For many years, Eric Wunderlin’s health issues made it hard to find stable employment. Struggling to manage depression and diabetes,…
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The hidden power of marathon Senate speeches: What history tells us about Cory Booker’s 25-hour oration
By Charlie Hunt, Boise State University Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey made history on April 1, 2025,…
Why was South Africa’s ambassador to the US expelled? A view of the Ebrahim Rasool affair
By Peter Vale, University of Pretoria In a rare move, the Trump administration expelled Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s ambassador to…
Big cuts at the Education Department’s civil rights office will affect vulnerable students for years to come
By Erica Frankenberg, Penn State and Maithreyi Gopalan, University of Oregon The U.S. Department of Education cut its workforce by…
We analyzed racial justice statements from the 500 largest US companies and found that DEI officials really did have an influence
By Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, UMass Amherst; Jorge Quesada Velazco, UMass Amherst, and Kevin L. Young, UMass Amherst In 2020, American…
What is apartheid? New book for young readers explains South Africa’s racist system
By Xolisa Guzula, University of Cape Town and Athambile Masola, University of Cape Town A new book, Together Apart: The…
Trump orders a plan to close Education Department – an anthropologist who studies MAGA explains 4 reasons why Trump and his supporters want to eliminate it
By Alex Hinton, Rutgers University – Newark “And one other thing I’ll be doing very early in the administration is…
Massive layoffs at the Department of Education erode its civil rights division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will…
US funding cuts may affect Nigeria’s fight against terrorism. Here’s how
By Al Chukwuma Okoli, Federal University Lafia The United States decision to cut international aid funding will affect Nigeria in…
The US has pardoned insurrectionists twice before – and both times, years of violent racism followed
By Joseph Patrick Kelly, College of Charleston and David Cason, University of North Dakota Donald Trump is the third U.S.…
