Race and Ethnicity

For more than 25 years Black Women for Wellness (BWW) has been committed to the health and well-being of Black women and girls through health education, empowerment, and advocacy. We…

Shondiin Mayo is originally from Stevens Village, Alaska, and grew up in both Fairbanks and the Navajo Nation. She is Diné (Navajo) and Tleeyegge Hut’aane and is of the Bitterwater Clan…

Changes in the workplace spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic have given many of us more flexibility in our place of work. Lockdowns and social distancing often meant holding work meetings from whatever…

Expanding Medicaid eligibility reduced Black-white disparities in preventable hospitalizations and ER visits by 10% or more, a new study shows.

About a quarter of the city’s students are Black, but only 4% of teachers are Black men. The NYCity News Service spoke with educators, students, and others to examine the problem.

Technologies can be racially biased in part because they reflect the biases of their designers. Edtech tools have the potential to exacerbate racial inequities in school discipline, course selection, grading and other areas.

Research shows diversion “works,” reducing harmful outcomes and increasing access to social services. However, studies also suggest diversion is routinely denied to people of color, …

In 1986, the federal government mandated that states provide therapy for newborns and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities. But the program has been plagued with severe racial gaps in access and quality.

Two social scientists explain how caste-identities are pervasive in not just Hinduism but other South Asian faith groups as well.

A 1983 US government study documenting the placement of hazardous waste landfills in low-income and Black communities was one of the first studies to highlight the intersection of environmental issues and racial…

Proponents of algorithms as a solution to bias in criminal justice systems say they’re dispassionate.”But algorithms can discriminate.”…