Why the ideology of the “New Right” is so dangerous
BLK News Now!Johannes Steizinger, McMaster University "Foto ufficiale di Giorgia Meloni" by Mens19 is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. The populist radical right has been on the rise for some time, with…
Knoxville’s Black Community Endured Deeply Rooted Racism. Now There Is Medical Debt.
(Originally published Oct. 28, 2022) By Noam N. Levey, California Healthline Diagnosed with cancer five years ago, Monica Reed of Knoxville, Tennessee, was left with nearly $10,000 in medical bills…
The Biden administration wants to expand broadband access and job opportunities for women and people of color
"Joe Biden" by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. This story was originally published by The 19th The government is investing $65 billion into expansion programs, including nearly…
Somalia: four lessons from past experience of dealing with famine
"Somalia" by United Nations Photo is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Guido Alfani, Bocconi University and Cormac Ó Gráda, University College Dublin Since 1990 the world’s famines have been classified…
New anti-poverty initiative focuses on lived experiences to help shape policy
Leah Levac, University of Guelph and Jillian Crocker, University of Guelph The theme of the recent United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was Dignity for All in…
Georgia’s GOP overhauled the state’s election laws in 2021 – and critics argue the target was Black voter turnout, not election fraud
Richard F. Doner, Emory University In the rash of election reform laws enacted after former President Donald Trump’s false claims of fraud during the 2020 presidential election, few were tougher…
More Than Two Years After George Floyd’s Murder Sparked a Movement, Police Reform Has Stalled. What Happened?
This story was originally published by ProPublica. By Jake Pearson, ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this…