THE FALSE PROMISE OF ANTI-RACISM BOOKS. In today’s cultural moment—during which hundreds of mainstream institutions in the U.S. are acknowledging systemic racism—books and other content about race and discrimination have […]
INTERNAL REPORT ALLEGES RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLACK ATHLETES AT IOWA. A internal report about Iowa’s athletic program outlined several allegations of racial discrimination against Black athletes, including inequitable discipline policies, […]
CRAIG ZADAN MEMORIAL FUND FOR RACIAL EQUITY AIMS TO BRING DIVERSITY AND EQUITY TO AMERICAN SCHOOL THEATER PROGRAMS. “We had no idea, of course, that we would soon be on […]
HEALTHY BLACK CHILDREN HAVE A HIGHER POST-OP DEATH RATE, STUDY FINDS. Researchers found a stark disparity in post-operative risks by race, and cited poverty and lack of access to health […]
U.S. BLACK MEN COULD SEEK ASYLUM. on June 17, the United Nations Human Rights Council surveyed racial discrimination and police brutality in the United States.. Michelle Bachelet, the Council’s high commissioner. [suggested] […]
REP. MAXINE WATERS INTERVENES DURING LA TRAFFIC STOP. Rep. Maxine Waters was riding around her neighborhood when she noticed a Black man was being detained, so she intervened to make […]
SCULPTOR UNVEILS ‘BLACK EVERYWOMAN’ AS UK ROW OVER STATUES AND RACE GROWS. What kind of statue can represent black British women today? After the controversial appearance of the statue of a […]
HOW REAL IS REVERSE DISCRIMINATION? In 1976, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall lambasted the “illogic” of civil rights advocates insisting that laws against discrimination should protect only minorities from discrimination. The […]
IS THE ANTI-RACISM TRAINING INDUSTRY JUST PEDDLING WHITE SUPREMACY? In the wake of mass national demonstrations that followed George Floyd’s murder, many white people — including leaders of businesses, schools, […]
WORKERS PROTEST RACIAL INEQUALITY ON DAY OF NATIONAL STRIKE. Dubbed the “Strike for Black Lives,” the protest was organized by labor unions and social and racial justice organizations, which planned […]
AMERICA’S RACE PROBLEM DEMANDS RADICAL SOLUTIONS — Like A DEPARTMENT OF RECONCILIATION.The Emancipation Proclamation has time-honored historical significance. … However, it provided neither the recompense for the deprivations of slavery nor the methodology […]
‘AMERICA MADE IT ABOUT RACE’: CANDIDATES OF COLOR STILL GRAPPLE WITH DEEP-SEATED BARRIERS. In bids for public office across the country, candidates of color are still battling lingering effects of […]
BLACK LIVES MATTER STIRS HOPE FOR CHANGE IN ENGLAND’S ANCIENT CITY OF YORK. Anti-racism protests swept across the U.K. … igniting a conversation about unconscious bias, Britain’s colonial past and […]
MORE THAN HALF OF BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES MAY NOT SURVIVE COVID-19. For Monique Greenwood, this year started strong. She celebrated 25 years as proprietor of Akwaaba Bed and Breakfast Inns, and business […]
‘RACIAL GASLIGHTING MADE ME FEEL LIKE A FOREIGNOR IN MY OWN HOME’. As a woman of colour, racial gaslighting has been a painful experience that many people like me have […]