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The Trial Over Ahmaud Arbery’s Killing Is Set to Begin. Here’s What to Expect
The February 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery served as a flashpoint for the reckoning on racial injustice in America that dominated much of the public consciousness last year. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was jogging in a suburban Georgia neighborhood when three men—father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael, and William Bryan—pursued, shot and killed…
After 196 Years, a Louisiana College Has Granted Tenure to a Black Professor
“Structural, institutional and systemic racism" is why it took so long, says archivist at Centenary College, Louisiana
MIT Reckons with Early Leader’s Role in Forced Removal of Native American Tribes
MIT's third president authored a treatise that justified forcibly removing tribes from their lands and confining them to reservations
Deb Haaland: Gabby Petito Case Should Be a Reminder of Missing Indigenous Women
Deb Haaland said news coverage of the Gabby Petito case should be a reminder of hundreds of indigenous women who are missing or murdered.
A Parole Board Recommended Julius Jones’ Death Sentence Be Commuted. A Week Later, His Execution Date Was Set
Julius Jones, a Black man on death row in Oklahoma having been charged with murder in 1999, is scheduled to be executed on Nov. 18, despite the state’s parole board recommending that his sentence be commuted. Jones’ legal team is now awaiting the decision of Gov. Kevin Stitt after the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole board…
A Guide To The 2021 Thousand Guineas
The Thousand Guineas is one of 30 Group 1 races set to take place during the course of the 2021/22 season and will jump in the afternoon of the 13th of October. This is everything that you need to know about the event. The Details of the Race The Thousand Guineas is a 1,600-metre race […]
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Quarantine, What Quarantine? Nicole Kidman, Expats and White Privilege
Sadly, Asians still see white privilege as the way the world works
“We’ve Found the Enemy, and It’s Not Each Other.” Heather McGhee’s Quest to End America’s Zero-sum Thinking on Race
Heather McGhee was cooking dinner in her Brooklyn apartment in January as she opened a YouTube link to watch Joe Biden deliver his first speech on race as the President. As she bustled around the kitchen, Biden recited a line that seemed so familiar that she nearly dropped her wineglass. “We’ve bought the view that…
‘Not a Victim.’ Asian American Elders Stand Resilient in the Wake of Hateful Violence
In families that experienced firsthand the surge in attacks on Asian American elders, the strength of their loved ones is clear
Racism In America Should Not Take Center Stage in the Global Fight Against White Supremacy
Racism in the U.S. should not be at the center of global discussions on white supremacy
Why Coalition, Not Allyship, Is the Necessary Next Step in the Racial Justice Movement
As Irish-Nigerian academic and broadcaster Emma Dabiri prepares for the U.S. release of her latest book, she reflects on the thinkers who have inspired her own work. “I feel deeply indebted to specifically Black American intellectuals and writers,” she says, “I see them as ancestors who, in many periods of my life, showed me a…
The U.S. Is Increasingly Diverse, So Why Is Segregation Getting Worse?
More than 80% of large metropolitan areas in the United States were more segregated in 2019 than in 1990, according to a new report.