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Jackson’s concurrence traces the 14th Amendment to work done by people ‘beyond Congress’ and Black Americans who ‘helped galvanize the push for full equality.’
What happens when a rapper whose early work explored capitalism’s brutality becomes one of the system’s most successful beneficiaries?
Enslaved people were not just enslaved physically, but mentally as well. as widespread laws in the South barred enslaved people from receiving an education.
The modern rhetorical and political resistance to racial equality finds its roots in the conspiratorial segregationists of the civil rights era.
Many Black teachers were pushed out of classrooms from the 1950s through ‘70s. Despite new recruitment programs, the teacher workforce remains mostly white.
Why do rap lyrics continue to be used to demonize people inside and outside the courtroom, in ways that no other art form has to contend with?
Research shows that white men who file discrimination charges experience employer retaliation at similar rates as other racial groups.
On Veterans Day, a look at how the Trump administration views diversity as a symptom of ‘woke’ culture rather than as a long-standing practice driven by the nature of the all-volunteer force.
From grave robbing to road construction, a cemetery in Richmond, Va., reveals the long pattern of Black Americans burying their dead in spaces that received few protections.
The Civil Rights Movement is often told in terms of court decisions, brutal beatings and racist demagogues. It’s rarely told from the view of children, who suffered in ways that left emotional scars.
How do white Southerners think about their racial status in a world that is scrutinizing white advantages? Researchers found people across the political spectrum grappling with what being white means.
The measure enables broad tax cuts that disproportionately favor wealthy households while forcing its costs on the most economically vulnerable Americans.
Researchers found that when Black Christians mentioned their faith at work, they feared they would be discriminated against because of both their race and their religion.
It’s not yet clear whether Trump’s pardons will herald a period of national harmony – as past presidents hoped for – or more incidents of violence, as actually resulted.
Disparaging people who get government benefits to make ends meet, especially if they’re Black, is no longer a recipe for political success in America.
Restaurants labeled as Black-owned saw a 65% increase in online traffic.
Diversity, equity and inclusion programs are designed to help first-generation students, people with disabilities and veterans – including white people.
Both genres recently celebrated big birthdays. From their origins in the clubs and jams of the 1970s and 1980s, house and hip-hop have become global cultural forces.
Black Americans were disproportionately affected by COVID-19 infections, illness and death during the pandemic. But the long-term toll of long COVID among this group is still largely overlooked.
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, University of Chicago
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Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University
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Fellow, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University
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Assistant Professor of Asian Pacific American Studies, Arizona State University
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Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Miami University
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Assistant Professor of Race and Media, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina
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Senior Lecturer of African American Studies, University of Florida
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Professor of Government and Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University School of Public Affairs
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Georgia State University
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Assistant Professor of History and Community Engagement, St. John Fisher University
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Professor of Literature and Director of Irish and Irish American Studies, College of Charleston
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Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland
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Research Assistant in the Department of Global Health, Boston University
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Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Guilford College
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Professor of Anthropology & Director for Undergraduate Research, College of Arts and Letters, San Diego State University