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.
Perspectives
Juneteenth: Freedom’s promise is still denied to thousands of blacks unable to make bail
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Just as with so many other criminal justice policies, pretrial detention disproportionately affects African American men and women, destabilizing black families in the process.
Perspectives
Breaking myths about black fatherhood this Father’s Day
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The inaccurate perception that African American families are devastated by absent fathers that need to return to their responsibilities informs policy and law formulation in a variety of harmful ways.
Perspectives
The case for African American reparations, explained
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Thanks to demographic and political changes, Democratic contenders are addressing this issue for the first time.
Employment and Labor
Chicago is the fastest shrinking major metro area
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Black and low-income residents continue to move out, but unlike other groups, a majority of African-Americans exiting the Chicago area didn’t have a job when they left.