Tag: racism

Julio Alvarado has been named in nine federal civil rights lawsuits, all involving the use of excessive force.

Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children. She said kids must face consequences, which rarely seem to apply to her or the other adults in charge.

There is a direct correlation between this racial, gendered wage gap and evictions.

The Algebra Project is a nonprofit dedicated to helping students from historically marginalized communities develop math literacy.

Critical race theory is a longstanding and specific academic lens for understanding systemic racism, but the right has transformed it into a catchall for anything that encourages talking about and addressing racism.

Fifty years of reinforcing racism.

"Now, as Derek Chauvin faces years behind bars, we must come together around our common humanity and continue on towards justice for all.”

One conservative activist is weaponizing resentment over diversity trainings into an all-out, red-baiting culture war.

Our culture has shaped the expectation of greatness exclusively around white men by erasing the achievements of women and people of color from our histories.

We need something much more potent and much more substantial."