Tag: African Americans
Can you be Christian and support the death penalty?
Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross
Pope Francis has declared the death penalty “inadmissible.” This means that the death penalty should not be used...
Race of mass shooters influences how the media cover their crimes,...
Laura Frizzell, The Ohio State University; Sadé L. Lindsay, The Ohio State University, and Scott Duxbury, The Ohio State University
On Jan. 24, 2014, police...
‘Traveling while black’ guidebooks may be out of print, but still...
Cotten Seiler, Dickinson College
In the summer of 2017, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for the state of Missouri.
Modeled after the international advisories...
Juneteenth: Freedom’s promise is still denied to thousands of blacks unable...
Matthew Larson, Wayne State University
June 19 marks Juneteenth, a celebration of the de facto end of slavery in the United States.
For hundreds of...
Why Florida Democrats can’t count on the so-called ‘black vote’
Sharon Austin, University of Florida
Florida’s midterm Senate election is a race to watch this November – and not just because it will be a...
Mormons confront a history of Church racism
Matthew Bowman, Henderson State University
On June 1 of this year, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – or the Mormons – will...
Do bouncers at clubs enforce dress codes equally across races?
Reuben A. Buford May, Texas A&M University
When videotape surfaced of two men being arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks for loitering, some criticized the...
Black employees in the service industry pay an emotional tax at...
Alicia Grandey, Pennsylvania State University
The arrests of two black men who were waiting for a friend at a Starbucks in Philadelphia have raised questions...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
