Filed Under: “Race”
Remembering Martin Luther King means remembering all the causes he stood for
By Paul Harvey
The civil rights hero had a much more radical message than a dream of racial brotherhood
As media fall for right-wing ‘woke’ hysteria, racial justice advocates are getting pushed to the fringe
By Ari Paul
State lawmakers aren’t just trying to ban ‘critical race theory,’ they’re trying to ban educating about race
By Emerson Sykes and Sarah Hinger
Chris Rufo’s critical race theory reporting is filled with errors, and he doesn’t seem to care
By Samuel Hoadley-Brill
A Republican activist has made himself into a conservative celebrity by attacking critical race theory, but his sloppy work shows he either doesn’t understand it or is actively lying
I used to think facial recognition in policing was no big deal — until I was wrongfully arrested because of it
By Robert Williams
Facial recognition software isn’t reliable and often enables racism
What is critical race theory? It’s an effort to find the full story of history
By David Miguel Gray
Republican activists are deliberately lying about a collegiate historical and legal research programs in an effort to get votes
Juneteenth, a new federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States
By Jean Lee and Barbara Rodriguez
The country’s first new federal holiday since 1983 is the fruit of a decades-long push to acknowledge the importance of emancipation
The epidemic of premature death among black men is about more than the coronavirus and police injustice
By Nina Harawa
Public health policies in the U.S. need to focus on remedies to black mens’ unique medical needs
Two stereotypes that diminish the humanity of the Atlanta shooting victims – and all Asian Americans
By Angie Chuang
The stereotypes that plague Asian Americans flatten this incredibly diverse demographic of 21 million people. In the case of the recent Atlanta shootings, they also dehumanize the victims of these horrific and racist crimes.