubbs, a doctor at Zuckerberg San […]
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE WANTS YOUR PHOTOS, VIDEOS, AND STORIES TO HELP DOCUMENT THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT AND COVID-19. A century-old idea, the National Museum […]
BARR SAYS CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWNS ARE THE ‘GREATEST INTRUSION ON CIVIL LIBERTIES’ SINCE SLAVERY. Attorney General William Barr said in a speech Wednesday that lockdowns intended to slow the spread of […]
CLAUDIA RANKINE ON THE WAYS RACE HAUNTS HER IMAGINATION, AND AMERICA’S. “Fantasies cost lives,” Claudia Rankine writes in her new book, “Just Us,” a collection of essays and poems (and […]
STASSI SCHROEDER: I WAS A KAREN!!! For Racist Oscars Comment. Stassi Schroeder is actually admitting she was a Karen years before it became a thing … at least that’s how she […]
WITH NO ROWDY FANS, ESPN TURNS TO LITTLE RICHARD FOR ‘MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL’ THEME. A few weeks ago, the members of little-known band Butcher Brown got a life-changing opportunity. ESPN had […]
LANCASTER PROTESTERS BAIL SET TO $1 MILLION EACH, PROMPS PENNSYLVANIA LT GOV TO CALL AMOUNT ‘BLATANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL’. Lancaster County judge set bail at $1 million for at least six of […]
WHY DID A VIRTUAL ULTRA BAN ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’? On July 31, Ben Chan, a recreational runner from New York City, finished a 635-mile virtual ultramarathon, known as The Great Virtual […]
WHY RACE MATTERS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. Western dominance and white privilege permeate the field. It’s time to change that. Race is not a perspective on international relations; it is a […]
23 BLACK-OWNED LUXURY MENSWEAR BRANDS YOU CAN SUPPORT RIGHT NOW. The murder of George Floyd, the latest in a history of police brutality against black people, has spurred outrage, protests […]
50 YEARS AGO, THEY DID SOMETHING RARE IN GOSPEL: TIED MUSIC TO PROTEST.. The graphic video montage of violence against people of color that accompanies Isaac Cates & Ordained’s sobering […]
KENDRICK SAMPSON ON HIS RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF LIBERATION. Shortly after arriving, at the age of 18, in Hollywood from his hometown of Houston, Texas, Kendrick Sampson joined the Robey Theatre […]
THESE BLACK-OWNED RESTAURANTS WERE SAVED BY THE SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT. The racial and social justice movements ignited by the killing of George Floyd in May are leading to big changes […]
JOHN BOYEGA QUITS PERFUME AMBASSADOR OVER CHINESE AD. Black actor John Boyega has stepped down from his role as a global ambassador for perfume brand Jo Malone after the company […]
“A LONG TIME COMING COMING”: BLACK STUDENT TURN TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO EXPOSE RACISM AT PRIVATE SCHOOLS. In an effort to expose the persistence of racism at schools, Black alumni […]
STUDENT DEBT IS FUELING THE BLACK-WHITE WEALTH GAP — AND PURSUING A COLLEGE DEGREE HAS BECOME ‘RACIALIZED,’ THIS PROFESSOR SAYS. Over the past several years, policymakers and pundits have gained […]