Tag: racial inequity
Commentary – Black Youth Mental Health: Will Our Kids Be Alright?
By Rhea Boyd and Jade Davis, Special to California Black Media Partners
We are living in unusual and challenging times, when despair and despondency have...
Black veteran groups seek policy agenda on racial inequities
By Aaron Morrison, Associated Press
As a young man in Memphis, Tennessee, Robert Dabney Jr. wanted to blaze a path that could set his family...
What America’s voting rights activists can learn from past movements for civil rights
By Anthony Siracusa, University of Colorado Boulder, The Conversation
With Congress failing to pass new voting rights legislation, it’s worth remembering that throughout U.S. history,...
Desmond Tutu, South African Equality Activist, Dies at 90
Desmond Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South...
Treasury Department Names First Counselor for Racial Equity
By Ken Sweet, AP Business Writer
The Treasury Department has hired a former JPMorgan Chase executive to head a new government program aimed at combatting...