This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Black people have valued education as one of the most critical passports to success and prosperity for centuries. From enslaved people working in secret to teach each other to read,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Anything less than systemic change will allow the current system to continue to function as it was originally designed—to the detriment of Black men. To that end, the experts identified…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This overview is intended to help donors gain a deeper understanding of the U.S. education system and identify opportunities to address the root causes of inequitable outcomes for students. See…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year, as COVID-19 raged and our nation faced a collective racial reckoning, we’ve seen increased charitable giving both to Black communities and to Black-led organizations that are implementing new…
On December 10th Cara Page, Black Queer Feminist cultural/memory worker, curator, and organizer and Richael Faithful (they/them), a multi/interdisciplinary folk healing artist, healing culture strategist, conflict worker, radical lawyer, complex…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Chicago’s Black educators who taught in high-poverty schools were more likely to receive lower scores on teacher evaluations, new research shows, pointing to bias in a widely used measure that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Weaving through the barren roads of North Memphis, Tennessee, I drive past rows of blighted homes, a tattered gas station with the sole grocery store, and a few bus stops…
Police and prisons don’t make us feel safe, argues Zach Norris, Executive Director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Rather, what matters are relationships and community. Norris believes in the power…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. U.S. newsrooms are very white. So are the critics and the journalists that cover them. The Objective was founded, this year, for a specific reason: To provide reporting, first-person commentary, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A majority of foundations report making changes to better support racial equity and communities disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, a report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy finds. Based on survey…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part One in a four-part series about the Georgia Systemic Change Alliance. Read Parts Two, Three, and Four. Faith, business, government, nonprofit, and philanthropy leaders in Georgia are hoping a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the months roll by, the pandemic continues to hit Indigenous nations hard. But this phenomenon is not new. Epidemics have been part of colonialism since settlers arrived. Health inequities…