Tag: Racism
Convicts are returning to farming – anti-immigrant policies are the reason
Stian Rice, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Prison inmates are picking fruits and vegetables at a rate not seen since Jim Crow.
Convict leasing for agriculture...
How dogs help keep multiracial neighborhoods socially segregated
Sarah Mayorga-Gallo, University of Massachusetts Boston
Cities in the United States are getting less segregated and, according to a recent national survey, most Americans value...
Many hate crimes never make it into the FBI’s database
Sophie Bjork-James, Vanderbilt University
The FBI’s latest numbers showed a 17 percent increase in reported hate crimes in 2017.
But what does this actually say about...
How anti-black bias in white men hurts black men’s health
Shervin Assari, University of Michigan
Researchers have documented “large, pervasive and persistent” racial inequalities in the U.S. Inter-group relations are among the factors that contribute...
What the racial equality movement can learn from the global fight...
Mustafa Ozbilgin, Brunel University London
Full equality might remain a distant goal, but the gender equality movement has made considerable progress internationally. The same cannot...
Out of Matthew Shepard’s tragic murder, a commitment to punishing hate...
Lara Schwartz, American University School of Public Affairs
On an October night in 1998, Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming, was...
‘Coming of Age in Mississippi’ still speaks to nation’s racial discord,...
Leigh Ann Wheeler, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Most memoirs are soon forgotten.
A rare exception is Anne Moody’s “Coming of Age in Mississippi,”...
On the Supreme Court, difficult nominations have led to historical injustices
Calvin Schermerhorn, Arizona State University
Far from being unusual, the hurried and partisan Supreme Court confirmation process for Brett Kavanaugh mirrors several notable examples of...
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...
