There is a recurrent theme in American history: the clawing back of hard-won progress. And the Supreme Court last week used the most specious of arguments to do so with…

This report is part of a series by the author on the results of the 2020 census. In April 2021, the Census Bureau released the first set of results from the 2020 decennial census,…

On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the use of affirmative action in college admissions. The consequences from this decision will reverberate across the nation and threaten to…

Many biomedical researchers and physicians hail personalized medicine as a radical, new approach to healthcare. In contrast to the traditional, one-size-fits-all model that treats all patients as if they’re identical,…

People need to understand why equity is necessary. Equality is the goal - equity is how we get there. Just two letters in the difference between equality and equity spell…

Oregon State University is launching an initiative to create seamless pathways to higher education for Black, Indigenous and Latino communities in the Portland area through collaborating with organizations serving these…

Detroit has taken significant strides toward justice and equity with the formation of a Reparations Task Force, and the task force is ramping up its efforts to make reparations a…

ST. LOUIS — Mayor Tishaura O. Jones has appointed nine St. Louis residents to serve on the city’s first Reparations Commission. According to a statement Friday from the mayor’s office,…

This story aired in the August 14, 2023 episode of Crosscurrents. "I don't know how to describe it, but ... the insistence on pursuing a dream and figuring out the avenues…

When the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed a year ago, some of our international allies greeted it with a level of concern if not consternation given the IRA’s focus on expanding U.S. clean…