Jury diversity is a worthy goal and there are ways to reach it
Jury service is not easy and it’s not popular. But the right to a jury is embedded in the constitutional right to a fair trial. When juries do not reflect the diversity of the...
Category: Systemic Structural Racism
Weapons of Mass Distraction – The GOP exploits Black Republicans to cover for its own racism.
here was a time when Black Republicans like Frederick Douglass championed the cause of racial justice. They were the “progressives” of their day. None were perfect, but most had a sense of integrity. For...
First-of-its-kind study on structural racism to be led by Michigan State, Rutgers
Researchers from Michigan State University and Rutgers University say they will lead the first nationally funded study on the effects of structural racism on housing, aging and health. The research – funded by an...
Racism was called a health threat. Then came the DEI backlash.
David R. Williams and Rachel Hardeman are population health researchers at different universities with one thing in common: Both have been added to a right-wing “watch list” for teaching about and researching the ways...
N.J. State Police has a ‘long and notorious history’ of discrimination, lawyer says. Will it ever change?
Women serving with the New Jersey State Police were told they were “liabilities on the road” or “not tough enough for the job.” Troopers of color were told that “just because you’re Black doesn’t...
New Jersey State Police hit with scathing reports on racial discrimination, handling of complaints
Attorney general makes sweeping recommendations for change at the state agency. New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin on Tuesday ordered a sweeping set of reforms for the State Police and took over some of...
In Alabama, Officers Accused of Violence and Misconduct Carry Out Secretive Executions
As the state keeps details around the death penalty hidden, an investigation into its execution team raises questions about how incarcerated people are treated in their final moments. Lauren Gill, Daniel and Moritz-Rabson September...
Is Bluelining the ‘New’ Redlining? How Insurance Discrimination Deepens Climate Disparities
On July 21, the world experienced the hottest global temperature on record, only to surpass that record the next day. However, not everyone experiences the impacts of this heat and other climate-exacerbated disasters equally....
Opinion | Only 1.8% of U.S. Doctors Were Black in 1906—Inequality in Medical Education Continues
Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own state bans on diversity initiatives, especially those that might make students feel shame or...
Black Americans’ mistrust of the criminal justice system
Views about the intentions of the U.S. criminal justice system have their roots in key events in the 20th century. In the convict-leasing and chain gang systems of the early 1900s, Black men were...