This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past half a century, the difference in net worth held by families of color compared with white families has expanded substantially and is likely to grow amid the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past year, race and social equity has ascended as a top priority, and organizations of all sizes, across industries, have been looking at how they can do better…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After the noble aspirations of post-Civil War Reconstruction to build a unified nation faded into the squalid Gilded Age of corruption and exploitation at the dawn of the 20th century,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007, it was the first time Indigenous Peoples’ rights were widely affirmed on a global scale. The Declaration…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This past week, many Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders welcomed the Lunar New Year under the dark shadow of spiking horrific violence targeting Asian elders, particularly in the Bay Area…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Redlining and Preventing Home Ownership Beginning in 1934, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) bolstered existing segregationist tactics by declining to underwrite homes in predominantly Black communities. The FHA justified this official policy, known as redlining, by describing Black…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When David and Jennifer Risher launched #HalfMyDAF a few months after COVID-19 reached the U.S., nonprofits were facing an increased demand for services but a reduction in donations. In that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last year, the nation was focused on voting and election integrity. A dramatic election, during a worldwide pandemic, raised a host of novel issues. We also know from history that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part Four in a four-part series about the Georgia Systemic Change Alliance. Read Parts One, Two, and Three. While New York City and Seattle were making headlines as COVID hot spots last…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the United States marks Black History Month this year, more K-12 schools in the United States are teaching Black history than ever before. However, ongoing analysis from Johns Hopkins…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Black students are faring far worse during the pandemic than others, new test data out of Ohio show, with COVID-19’s disruptions setting them back as much as a half year’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A group of campaigners and lawyers have launched an urgent inquiry exploring the possibility that alleged systemic racism in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is impacting maternal health outcomes for ethnic…