Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Race
09/09/2021
The practical way this tech company is fighting racist algorithms
Pinterest’s new technology builds on the company’s efforts to establish a more inclusive product experience.
08/17/2021
Real Estate Industry Works to Change Its Ways
Reckoning with its historical role in promoting racism in homeownership, real estate professionals are rewriting rules and working to help increase Black homeownership.
08/17/2021
Black women are finally shattering the glass ceiling in dance
Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell knows how it feels to be the only Black dancer in the dressing room.
08/16/2021
Opinion: White fear is the wrong way to tell the Census story
A significant part of the current political and racial divides in the United States has been fueled by reports that America will become a majority-minority country within our lifetimes.
07/15/2021
Reuters/Ipsos Poll: Critical Race Theory
Contrary to reports, most Americans not worked up over Critical Race Theory.
07/15/2021
Stephen A. Smith’s xenophobic comments put post-Euro racism in global context
Two recent examples of the transatlantic dimensions of racial intolerance in sports — an arena that, along with politics, often triggers increasingly vitriolic abuse in the age of social media — are a sobering reminder: Racism is a global crisis that is often resistant to progress and fighting it requires constant vigilance.
07/13/2021
Opinion: Racism in America is a ‘crime of the state.’ But we can overcome it.
Theodore R. Johnson, a senior fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice, has written a unique book on race that reflects his family’s multigenerational story, his own experience as a commander in the Navy and his firmly held belief that “we could actually talk about racism in a realistic, constructive way.”
07/06/2021
Can the Promise of America Be Renewed?
The American Promise—that all men and women are inherently equal—is not being fulfilled because racism continues to corrode our society.
07/01/2021
America’s Public Forum: Critical Race Theory & Black America
With Coleman Hughes & Rakim Brooks
06/28/2021
This late civil rights icon’s imprint is everywhere today
06/17/2021
Hidden Black Scientists Proved the Polio Vaccine Worked
Tuskegee Institute researchers showed Jonas Salk’s vaccine protected children by developing a key test
06/16/2021