It may not raise a lot of eyebrows, but the players of the National Women’s Hockey…
Category: Social Justice
This section focuses on equality, fairness, environmental and workplace issues as well as structural racism, implicit bias in society towards individuals and/or a group of people, from housing discrimination to the criminal justice system.
Hate in America: A New Generation
PORTLAND, Oregon — Behind the anonymity of white faces illuminated by tiki torches, beyond the bloodied…
Campaign Zero’s ten-step template for police reform
The negative connotation around reformed slogans in light of the murders of Breonna Taylor and George…
Before Kamala Harris, many Black women aimed for the White House
Harris isn’t actually the first Black woman to run for vice president of the United States.…
Voting is a matter of civic duty for student-athletes
This year’s election may have been the most impactful and influential voting season the United States…
The numbers behind America’s 180 on athlete activism
CC BY-ND For 50 dormant years – roughly, the period between Muhammad Ali’s heyday and…
Dominance or democracy? Authoritarian white masculinity as Trump and Pence’s political debate strategy
Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, debated on Oct.…
Breonna Taylor’s death ruling devalues Black lives
Not only was justice not served, the desultory and insufficient result we received was also unacceptably…
Breonna Taylor’s ruling is another blackwash of justice
Apparently, in the eyes of Kentucky state law, Black lives do not matter. That’s what many…
When police stop Black men, the effects reach into their homes and families
Black men are stopped by police in disproportionate numbers. Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images Deadric…
With Harris pick, Biden reaches out to young Black Americans
Will young, Black Americans turn out to vote in November? Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Sam Fulwood III,…
Smartphone witnessing becomes synonymous with Black patriotism after George Floyd’s death
Protesters against racist police violence encounter police in Washington, D.C., on May 31. Mandel Ngan/AFP via…
How racism in US health system hinders care and costs lives of African Americans
Mortality rates for COVID-19 are two to three times higher for African Americans than whites. Getty…
Alliance for Justice condemns rampant police brutality
“Our nation is facing a great reckoning. The tragic murder of George Floyd last week was…
Black Americans, crucial workers in crises, emerge worse off – not better
A group of sharecroppers, evicted from their land in the Great Depression, stand beside a Missouri…