America has a homeownership imbalance. Nationwide, 74% of white households own their homes. For Black households that number is far lower, just 44%. Racist lending policies such as redlining and a lack of generational wealth and buying […]
A 64-year-old man was arrested Wednesday and charged with several counts of criminal mischief as a hate crime for allegedly scrawling racist graffiti on the political posters of two Staten Island city council candidates, […]
Evanston, Illinois has become the first city in the US to make preparations to financially compensate Black residents for addressing the wealth inequality gaps they have experienced because of historical racism and […]
For months, it’s been hard to watch the news. Every time an elderly Asian person is violently shoved or beaten on the sidewalk, I worry that my mother—a Chinese woman in her […]
It’s no revelation that Black Americans have been underserved by architects and urban planners. Systemic racism pervades the built environment–from segregated communities and freeways built on top of Black neighborhoods to prejudiced housing practices and a lack of Black […]
Plano school officials are working with police to investigate claims that a Haggard Middle School student was bullied and abused by classmates. The mother of a student contacted the school resource officer […]
Six Dr. Seuss books are being pulled from publication, the organization who manages the late author’s legacy accounted today, reports CNBC. The announcement came on Theodor Seuss Geisel’s—better known as Dr. Seuss’—birthday. He was […]
This morning I was amazed to watch the most watched daily, current affairs program in the Netherlands: “Goedemorgen Nederland” on NPO 1 and I was very annoyed by the enormous racism that […]
The California woman dubbed “Soho Karen” for falsely accusing a black teen of stealing her iPhone and allegedly attacking him at a Big Apple hotel says she can’t be racist because she’s a “woman […]
Earlier this week, Pinterest settled a gender discrimination lawsuit with its former chief operating officer for $22.5 million—one of the largest public individual settlements for gender discrimination in history. The eight-figure award goes to […]
