Perspectives
Calling COVID-19 a ‘Chinese virus’ is wrong and dangerous – the pandemic is global
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Emphasizing foreign origins of a disease can have racist connotations and implications for how people understand their own risk of disease.
Perspectives
Islamophobia in the US did not start with Trump, but his tweets perpetuate a long history of equating Muslims with terrorism
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In retweeting a doctored image of Nancy Pelosi standing in a hijab in front of an Iranian flag, Trump is playing into fears that Iran and Islam are evil and anti-American.
Perspectives
Supreme Court allows public charge clause that kept Nazi-era refugees from the US
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During the Nazi era, roughly 300,000 additional Jewish refugees could have gained entry to the US. But the immigration law’s ‘likely to become a public charge’ clause kept them out.
Perspectives
Black Americans mostly left behind by progress since Dr. King’s death
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A minority politics scholar assesses black progress 52 years after MLK’s death based on poverty, jobs and wealth. ‘In some ways,’ she concludes, ‘we’ve barely budged as a people.’
Perspectives
Who is born a US citizen?
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If upheld, a federal court ruling would solidify birthright citizenship as the law of the land, and overturn more than a century of federal refusal to grant American Samoans citizenship status.
Perspectives
Asians are good at math? Why dressing up racism as a compliment just doesn’t add up
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Overt racism is easy to spot. But more subtle forms based on false narratives can be equally dehumanizing – and it’s no joke.
Perspectives
A moral argument — and course of action — for legalized marijuana in 2020
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As cannabis becomes legal in more states, religious leaders should be truth-tellers of the racialized history and disparate impact of the war on drugs in recommending how their congregations and communities should respond.
Race and Culture
13 essential social justice-themed films of the 2010s
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Here’s our picks of films from the past decade that reflect the political, social and cultural upheaval that have shaped the times we live in now.
Race and Culture
Five things to read or watch for 50th anniversary of Fred Hampton’s murder by police
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A roundup of coverage marking 50 years since Illinois Black Panthers Party leaders were killed by Chicago police, an event that’s had lasting repercussions for the city and country.
Perspectives
To stop police shootings of people with mental health disabilities, I asked them what cops – and everyone – could do to help
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Police are almost always the first responders in cases of mental health crisis. Too often these encounters turn bad, even deadly. But police were never meant to be in charge of US mental health care.