The history of the 14th amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, is a pivotal addition to the U.S. Constitution that conferred...
Corporate America hired more Black workers and then stopped.
Progress for Black employees at major U.S. corporations has stagnated. The proportion of Black workers in...
A brief history on the US Interstate Highways
President Biden has unveiled a transformative $2 trillion infrastructure plan that seeks to repair America's crumbling...
Early report from reparations panel finds Blacks endured historic wrongs in Northampton
After nearly two years of work, the Northampton Commission for the Study of Reparations has unveiled...
Study: Pickaway County judge sentences Black drug defendants more harshly than whites
A recent study by a Georgia State University professor has raised concerns about racial disparities in...
California Black students report
Seventy years after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case deemed segregated education for Black...
Top NYC students get automatic SUNY admission, but fine print excludes many Black and Latino kids
High school teacher Steve Lazar was thrilled when he first heard about SUNY’s new policy to...
The history of ‘birthright citizenship’ in the United States
Birthright citizenship stands as a cornerstone of American democracy, guaranteeing that anyone born within U.S. borders...
A history of ‘segregation scholarships’ and the impact On HBCUs
A Forgotten Migration delves into the untold history of “segregation scholarships,” a practice employed by Southern...
Eminent domain, racial bias, and a look at the call for reparations
The government’s authority over eminent domain has historically had a profound and unequal impact on Black...
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