Human bondage was big business in the antebellum US, and men weren’t the only ones cashing in.
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The singer’s home reflects the rags-to-riches trajectory that epitomizes the American Dream. Yet Presley and his estate were seen as not quite refined enough to reflect true upward mobility.
Research has shown that anti-gun violence programs have more success when they address root causes such as generational poverty, easy access to guns and a lack of affordable housing.
Detroit is one of the country’s most segregated regions, but census data shows how that’s changing in both the city and suburbs.
Legal rulings throw fate of special scholarships for ethnic minorities into doubt.
Legal precedents hold that criminalizing someone for their status, such as being homeless, is cruel and unusual punishment. But what if that status leads to actions like sleeping in public spaces?
Since the ‘trial of the century,’ the lines between news and entertainment have become increasingly blurred.
Diversity, equity and inclusion are good for the bottom line.
A stained-glass window, which shows Jesus as a Black man for the first time, tells a story not only of race but of gender, class and ethnicity.
Confinement was the essence of Linda Martell’s brief career as a country star in the 1970s – and it’s the exact sort of fate that Beyoncé has sought to avoid.
Mapping where water once flowed is important for managing flood risk today in Detroit and elsewhere.
It’s been nine years since #OscarsSoWhite called out a lack of diversity at the Oscars. Has anything changed? Prof. Naila Keleta-Mae and actress Mariah Inger unpack the progress.
The DCMR team has been busy prepping new episodes and next week, we start releasing episodes for season 7, taking our anti-racist lens to the news and issues occupying a lot of our minds these days.
Rather than leave the Treaty principles to parliament and the courts to define, why not embed the essence of the Treaty articles themselves in all laws?
Her new album, ‘Cowboy Carter,’ arrives at a moment when country music’s reputation as overwhelmingly white is finally starting to crack.
Scholars say Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s schools, universities and museums are part of an ongoing project to destroy Palestinian people, identity and ideas.
The work remains a crowd favorite. But more and more scholars are starting to see ‘Rhapsody’ as a whitewashed version of Harlem’s vibrant Black music scene.
Black travelers want the tourism industry to recognize their full identity. That will require more than procedural checkboxes and targeted advertising.
As in the federal and state governments, local elected officials are more likely to be white than their constituents. At times, such as with school boards, the differences are particularly stark.
The release of ‘American Fiction’ presents an opportunity to talk about race, power and white supremacy: What version of Blackness is acceptable or saleable within American culture?
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Professor of Social Work, Michigan State University
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
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Visiting Researcher in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
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Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Penn State
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Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Black Health Lead, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor of History, Hunter College
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Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Excellence in Policing & Public Safety Program, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Employment Equity, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor, Southern Cross University
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Research Director of the Center for Employment Equity, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Georgia
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Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University