Racial disparities in drowning deaths persist: Why Black and Indigenous children drown at higher rates
Black children aged 10–14 drown in swimming pools at 7.6 times the rate of white children the same age. The…
All Roads Lead to the South: Thousands Rally for Voting Rights in Alabama
Thousands gather in Selma and Montgomery today for the “All Roads Lead to the South” National Day of Action, responding…
Watch: Rep. Justin Pearson’s Speech Refusing to Bow as Tennessee GOP Erases Memphis’s Black Congressional District
With passion and a powerful tone, he called the vote a “political lynching” that set Tennessee back 150 years. Watch…
Supreme Court Killed Voting Rights Act, Black Representation
Garrison Hayes spoke with colleagues Ari Berman and Pema Levy about the Supreme Court, the Voting Rights Act, Black representation,…
Pushing back against hate: A guide to compassionate activism
Pushing back against hate today is more difficult than it has been in the past, with a country that’s divided,…
Systemic Racism Then and Now
Systemic racism isn’t about one person’s prejudice. It’s about the way our institutions were built on racist policies. Learn how…
How Did Slave Traders and Slaveholders Live With Themselves?
Commerce in people as commodities to be traded for money or other commodities was completely taken for granted in the…
Most Children Charged as Adults in Washington Are Youth of Color
More than 80% of children charged as adults in Washington state court are not white, data shows
New Studies Find Wide Racial Disparities in Opioid Overdose Treatment
Black patients are less likely to get connected to outpatient treatment, new research finds.
Malcolm X’s Fearlessness Lives
Despite Trump’s attempts to stoke fear, every day Americans are carrying on the Malcolm X legacy of resistance.
What Everyone Needs to Know About the Anti-Woke Movement
Kimberlé Crenshaw, an author, civil rights advocate, and critical race theory scholar outlines the danger of co-opting ‘woke’ terminology, book…
Why 1963 was America’s tipping point
Black studies scholar Peniel Joseph’s new book illuminates a pivotal point in the nation’s struggle for civil rights — and…
