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By Marlee Bunch, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign My grandmother’s name was Mrs. Zola Jackson. As one of the handful of Black teachers in Mississippi during the Jim Crow era…
Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott stirred controversy this week after making remarks about slavery, suggesting it is not a historical issue with lasting consequences on African Americans during his appearance…
By William Hatungimana, Oklahoma State University and Haruka Nagao, Oklahoma State University China has big ambitions in Africa. Between 2000 and 2020, the economic superpower loaned African governments US$159 billion…
By Taifha Natalee Alexander, University of California, Los Angeles When police arrested Nevada rapper Kenjuan McDaniel on a murder charge in August 2023, they cited a music video he posted…
Two years after a public housing complex was hit by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana, residents are still without answers on what comes next. This story was originally published by The…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama's hotly-contested congressional map will receive it's first major overhaul in about three decades after the U.S. Supreme Court made a decision to reject the state’s bid…
By Eric Gable, University of Mary Washington and Richard Handler, University of Virginia Of all the debate over teaching U.S. slavery, it is one sentence of Florida’s revised academic standards…
By Alicia Fourie, University of Pretoria and Derick Blaauw, North-West University South Africa is an attractive tourist destination for foreign travellers on the African continent. It ranks 27th out of…
By Martin Abel, Bowdoin College Because names are among the first things you learn about someone, they can influence first impressions. That this is particularly true for names associated with…
Trinity Washington, an 11-year-old Black girl in Chicago, was allegedly attacked after her neighbors -- who were reportedly celebrating Mexican Independence Day -- hurled racial slurs at her and her…
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