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Racism
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Anti-Asian Hate Crime In U.S. Rises During Pandemic Year
Reports about attacks on Asians and Asian-Americans have been abound in recent months, ranging from members of the…
What Conservatives Are Getting Wrong About Dr. Seuss
On March 1, 2021, Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced that they would stop publishing 6 books by the famed…
Black History Month: What Is It And Why Do We Need It?
February is Black History Month. This month-long observance in the US and Canada is a chance to celebrate…
Six Charts That Reveal America’s Deep Divides
The 2020 race to the White House has been the most divisive for a generation. The campaign has…
Biden Wins – Experts On What It Means For Race Relations, US Foreign Policy And The Supreme Court
The American public has had its say and for the first time in a generation denied a sitting…
Trump Could Win Again (Without Cheating)
Liberal pundits often say that Donald Trump is on the wrong side of history. From this perspective, he’s…
Did The COVID-19 Pandemic Revive Nationalism?
It only took a sub-microscopic pathogen to confirm that, when a crisis strikes, it is the national framework…
How The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Uprooted Millions
Here are some things you need to know about the biggest slave trade in history. The forced slavery…
Who Came To America, And When?
Here are the key events which have shaped the United States’ long history of immigration. Among the defining…
Here’s What The Data Reveal About Trump, The 2016 Elections, And Modern Racism
Studies reveal the truth about Trump, his rise to power, and the entrenchment of racism. Multiple events of…
A Month Before George Floyd’s Death, Black And White Americans Differed Sharply In Confidence In The Police
Racial differences in police confidence were observed before George Floyd’s death. Are they still present? A few weeks…
America’s Most Diverse, Mixed-Income Neighborhoods
]Which U.S. metro areas have the most people living in inclusive and diverse neighbourhoods? About seven million Americans…
George Floyd And Black Lives Matter Protests: A Brief Timeline
Here is a summary of events in the on-going Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests. “I can’t breathe.”…
US Law Has Long Seen People Of African Descent As Fugitives
Occasionally, a mistruth spreads that the Second Amendment to the US Constitution was based on the need for…
George Floyd’s Death Reflects The Racist Roots Of American Policing
Outrage over racial profiling and the killing of African Americans by police officers and vigilantes has recently resurfaced…
How George Floyd Was Killed In Police Custody
The New York Times has reconstructed the death of George Floyd on May 25. Security footage, witness videos…
Coronavirus: The Latest Disease To Fuel Mistrust, Fear And Racism
With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan, China, stories of courage and strength have captured…
Are We Witnessing The Rise Of A New Terrorist Trend?
Manifestos and livestreaming seem to be the new trend in radical right terrorist attacks. Halle is the latest…
Tech Companies Collect Our Data Every Day, But Even The Biggest Datasets Can’t Solve Social Issues
At almost every point in our day, we interact with digital technologies which collect our data. From the…
Why Won’t The US Supreme Court Do Anything About Racism?
The Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke fired 16 shots, killing the African-American teenager Laquan McDonald; 14 of…
Why The Nazis Studied American Race Laws For Inspiration
On 5 June 1934, about a year and half after Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of the Reich, the…
How Anti-Semitic Stereotypes From A Century Ago Echo Today
A few weeks ago, my parents woke up to find a large, orange swastika daubed in paint on…
What History Reveals About Surges In Anti-Semitism & Anti-Immigrant Sentiments
The shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh is believed to be the deadliest attack on…
Does Racial Bias Show Up In The Crosswalk?
African Americans may have to wait in a crosswalk about 32 percent longer than white people before drivers…
Why Racial Segregation Is A Design Feature, Not A Bug, Of US Cities
The National Housing Act of 1934, part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s ‘New Deal’ following the Great Depression, was…
Martin Luther King And The Battles That Outlived Him
50 years on, the three evils MLK talked about -racism, militarism and economic exploitation – still plagues the…
How The ‘Diversity Industry’ Silences People of Colour
This week Amena Khan became the latest woman of colour to be silenced in public. Just days after…
What Urban Design Can Actually Do To Address Police Violence
Leaders in the field discuss what design can—and can’t—accomplish in the service of communities like Baltimore and Ferguson.…