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Canada is at a critical crossroads. The Wet’suwet’en conflict brings us to a deciding moment in Canada, one that will shape the future of the nation.
NASA scientist Katherine Johnson was instrumental in getting people to the moon. Here are some of the lessons one mathematics professor believes she taught us all.
In a sermon two weeks after MLK's funeral, civil rights leader, Wyatt Tee Walker, urged young seminarians to be hopeful and take action for making change happen. His sermon has valuable lessons today.
Amazon says it's the "new neighbourhood watch" but Ring may just be another technology that gives police too much data and lets neighbourhoods double down on their biases.
The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on how the Civil Rights Act applies to LGBT people. A business law scholar explains why it could be one of the most consequential discrimination cases in decades.
A new film on beloved children's television icon Fred Rogers hits theaters next month. Rogers' moral values contributed to the power and appeal of his neighborhood.
It's great that toy companies are celebrating diverse role models, but children could be taught so much more in their write ups of their stories.
President Trump has said American Jews loyal to Israel should support the Republican Party. A scholar explains the historical tensions embedded in the anti-Semitic trope.
Municipal swimming pools flourished in the 20th century. But too often, their success was based on the exclusion of African Americans.
Children can be especially vulnerable to being wrongly subjected to immigration enforcement actions.
A new report on Mexicans in the US paints a troubling picture about the treatment of the country's largest immigrant group.
Whether someone is menstruating is none of your business. Even inquiring about it reinforces attitudes and assumptions that hold women back.
King was once thought of as a saint beyond reproach. It eventually emerged that he was a womanizer. But we now have to ask the unthinkable: Did King enable abuse?
Long before Chasten Buttigieg became a 'not-so-secret weapon' in his husband Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign, another same-sex couple profoundly reshaped American social policy.
From spirituals about the trials of slavery to the fight for civil rights and the modern rhythms of swing music, Duke Ellington told a story about black life that was both beautiful and complex.
While few would deny secularism and religious neutrality are legitimate goals, they don’t justify Bill 21's undue restriction of minority rights.
A scholar of discrimination law explains why regulations set up in the 1960s are still critical to protecting racial groups today.
The public was shocked by the blackface image on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's yearbook page. But if blackface is now taboo, there was a time when it played a big role in American culture.
Most North American consumers generally prefer advertising with male-female couples rather than same-sex couples. But changes in how brands frame the messages of advertisements could change that.
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Professor of Journalism, IUPUI
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Associate Professor of History, Morehouse College
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies, Brandeis University
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Assistant Professor of Intellectual Heritage, Temple University
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Professor of American History, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
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Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Associate Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Louisville
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Honorary Associate in Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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PhD Candidate in History, University of Leeds
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Associate Professor of English Studies and Coordinator of American Studies, Fitchburg State University
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PhD candidate in Visual Studies, University of California, Irvine
