How does racism impact the health of racialized communities when it comes to COVID-19? Will these social factors play an implicit role in health-care workers’ decisions?
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While the Great Depression reduced inequality and closed the racial wealth gap, the Great Recession of 2009 did the opposite.
African American voters are indispensable to any Democrat strategy. Given party affiliation is increasingly split down racial lines, is the best tactic to get out the black, anti-Trump vote?
A quarter of Americans, many of them non-white, are worried about data privacy and confidentiality in the 2020 census.
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.
The Sabisky affair should not be seen as a random event: the real battle lies ahead.
More women on corporate boards means more opportunities for women, and better performances by businesses.
Becoming friends with classmates from different backgrounds can help people reject negative stereotypes. And teachers are able to help make that happen.
A narrow definition of family can neglect the experiences of many people and can impact policy and programs. It's time to expand our ideas of what family means.
Minority patients do better when treated by doctors who share the same race or ethnicity But there's a problem. Most doctors are white, and only 6% of doctors are black.
Religion was no barrier for Southern lynch mobs intent on terror. White pastors joined the KKK, incited racial violence and took part in lynchings. Sometimes, the victim was a preacher.
Publishers funnel massive amounts of resources into promoting titles that they think will become bestsellers. But they've become spellbound by 'stories of struggle' that can succumb to stereotypes.
Diversity among officers lags behind the general population. But is police culture a greater problem when it comes to combating excessive force?
A scholar disproves the long-held assumption that black names are a recent phenomenon.
The mainstream news media has been biased in its reporting and portrayal of Indigenous Peoples on stories about renewable energy projects. What and how can they do better?
The group seemed to be doing all of the right things to diversify its ranks. It wasn't enough.
Hispanic Americans make up just 4.3% of executive positions. They are 17% of the labor force, the largest of any racial minority group.
Why shouting diversity just doesn't cut it if the system is designed to keep people out.
By 2050, the majority of Americans will not be white. That future is already on its way here – just look at the demographics of kids ages 10 and under.
The number of old people will increase, while the proportion of white Americans will continue to fall.
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Social Work, Michigan State University
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Visiting Researcher in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Professor of Journalism, IUPUI
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Assistant Professor of History, Hunter College
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Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
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Research Director of the Center for Employment Equity, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
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Senior Lecturer in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Journalism, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer, School of Humanities, Griffith University
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Professor of Media, Culture and Communications, Brunel University London
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Associate Professor, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Physiology and Neurobiology, Dean of Faculty Affairs, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College
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Deputy Director, Centre for Research in Race & Education, University of Birmingham
