Tag: Black Americans
Militarization has fostered a policing culture that sets up protesters as...
Tom Nolan, Emmanuel College
The unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd after being pinned to the ground by the knee of a Minneapolis...
The unintended consequences of marijuana decriminalization
Nikolay Anguelov, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
America’s decades-long war on drugs disproportionately harmed minorities. Now, it seems that decriminalization of marijuana hasn’t leveled the playing...
Super Bowl LIII and the soul of Atlanta
Derrick P. Alridge, University of Virginia
As a historian who studies W.E.B. Du Bois – and as someone who once lived in nearby Athens, Georgia...
Even before sanctuary cities, here’s how black Americans protected fugitive slaves
Even before sanctuary cities, here's how black Americans protected fugitive slaves
Barbara Krauthamer, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Over the past few days, the national climate has...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
