Children’s books need better representation of people of color.
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Books can help children develop a sense of identity. But when characters of color are portrayed negatively, that can send a wrong message to kids.
Seventy-four percent of shows and films with an abortion plot line centered on an impregnated white character, including ‘Little Fires Everywhere.’
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Hollywood continues to dramatically exaggerate the medical risks associated with abortion while downplaying barriers to access.
U.S. Reps. Jahana Hayes and Lauren Underwood attend the first day of the 116th Congress in January 2019. Both won reelection in 2020.
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Evidence shows Black candidates can win elections in majority-white congressional districts.
The country artist Charley Pride was one a few black artists who achieved success within country music in the 60s and 70s.
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While the genre is now overwhelming white, its roots are in Black music.
The film’s critic score on Rotten Tomatoes was 27, while its audience score was 82.
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A stark divide in the response to the film suggests a deep disconnect between media elites and the rest of the country.
Over 1.4 million people have died from COVID-19 so far this year. How history memorializes them will reflect those we most value.
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US monuments and memorials have overlooked frontline workers and people of color affected by past epidemics. Will we repeat history?
The pandemic has laid bare just how few economic rights college athletes possess.
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Someone’s race, however, seems to be a factor in whether they support college athletes’ economic rights.
Suspensions have continued throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, while children are attending remotely from their homes.
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Schools can consider virtual learning and other ways to reduce the negative impact of suspensions on student achievement.
Art featuring the slain Rio politician Marielle Franco, whose 2018 murder remains unsolved.
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The 2018 murder of Rio city councilwoman Marielle Franco inspired record numbers of Black women to get involved in politics. Winning proved harder – but it isn’t the only point of their campaigns.
Derby County’s Tom Huddlestone and Swansea City’s Yan Dhanda (right) battle for the ball at Pride Park, Derby, in August, 2019.
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British football should utilise 30 years of academic research to focus on what it needs to do to solve the game’s exclusion problem.
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Witnessing their children’s experiences of racism was particularly difficult, parents reported.
President-elect Biden promises a new White House agenda and style.
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Scholars of race, foreign policy and the Supreme Court give their informed predictions of what to expect under a Biden administration.
Is it a lovely autumn day, or is America burning to the ground?
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Mexican philosophers have a word for the peculiar anxiety you may be feeling: ‘zozobra,’ a dizziness that arises from social disintegration.
The American suburban population has increased dramatically in the last few decades.
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Suburbs are more racially and economically diverse than ever, making them key battlegrounds for the election.
Boxes of illegal and legal vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department ahead of Florida’s Aug. 18 primary election.
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In Florida and North Carolina, mail ballots cast by minority voters and Democrats are disproportionately likely to face rejection.
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Decolonising medicine will create a fairer healthcare system for all.
Taking a peek, but probably not seeing a future career.
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At age 7, Black, white and Hispanic children have a similar opinion of the police. But this increasingly turns negative by the time they are teenagers, especially for nonwhite teens.
They’re not just honest or ignorant mistakes, and they can poison an otherwise pleasant interaction.
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White people are often defensive when they’re called out for these subtle snubs and insults. But researchers have found that microaggressions correlate with racial bias.
The coming-of-age French indie film ‘Cuties’ sparked a backlash because of a poster that went viral.
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The outrage over the teen film ‘Cuties’ diverts attention from the social structures that enforce conflicting expectations on young women.
Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris speaks at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19 in Delaware. Why wasn’t she the presidential nominee? Strategic discrimination by primary voters may explain.
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Why are women and people of colour under-represented in politics? Part of the problem is strategic discrimination, or concern about other people’s biases.