Homeless veterans with mental illness who use Veterans Affairs (VA) health services are less likely to receive prescriptions for benzodiazepines than those with mental illness who are not homeless, according…
Photographs and Interviews by Robin Hammond | Text by Jamie Ducharme To be a U.S. teenager in 2023 is both the same as it ever was, and astoundingly different from…
The infant mortality rate in the U.S. is on its way up. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show a nearly 3% rise in the…
The American Ornithological Society says it will alter the names of North American birds named after humans, starting with up to 80 of them After two years of discussion and…
Even after Jim Crow laws were overturned following the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, neighborhood segregation persisted throughout the country thanks to intentional federal policies and restrictive…
AG Report Finds New Yorkers of Color Are Far Less Likely to Own a Home, More Likely to Be Denied Mortgages, and Face Higher Borrowing Costs Disparities Cost Black and…
Cambridge will install new street signs with road names translated into the Massachusett language in a multi-year initiative to recognize the city’s historical ties to its Indigenous residents. The project,…
A grant funds Duke faculty’s creative projects exploring how race shapes life This story is part of the Working Toward Racial Justice series. Duke student Ezra Belgrave held a blue handbag, her…
The university’s new center, which is slated to open in spring 2024, will provide a dedicated space for Indigenous students on campus and launch an Indigenous Studies major. NYU will…
In 2020, the City of Philadelphia made history by creating its first Citywide Racial Equity Strategy. Today the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) celebrates the signing of Executive Order…