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Reframing the conversation on racial justice and equity.

A collaboration with The Boston Globe and Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research

Health | Amanda J. Calhoun

We know Black people get killed by the police. Now, let’s talk about brutality in the hospital

Yale physician on what we can do about medical racism — the violence we can’t record.

Criminal Legal System | Nia T. Evans
Biden can stop White supremacist violence. Or he can support the police unconditionally.
He can’t do both.

Education | Carissa Chen
How elite views cultivated in Harvard’s early days fed ideas about school segregation
University profited from enslaved family of Darby Vassall, who helped transform public education for Black Boston students.

Health | Michelle A. Williams
The right to an abortion can be saved
4 things we can do right now at the federal, state, and community level to protect women’s right to choose, says Harvard public health dean

Video | Dante Duarte, Akayla Gardner, Rohan Grey, and Cleve Mesidor
Could crypto be a driver for racial equity?
When the first bitcoin was created in 2009, communities of color jumped in to explore a new class of financial assets without the runaround of traditional banking. Our panel held a spirited discussion about the risks and the opportunities.

Video | Ibram X. Kendi
Enslavers were the O.G. book banners
Tyrants don’t burn books anymore. They ban them. Today’s book bans are not unprecedented and unparalleled, as many have said.

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CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM | Xavier de Souza Briggs and Lora-Ellen McKinney
Impunity is a kill switch for racial progress
Until our institutions start taking accountability seriously, addressing racial injustice won’t happen fast enough.

EXPLAIN | Jalil Mustaffa Bishop
Stop asking how to pay for free college
Higher education hasn’t lived up to its racial justice and social mobility ideals — but can.

explain | Mandi Woodruff-Santos
How the pandemic changed the way Black workers go to work
The pandemic might have been the spark that ignited the so-called Great Resignation, but widespread racial and gender inequity at work served as the perfect kindling.

culture | Lise Ragbir
When being seen is not enough
As Black art gets more amplified on TV, film, exposure is too big a price to pay for real appreciation and respect.

Throughline | Amber Payne and Deborah D. Douglas
Editors' letter: Return of The Emancipator
This commentary-forward platform seeks context and depth to achieve racial justice and our nation’s True North — a functioning democracy.