Race & Equity

Can we fix the college admissions process?

In an attempt to make the admissions process more fair, Congress wants to try it’s…

Erin Jackson’s Win Moves the Representation Needle, a bit

“Hopefully, this has an effect. Hopefully, we’ll see more minorities, especially in the USA, getting…

Don’t Let White Normativity Steal the Joy of Black Faces Leading Broadway Spaces

Relating to Black Entertainment, there is perhaps no better way to conclude 2022’s commemoration of…

Stop Romanticizing the Educational Experience

There’s been quite a bit of buzz about TV series that take a look at…

I’m breaking up with being strong.

I’m breaking up with being strong. Being strong has gotten me where I am in…

260 Black Americans’ lives are lost every day. A culturally competent healthcare system could change that.

Last week, Bloomberg shared a report based on records from a medical center in Chicago…

Electricity for All is a Right

On a recent rainy afternoon, on the side of Nicaragua’s highest mountain, Cerro Mogotón, coffee…

Mental Health Matters

In the past decade, society’s focus on mental health issues has taken on a new…

Zora Neale Hurston was prescient on race

In 1953, almost a year after Brown v. Board of Education determined school segregation to be unconstitutional, Zora Neale…

All Latinos are not perceived as equal

Social media has been abuzz this past week with harsh criticism of Colombian artist J Balvin…

Marvel, can you please stop idealizing whiteness with your diversity?

As a single Black mom knee deep in pandemic life, I gleefully purchased one of…

“Complexity” is the Tip of the Melting Iceberg

FX’s Reservation Dogs, nominated earlier this week for a Golden Globe award for Best Musical/Comedy…

Across the Divides: How the Dialogue of Life Can Enrich All

Instant polarization is often the public reaction in this country to news events. This is…

Linguistic Identity & Hollywood: Hoping Spielberg and Sorkin got the Latinx accents Right

Two films were released today that bring to light stories that represent the Latino/x community…

Close Healthcare Gaps: Black Americans Need Black Healthcare Providers

My entire intermediate family, ages 30 – 79, is considered high risk in this pandemic.…