Laura Paddison and Jessie Gretener, CNN The world is now likely to breach a key climate threshold for the first time within the next five years, according to the World…
By CLAUDIA LAUER and MIKE CATALINI The cold formality of the letter is seared in Debra Long’s memory. It began “Dear Claimant,” and said her 24-year-old son, Randy, who was…
The BIPOC Farming Network began under the umbrella of the Agraria Center for Regenerative Practices nonprofit in Yellow Springs, although operations there are suspended due to a financial crisis. Now, the…
During the visit, the Mechanism visited Washington DC, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, and New York City saying in a press release, that it had been pleased to learn about various promising…
Racial disparities in maternal health continue to be a problem in the U.S., as Black women are nearly three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than White women, according to the…
Long-standing policies and deeply rooted inequity — rather than a few “bad apples” in the criminal justice system — likely explain why Black defendants in certain parts of the country…
Wi-Bwa Grey brings a unique perspective to Arizona’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Task Force: that of a survivor. “I know what it’s like to be missing,” Grey said, and…
J-PAL North America is embarking on a year-long planning period to advance racial equity in its work. Throughout this year, J-PAL North America will develop a strategic vision for how…
Unprecedented worldwide protests in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota, United States, marked a watershed moment in the struggle against police brutality and systemic racism. A year…
The convenience of eBooks is being embraced and utilized by the Seattle Public Library (SPL) as it joins Brooklyn Public Library (BPL)’s Books Unbanned initiative. As the second library in the nation to join,…