Less than one in five teachers identify as Black, Hispanic or Asian American amidst an increasingly diverse student population. It is time to take a hard look at the policies that keep our diverse student population from learning from teachers who look like them.
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Data sources that “teach” artificial intelligence could amplify and worsen disparities in health care, says law professor Nicholson Price. Those data sources are not representative and/or are based on data from current…
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The Sweet Fern Savanna Land and Water Reserve, in the heart of Pembroke Township, Illinois, offers a glimpse into what much of the area looked like before European settlers drained…
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To build an economy that loves Black people requires building an ecosystem that invests in and supports Black creative people throughout the US South.
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Climate-caused flooding will increase in the next 30 years, causing billions of dollars of losses that will disproportionately affect Black communities in the United States, according to a new study.…
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“I can’t breathe.” These words have become a rallying cry for protestors demanding racial equity and, in particular, an end to police violence against Black Americans. For environmental policy experts,…
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The many personal, physical, and social impacts of natural disasters disproportionately affect Black people, new research shows. The paper, published in the journal Environmental Sociology, explains how disaster affects residency,…
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Frederick Douglass is regarded as one of the most prominent abolitionists the world has ever seen. Alongside his extraordinary contributions as an influential speaker, writer and human rights advocate, Douglass…
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“Not only have Black farmers received the least amount of direct loans of any ethnic and racial group over the past three years, but also that the number and share…
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In 2020, many of our education leaders were shaken to the reality that our public education system continues to resign our Black and Brown children to something well short of the…
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Of 89 criminal cases recently solved with the growing but controversial use of genetic genealogy databases — all following the highly-publicized arrest of the Golden State Killer in 2018 — just four were…
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