This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “They would just start beating you and lose control and hurl you against the wall, throw you on the floor, kick you, punch you.” That is how Geraldine Bob, a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On May 19, 107-year-old Viola Fletcher visited Washington, D.C. to testify before Congress in its hearing for the centennial of Tulsa, Okla. race massacre. “I’m here seeking justice and I’m asking…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are in the midst of a great realignment in policymaking. After an era-defining pandemic, which itself served as backdrop to a generations-in-the-making reckoning on racial injustice, the era of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In cities across the United States, racism exists in built form. There’s a long history of intentionally racist policies such as race-restricted covenants preventing minority groups from moving to certain areas, and redlining that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many organizations endeavored to institute structural changes to racial equity efforts following the morbid booster shot effect of George Floyd’s murder on stagnant national conversations about race. Countless companies released…
In a time of mourning and anger over the ongoing violence inflicted on Black communities by police in the US and the lack of accountability from national leadership, what is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For almost 30 years, I’ve been part of a sector-wide conversation about the lack of diversity on nonprofit boards and the need to do better. In retrospect, I realize that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. California, once a national role model for slowing the coronavirus’s spread, has seen record numbers of infections, hospitalizations and deaths in recent days. The surge follows the reopening of many…
The United States is home to more than 23 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. AAPI communities are an integral part of our country’s history and they continue to make…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Kyla Thomas, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences With more than 30 million people infected and 550,000 dead, the U.S. is among the nations hardest hit by the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. America’s alarming racial disparities have come to the forefront of our national consciousness in recent years, at least partly thanks to the activism of the Black Lives Matter movement and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Around 600,000 people are released annually from the U.S.’s sprawling prisons network. Many face considerable barriers as a result of their convictions when it comes to essentials in life, like…