Perspectives
Why support for the death penalty is much higher among white Americans
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Should all-white juries be permitted in death penalty cases involving black defendants?
Perspectives
Study: Racism shortens lives and hurts health of blacks by promoting genes that lead to inflammation and illness
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The recent death of Elijah Cummings at age 68 underscores a disturbing statistic: black men die, on average, five years younger than white men. A study shows racism’s effects on gene activity.
Government and Politics
Marijuana dispensary rollout illustrates fears that social equity measures are just blowing smoke
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As legalization looms, Chicago’s Black Caucus voices concerns that the emerging recreational pot industry is rigged for white operators.
Perspectives
Cities with more black residents rely more on traffic tickets and fines for revenue
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A study looked at fines in 93 California cities. Cities with more black residents and more disproportionately white police forces tended to rely the most on fines.
Perspectives
Setting the historical record straight for the critics of The New York Times project on slavery in America
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A historian says that critics get the past wrong.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Fight for South Shore Nature Sanctuary is latest environmental justice flashpoint
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Ald. Leslie Hairston’s recent comments highlight the disconnect between officials and community activists working for environmental equity.
Perspectives
What school segregation looks like in the US today, in 4 charts
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US school segregation is higher than it has been in decades, even if there are no longer overt laws requiring racially segregated schools.
Perspectives
What Canada and South Africa can teach the U.S. about slavery reparations
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Reparation opponents who oppose truth and reconciliation by insisting that America’s “original sin” of slavery is in the distant past should heed the lessons of Canada and South Africa.
Perspectives
Less than three-fifths of a Fourth of July
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Most Americans don’t think about how painful and complicated our Independence Day can be for Black people to whom it never applied.
African-Americans
Not all Americans have a fair path to a good death – racial disparities are real
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There are many conversations these days around ‘successful dying.’ Two African American scholars argue why these conversations need to include race and how it impacts life span.