The equitable classroom is a classroom that is connected to the lives of black and brown students. This connection helps the teacher, co-teacher and teacher’s aides to understand the negative narratives that persist around the intelligence, beauty and efficacy of our boys and girls of color, writes Josh Parker. This knowledge then informs everything about…

Buried by ABC at the time, the segment reveals a unique glimpse into Baldwin’s private life—as well as his resounding criticism about white fragility, as blisteringly relevant today as it was in 1979, writes Adrienne Westenfeld. “White people go around, it seems to me, with a very carefully suppressed terror of Black people—a tremendous uneasiness,”…

The normalization of trauma is far too common among Black youth, who data shows are at higher risk for mental health issues due to disproportionate exposure to illness, poverty, toxic stress, and racism, writes Paige Tutt. One in every three Black children in the United States has been exposed to two to eight adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), which…

Poetry has made something of a comeback in popular culture, thanks to America’s Amanda Gorman, who read her performance poems at a presidential inauguration and this year’s Super Bowl. Gorman has been described as bringing poetry to the masses, writes Maria Takolander. However, when it comes to the mainstream, poetry has long been hiding in plain…

There are scientific reasons that help explain initial mistakes; research shows that people identify faces from their own race better, BBC reports. But repeated errors can be frustrating, and take an emotional toll over time. Mistakes also carry career implications; visibility is a critical component of advancement, and Cadet points out that misidentification can impact…

Indigenous women are murdered at a rate 10 times higher than the national average (U.S. Department of Justice), and homicide is one of the leading causes of death for young Indigenous women. Nonetheless, many Americans are unfamiliar with the prevalence of the issue.  Thousands of cases of missing or murdered Indigenous women and girls across…

In the wake of a series of rapes, attacks and other alleged abuse at the state’s only women’s prison, Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday announced his intention to shut down the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Hunterdon County, reads a story on NJ.com. “Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women has a long history…

When Samantha Maltais arrives at Harvard this autumn, she will be the first member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe to attend its law school. In some ways, she will be joining an ancestor. More than 350 years ago, an Aquinnah Wampanoag man named Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard University. He attended…

The wealth gap between Black and white Americans has been persistent and extreme, writes Liz Mineo. It represents, scholars say, the accumulated effects of four centuries of institutional and systemic racism and bears major responsibility for disparities in income, health, education, and opportunity that continue to this day, she said. Consider that right now the…

Last June, social media feeds became flooded with corporate statements about how companies would promote racial equity within and beyond their workforce writes Lauren Feiner. The commitments came after the police murder of George Floyd sparked protests around the country. One year after those initial statements, many tech companies seem to have met several of their…