Jan 20 How black Americans' lives have--and haven't--changed since Dr. King's death By Sharon Austin, The Conversation Today we are still fighting many of the same battles as Dr. Martin Luther King did in his day. Continue reading
Jan 20 How a heritage of black preaching shaped MLK's voice in calling for justice By Kenyatta R. Gilbert, The Conversation Much of King’s legacy lives on in such arresting oral performances. They made him a global figure. Continue reading
Jan 02 3 ways that the U.S. population will change over the next decade By Dudley L. Poston, Jr., The Conversation What does the U.S. population look like today, and what will it look like 10 years from now, in 2030?… Continue reading
Dec 13 University response to student's white supremacist presentation draws criticism By Greta Anderson, Inside Higher Ed A Georgia Southern University freshman promoted white supremacist ideology in a class presentation. The university says the presentation falls within his free speech rights. Students of color say they want the school to do more. Continue reading
Nov 19 Watch 9:26 How these Oregon teachers are fighting back against white nationalism By Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Jason Kane The FBI reports that hate crime violence in the U.S. is at a 16-year high. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, meanwhile, says the highest percentage of hate incidents since the 2016 election occurred in elementary and secondary schools. Special… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch 7:30 Attorney Ben Crump on Trayvon Martin, racial hypocrisy and signs of progress Since 2012, the families of several unarmed young American black men shot to death by police in high-profile incidents have turned to civil rights attorney Ben Crump in pursuit of justice. Crump has now written a book arguing these killings… Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch 8:20 Derek Black grew up as a white nationalist. Here's how he changed his mind By Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Jason Kane According to the FBI, hate crimes are on the rise in the U.S. Studies also suggest white nationalist and white supremacist ideologies are spreading. Derek Black was raised in a household that espoused such beliefs, but during college, his views… Continue watching
Nov 04 More than 400 inmates released from Oklahoma prisons By Associated Press State officials say it is the largest single-day mass commutation in U.S. history. Continue reading
Oct 30 Watch 9:10 Why minority representation in medical research is a matter of life and death By Cat Wise, Jason Kane U.S. racial and ethnic diversity is ever increasing, but the medical representation of minority groups is not. A recent review of government-funded cancer research studies found that participants were disproportionately white, and fewer than 2 percent of these clinical trials… Continue watching
Oct 26 Widely used algorithm for follow-up care in hospitals is racially biased, study finds By Shraddha Chakradhar, STAT An algorithm commonly used by hospitals and other health systems to predict which patients are most likely to need follow-up care classified white patients overall as being more ill than black patients — even when they were just as sick,… Continue reading