RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH: MINORITIES MAKE UP MORE THAN HALF WAITING FOR AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT. COVID-19 has shed a light on racial disparities in health as the… Read more “ABC 8News (Richmond VA)”
CNBC
STATES RACE TO PASS POLICING REFORMS AFTER FLOYD’S DEATH. Both Democratic and Republican majorities in various legislatures have moved quickly to pass bills banning chokeholds, making it… Read more “CNBC”
PolitiFact
NO PROOF THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER KILLED 36 PEOPLE, INJURED 1,000 OFFICERS. Black Lives Matter protests attract not only BLM members but supporters and opponents, making it… Read more “PolitiFact”
Boston Review
HOW A POPULAR MEDICAL DEVICE ENCODES RACIAL BIAS. To measure oxygen in your blood, light from a pulse oximeter must pass through your skin. This should give… Read more “Boston Review”
NBC News
AMID A RACIAL RECKONING, TEACHERS ARE RECONSIDERING HOW HISTORY IS TAUGHT. Educators from around the country have been reflecting on what they teach and how they teach… Read more “NBC News”
Associated Press
BIDEN RISKS ALIENATING YOUNG BLACK VOTERS OVER RACE REMARKS. “Trump is terrible, and he’s a racist, and we have to get racists out of the White House.… Read more “Associated Press”
New York Times
2 BLACK STAFF MEMBERS QUIT BON APPETIT AS TENSIONS OVER RACE CONTINUE. The tensions over race at Condé Nast’s food magazine continue. The only two Black editorial… Read more “New York Times”
KXJZ (Sacramento)
‘RESTRICTED TO PERSONS OF THE CAUCASIAN RACE FOREVER’; RACIST LANGUAGE IN CALIFORNIA PROPERTY RECORDS COULD FINALLY BE ERASED. When Angie Gould and Paul Hunt bought a house… Read more “KXJZ (Sacramento)”
BBC
BBC RECEIVES 18,600 COMPLAINTS OVER USE OF RACIAL SLUR IN NEWS REPORT. The BBC has received more than 18,600 complaints about the use of a racial slur… Read more “BBC”
WBUR (Boston)
A ‘TOUCHSTONE’ FOR EQUALITY AND RACIAL JUSTICE: REFLECTING ON CRISPUS ATTUCKS’ LEGACY AT OLD STATE HOUSE. Crispus Attucks was the first person shot and killed by British troops… Read more “WBUR (Boston)”
NBC News
MICHIGAN’S OFFICIAL’S USE OF RACIAL SLUR PROMPTS GOVERNOR TO CALL FOR HIS RESIGNATION. A Michigan county official’s use of the N-word at a public meeting has prompted the governor… Read more “NBC News”
The Atlantic
THE SUPREME COURT IS AVOIDING TALKING ABOUT RACE. Supreme Court justices typically write opinions that say more than what is strictly necessary to decide the case before… Read more “The Atlantic”