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Posted inPolitical Animal
What We Can Learn From Minnesota’s Racial Divide
For the relatively few people of color who live here, the racial disparities are larger than those in most every other state
Posted inEducation, K-12
How Can We Show Disenfranchised Black Students That They Matter?
A Yale educator who grew up and taught in the Bronx reflects on U.S. race relations.
Posted inPolitics
Using Bayesian Analysis of Police Killings
A closer look at Roland Fryer’s “startling” racial disparity study.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Challenge of Admitting What We Don’t Know
White Americans are historically inept at understanding the prevalence of racism in our culture.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Roger L. Simon Gets Racism Backwards
The quest for power can open up old wounds.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Tie That Binds Police Shootings and the NRA: Warrior Cops
Police officers should return to being guardians instead of warriors.
Posted inPolitical Animal
What We Can Learn from History About the Advancement of Civil Rights
Remember that a lot of the chaos we remember from the 60s came after the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act were passed.
Posted inPolitical Animal
A Federal Response to Police Violence
Why the next Congress is so important in stopping police brutality
