Racism

The settlements that have come out of opioid lawsuits should be going to communities affected most. This isn’t what’s happening for Black communities

Children start learning about race and racism as early as preschool. Talking about race early, however difficult, will help them become more antiracist

Scientific racism today must be seen and rejected for what it truly is—a hollow attempt to dress discrimination in the garb of science and reason

The way scientists recognize one another’s work overlooks the seminal contributions of Black scientists. The Nobel Committees need to recognize how this excludes Black scientists from awards

Anti-immigrant rhetoric in the U.S. comes straight out of the playbook of eugenics, deeply dishonest scientism that falsely claims that criminality, poverty and a host of other ills are all genetically inherited

U.S. Senators and Representatives whose family had a history of enslaving others have greater present-day wealth

The nerd culture powerhouse is rebranding its elves, dwarfs and orcs, previously referred to as races, and moving towards use of the term species

The high court treating the children of a highly educated slice of the U.S. as equivalent to people who descended from the history of enslavement and Jim Crow is a dishonest ruse

Despite progress, the long shadow of racial violence continues to undermine economic opportunities for African Americans today

A completely fabricated condition, crafted from racist medical biases, still corrupts the criminal justice system today

Black Americans face higher hurdles in diagnosis and treatment of frontotemporal dementia, the most common form of dementia for people under 60

In cultures hostile to African hairstyles, so-called dreadlocks have long been a countercultural symbol for those who stand in opposition to oppressive ideals