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Kidney Experts Say It’s Time to Remove Race From Medical Algorithms. Doing So Is Complicated.

by lisadtinsley October 19, 2021

By Rae Ellen Bichell and Cara Anthony Alphonso Harried recently came across a newspaper clipping about his grandfather receiving his 1,000th dialysis treatment. His grandfather later died — at a dialysis center —…

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Racism a Strong Factor in Black Women’s High Rate of Premature Births, Study Finds

by lisadtinsley October 18, 2021

The tipping point for Dr. Paula Braveman came when a longtime patient of hers at a community clinic in San Francisco’s Mission District slipped past the front desk and knocked…

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Rapahel Warnock
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Rev. Raphael Warnock’s historic US Senate win broke more barriers than you may think

by lisadtinsley September 30, 2021

John A. Tures – Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College When Rev. Raphael Warnock prevailed in the special election on Jan. 5, he was the first African American from Georgia to win…

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Black parents say their children are being suspended for petty reasons that force them to take off from work and sometimes lose their jobs

by lisadtinsley September 15, 2021

Charles Bell – Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Sciences, Illinois State University When “Mike,” the father of a ninth grade student, got a call from his daughter’s school, the first…

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NationalRace + Culture

Black, Hispanic and Asian American donors give more to social and racial justice causes as well as strangers in need – new survey

by lisadtinsley September 14, 2021

Wendy Chen – Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Texas Tech University Una Osili – Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies; Associate Dean for Research and International Programs, Lilly Family School…

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September 14, 2021 0 comment 185 views
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John Lewis
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How the images of John Lewis being beaten during ‘Bloody Sunday’ went viral

by lisadtinsley August 26, 2021

Written by Aniko Bodroghkozy – Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia On March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers beat and gassed John Lewis and hundreds of marchers on the…

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August 26, 2021 0 comment 196 views
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How Black writers and journalists have wielded punctuation in their activism

by lisadtinsley August 25, 2021

Written by Eurie Dahn – Associate Professor of English, The College of Saint Rose Using punctuation and capitalization as a form of protest doesn’t exactly scream radicalism. But in debates…

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August 25, 2021 0 comment 217 views
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Four Haitian novels that beautifully blend history, memory and reality

by lisadtinsley August 14, 2021

Marlene Daut – Professor of African Diaspora Studies, University of Virginia Following the July 7, 2021 assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse and after one Haitian official requested that the…

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August 14, 2021 0 comment 272 views
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There’s a long history of dances being pilfered for profit – and TikTok is the latest battleground

by lisadtinsley July 29, 2021

Jill Vasbinder Senior Lecturer in Dance, University of Maryland, Baltimore County In January 2020, 14-year-old Jalaiah Harmon created what would become one of the biggest viral dance sensations on TikTok.…

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Why Gil Scott-Heron’s ‘Whitey on the Moon’ still feels relevant today

by lisadtinsley July 21, 2021

A.D. Carson Assistant Professor of Hip-Hop, University of Virginia     Not long after the July 20, 1969, Moon landing, Gil Scott-Heron – a poet hailed as the “Godfather of Rap” – released…

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