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A Witness to the Tulsa Massacre, and a Family Forever Altered, by Pierre-Antoine Louis, The New York Times, May 29, 2021
What so many get wrong about racism in the workplace, Fingerprint for Success, May 2021
Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others, Pepperdine University
Ronald Crutcher’s Racial Reckoning: How the University of Richmond’s first Black president found himself at odds with student activists, The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 28, 2021
Opinion: As a Black Woman Raised by White Parents, I Have Some Advice for Potential Adopters, Opinion by Rebecca Carroll, The Washington Post, April 5, 2021
CSR’s Commitment to Advancing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Peer Review, by Noni Byrnes, NIH Review Matters Blog
Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome, Harvard Business Review, February 11, 2021
From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter: Protest expert Aldon Morris explains how social justice movements succeed, Scientific American, February 3, 2021
The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results, The New York Times, January 7, 2021
Why Did Racial Progress Stall in America? The answer may show us the path out of our fractured and polarized present. Opinion Piece, The New York Times, December 4, 2020
The Double Jeopardy of Environmental Racism, JHSPH Magazine COVID-19 Special Edition 2020
For Blacks and Other Minorities, Transportation Inequities Often Keep Opportunities Out of Reach, JHSPH Magazine COVID-19 Special Edition 2020
Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab, PLOS Computational Biology | October 1, 2020, V. Bala Chaudhary, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
103 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice, Medium, Corinne Shutack | August 23, 2020
Is This the Beginning of the End of American Racism? Donald Trump has revealed the depths of the country’s prejudice—and has inadvertently forced a reckoning (30 minutes on Soundcloud & print) This article appears in the September 2020 print edition with the headline “The End of Denial."
Reconciliation Must Be Televised. What is the next step as America confronts its racism? A broadcast spectacle, our critic writes, that could look like court, a telethon, therapy, an Oprah show — and more. New York Times, Wesley Morris | July 30, 2020
Wage gap robs Black women in D.C. of almost $2 million over lifetime, analysis finds, Washington Post, Samantha Schmidt | July 29, 2020
At 88, he is a historical rarity — the living son of a slave Washington Post, Sydney Trent | July 27, 202
Medical Schools Have Historically Been Wrong on Race While the blatant horrors of the past are gone, the ideas that fueled race-based medicine stubbornly linger. We can change. New York Times, Dr. Damon Tweedy | July 27, 2020
What is a microaggression? 14 things people think are fine to say at work — but are actually racist, sexist, or offensive, Business Insider, Marguerite Ward and Rachel Premack | July 24, 2020
Opinion | How Larry Hogan Kept Blacks in Baltimore Segregated and Poor, Governor Larry Hogan portrays himself as a moderate who cares about minorities, but his decisions tell a different story—particularly his decision to cancel Baltimore’s Red Line. Politico, Sheryll Cashin | July 18, 2020
White Supremacy Was Her World. And Then She Left. To stop hate, we have to understand it. New York Times, Seyward Darby | July 17, 2020
How to explain systemic racism to non-liberals like me, Washington Post, Megan McArdle | July 14, 2020
Anti-Semitic posts — and tepid reactions — should enrage us We must consider why DeSean Jackson's anti-Semitic comments drew less outrage than other types of hateful language, by Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press | July 12, 2020
Reparations bill gets new attention amid BLM. Could other nations provide a blueprint? Reparations for historical crimes and injustices such as slavery and genocide have been made in other countries. Will the USA join the list? USA Today, Kim Hjelmgaard | July 10, 2020
What the police really believe, Inside the distinctive, largely unknown ideology of American policing — and how it justifies racist violence. Vox, Zack Beauchamp | July 7, 2020
What Can We Do to Combat Anti-Black Racism in the Biomedical Research Enterprise? National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Dr. Jon Lorsch, Dr. Kenneth Gibbs, Dr. Alison Gammie | June 10, 2020
What it really means to be an anti-racist, and why it's not the same as being an ally (15 minute read) Business Insider, Hillary Hoffower | June 8, 2020, A basic primer on anti-racism, and snippets of other useful information. See the title of the book in one of the pictures.
I could have been George Floyd – many times The Cancer Letter, Robert Winn, MD | June 5, 2020
I could have been George Floyd, too, The Cancer Letter, Otis Brawley, MD | June 5, 2020
A Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Explains Why This Time is Different, New Yorker, Isaac Chotiner | June 3, 2020
Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?, The Bold Italic, Courtney Martin | June 1, 2020
One Thing the Pandemic Hasn’t Stopped: Aggressive Medical-Debt Collection by Alec MacGillis | ProPublica | April 28, 2020
Black People Need Stronger White Allies — Here’s How You Can Be One, Refinery29, Stephanie Long | May 27, 2020
Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? Americans don’t see me, or Ahmaud Arbery, running down the road - they see their fear. The Atlantic, Ibram X. Kendi | May 12, 2020
When Bias Is Coded Into Our Technology, NPR Code Switch, Jennifer 8. Lee | February 8, 2020
Activists rally for Hopkins, other nonprofits to ‘pay their fair share’ as Baltimore council reviews tax deal by, Talia Richman, The Baltimore Sun, December 2019
The 1619 Project (all the articles) The New York Times Magazine | August 2019
The Intersectionality Wars, Vox, Jane Coaston | May 28, 2019
Want To Help End Racism In The Food System? by Mark Bittman
The Matter of Black Lives A new kind of movement found its moment. What will its future be? | New Yorker, Jelani Cob | March 7, 2016
Racism in the Academe The New Millennium, Additional findings of the Commission on Race and Racism in Anthropology and the American Anthropological Association. February 2012
On Race: The Relevance of Saying 'Minority', NPR, Edward Schumacher-Matos | August 29, 2011
My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant, NYT Magazine, Jose Antonio Vargas | June 22, 2011