Race and Ethnicity

The Boston City Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to create a commission that will study and adopt reparation proposals for African Americans, sending the measure to Mayor Michelle Wu. The…

Black women with symptoms of depression more often report sleep disturbances, self-criticism, and irritability than stereotypical symptoms such as depressed mood, according to a new study. “Based on our findings,…

A welcome trend in recent decades has been the sustained rise in high school graduation rates up to a national average of 85% for 2017-18—as well as a significant narrowing of differences by race…

In November 2012, New York City fast-food workers walked off their jobs, demanding a $15 minimum wage and union rights. Since then, the struggle for higher wages has become one…

Across the country, Black male educators make up just 2% of teachers. In the Los Angeles Unified school district, just 8.3% of teachers are Black compared to 30.6% White and…

As we consider the potential implications of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, one open question is how states will enforce the abortion bans that are expected in at least…

So what is intersectional environmentalism, exactly? According to Leah Thomas, a prominent environmental influencer, intersectional environmentalism is a movement, not a moment: “It brings injustices done to the most vulnerable communities, and the…

Attendance at postpartum healthcare visits declined by almost six percentage points during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers report. Uninsured women, Black women, and women under age 19 faced the sharpest decreases…

The U.S. teaching workforce is far less racially diverse than its student body. All students —but particularly Black and Latinx students—benefit academically and socially from having teachers who are people…

Unlike most developed nations, America has never treated care of its youngest children as a public good worthy of significant public investment, especially in relation to K-12 public education. That’s…