Systematic Racism

This nation would do best acknowledging historical racism—the ways it lingers and compromises Black lives daily.

We will never solve the problems of racism, inequality and discrimination with the same destructive impulses that got us here in the first place.

"What this says to me is that in order to get a nominal degree of justice in this country, that a Black man has to be murdered, on air, viewed by the entire world," Johnson said in response to the guilty verdict.

The NAACP's CEO said the network's personalities "routinely attack Black Lives Matter and downplay the existence of systemic racism and police brutality."

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave $1 million to boost something called "Equitable Math," which aims to strip white supremacy from classrooms.

A study by the Associated Press released Saturday highlights an ongoing racial gap within the coronavirus pandemic, which has disproportionately affected people of color.

Joe Biden's first speech as president elect is being hailed as a long-overdue call to overcome division. And yet Biden's actual remarks were anything but unifying.

President-elect Joe Biden has promised to support Black people, but a more equitable America neither starts nor ends with a change of government.

Voter suppression in 2020 continues to attempt to silence women of color. But here's the thing: We're ready for it, and we're not going away.

Part two of a two-part series: systemic racism and "proportional" outcomes.

One would think the "silver bullet" would be designed to address the overt bias that is killing a knowingly marginalized patient population. I fear not.

State and local authorities are trying to help cover the loss in revenue due to COVID-19 and, ironically, backfill "defunded" police budgets. Such tactics just punish the poor.

"Black lives might matter if they quit acting like animals," he wrote in one Facebook comment, adding, "Are you gay? You wimpy whiney little b*tch," in another.

An estimated 15.5 percent of U.S. law enforcement officers are Black, but Black Americans are still six times more likely than white Americans to end up in prison.

The first step towards reconciliation is for America to stop lying to itself about racism. South Africa and Germany reckoned with their pasts; now America must.

"There's just a huge gap in your views on racial inequality and police treatment of people of color... depending on your political affiliation," the pollster said.

Three different ways to talk about racism and racial equality to children, based on their age and the environment they're in.

An interview with entrepreneur Mark Cuban.

"We, the National Football League, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest," the commissioner said.

After the Justice Department's decision on Tuesday, the last hope for justice in Garner's death lies with the NYPD commissioner and the mayor, who must fire the officer who killed him.

The coffee chain is under fire after a store manager called the police to detain black men who asked to use the bathroom before purchasing anything.

Nine out of 1,000 infants born in the state died before reaching their first birthday.

White households in Boston, on the other hand, average a net worth of $247,500, or nearly 31,000 times more than African-American Bostonians.

The hip-hop artist will drop his second studio album, 'Beerbongs & Bentleys,' on December 1.

Doctors are much more likely to prescribe opioid medication to white patients than their black and Latino counterparts.

When will the NFL cease to be embroiled in political controversy?

Is Miami-Dade unfairly using neighborhoods of color as trash sites after Hurricane Irma?

A study from a Loyola Law School professor reveals prosecutors' racial biases.