Hip-hop traveled far after being birthed by Black Americans in US cities. The journey hasn’t always been smooth.
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Throughout US history, a ‘white backlash’ has worked to keep Black officeholders and their constituents out of power. Atlanta DA Fani Willis is just the latest.
New research points to feelings of failure, hopelessness, loneliness and sadness as some of the potential reasons Black young people are considering or carrying out suicide at unprecedented rates.
A sociologist interviewed dozens of middle-class Black singles about their friendships, freedom and dating lives.
The US has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. When it comes to violent offenders and the Black community, the system isn’t working, argue criminologists.
A survey of more than 12,000 US voters found that Black Americans are among the most hopeful about the direction of politics – and they are turning that emotion into action at the polls.
In the age of the Black Lives Matter movement, Basquiat’s work is more relevant than ever. It highlights racial inequality and violence against racialized people.
While Sanders deftly played the game of Black respectability politics during his short tenure, Jackson State had motives of its own when it hired the former NFL star.
These literary works ask readers to rethink the histories of these half-human sea creatures and their role in society today.
Early on, public health messaging focused on the need for vaccines to combat COVID-19. But far less attention has been given to the role of boosters in preventing deaths and reducing inequities.
The case showed how American justice meted out to US troops in second world war England was often racially biased.
Researchers found political partisanship is a significant factor in determining perceptions of discrimination against different racial groups.
Even though Afrofuturist works are set in fictional worlds, they provide a blueprint for social, political and economic systems free from exploitation and oppression.
Many Black audiences are justifiably weary of works about their community told from white perspectives. But authorship isn’t always black and white.
The joke that sparked a violent reaction from actor Will Smith at the Oscars centered on his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss. A dermatologist explains the causes and treatment for alopecia.
When the Census Bureau’s count of the population is inaccurate, it affects representation and government spending. Correcting errors isn’t always allowed.
In the absence of meaningful national dialogue about race, the American public often turns to entertainers to unpack complicated social issues.
Digging deeply into the nation’s past can help illuminate the racial setbacks facing the US today.
Black American women have disproportionate HIV infection rates – in part because of systemic and structural racism in the health care system.
The evidence is growing that experiencing both systemic and everyday race-based discrimination may lead some Black Americans to become depressed and think about suicide.
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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