Tag: Black Americans
Hopelessness about the future is a key reason some Black young...
Janelle R. Goodwill, University of Chicago
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough – just look at the...
Jessica Pressman, San Diego State University
Mermaids have become a cultural phenomenon, and clashes about mermaids and race have...
Poll reveals white Americans see an increase in discrimination against other...
Stella Rouse, University of Maryland and Shibley Telhami, University of Maryland
Despite largely holding the political, economic and social...
What is Afrofuturism? An English professor explains
Julian C. Chambliss, Michigan State University
The new sci-fi musical “Neptune Frost,” set in a Rwandan village constructed with...
What is alopecia? It’s no laughing matter for millions of Black...
Danita Peoples, Wayne State University
The Oscar slap that overshadowed the Academy Awards ceremony was sparked by a joke...
Why addressing racism against Black women in health care is key...
Nabila El-Bassel, Columbia University
Forty years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Black women continue to bear the highest burden of...
Racial discrimination is linked to suicidal thoughts in Black adults and...
Janelle R. Goodwill, University of Chicago
Frederick Douglass is regarded as one of the most prominent abolitionists the world...
Pain of police killings ripples outward to traumatize Black people and...
Denise A. Herd, University of California, Berkeley
It’s been one year since George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
