PRO-TRUMP COUNTERPROTESTERS RECEIVED NYPD ESCORT BEFORE DRIVING THROUGH BLACK LIVES MATTER MARCH. The vehicle used by a driver to plow through a crowd of Black Lives Matter marchers in Times Square on Thursday […]
CLAUDIA RANKINE’S QUEST FOR RACIAL DIALOGUE. When Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric arrived in the fall of 2014, shortly before a St. Louis County grand jury decided not to charge Darren […]
ROCHESTER POLICE COVERED A BLACK MAN’S HEAD AND PINNED HIM TO THE GROUND. HE DIED BY SUFFOCATION. Newly released police video of a March incident that led to a Black […]
WHITE US PROFESSOR ADMITS SHE HAS PRETENDED TO BE BLACK FOR YEARS. A seasoned activist and professor of African American history at George Washington University has been pretending to be […]
STEPHEN A SMITH RIPS THE STEVE NASH HIRING: ‘THIS IS WHITE PRIVILEGE.’. On Sept. 3, the Brooklyn Nets announced that they hired Nash to become their next head coach. Nash […]
TYLER PERRY IS NOW A BILLIONAIRE. “Ownership changes everything,” he told Forbes. “I own the lights. I own the sets. So that’s where the difference is. Because I own everything, my […]
JOHN BOYEGA: ‘I’M THE ONLY CAST MEMBER WHOSE EXPERIENCE OF STAR WARS WAS BASED ON THEIR RACE’ During Britain’s Black Lives Matter rallies in June, John Boyega wrote his name […]
BLACK LIVES MATTER GOES BIG ON POLICY AGENDA. After three months of sustained public protest, Black Lives Matter organizers are stepping from streets and plazas into the policy arena. And […]
AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY’S WHITE-SUPREMACY PROBLEM. Early on in “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,” the first of three autobiographies Douglass wrote over his lifetime, he recounts what happened—or, perhaps more […]
BLACK LIVES MATTER PUSHES JAPAN TO CONFRONT RACISM. To many Japanese, racism towards black people has long been considered something that happens in the US or Europe, not at home. […]
‘JOHN HENRYISM’: THE HIDDEN HEALTH IMPACT OF RACIAL INEQUALITY. The stress of racial inequality can be deadly. … (W)e explore how a black American folk hero gave a name to […]
BLACK JOGGER MISTAKEN FOR SUSPECT IN TEXAS HAS ALL CHARGES DISMISSED AFTER ARREST. Prosecutors dropped all charges Tuesday against a Black jogger who was mistaken for a domestic-violence suspect in […]
NATIONAL MALL AIMS TO SYMBOLIZE AMERICA’S HISTORY WITH RACE. The Smithsonian museums may be closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new installation meant to spark discussion and reflection on […]
HOW TO PROMOTE RACIAL EQUITY IN THE WORKPLACE. ntractable as it seems, the problem of racism in the workplace can be effectively addressed with the right information, incentives, and investment. […]
BREONNA TAYLOR’S EX OFFERED PLEA DEAL REQUIRING HIM TO IMPLICATE HER IN CRIMES. A plea deal offered to Breonna Taylor’s ex-boyfriend stipulated that he must admit Taylor was part of […]
BLACK FORMER FRANCHISEES SUE MCDONALD’S FOR DISCRIMINATION. More than 50 Black former McDonald’s franchise owners are suing the burger chain, saying the company steered them to less-profitable restaurants and didn’t […]