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His crayon is purple – but is Harold a Black boy?

Prior to 1998, Harold of ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ was depicted as racially ambiguous. Harper & Brothers, 1955 by Philip Nel, Kansas State University Is...

Tyler Perry dismisses ‘highbrow negroes’ criticizing his films

Tyler Perry is shutting down criticism of his films from "highbrow negroes." During a recent appearance on the "Baby, This is Keke Palmer podcast," Perry...

Whose health matters? The diversity deficit in clinical trials

Racialized people are disproportionately affected by diabetes, but are underrepresented in clinical studies. (Shutterstock) by Sonia Anand, McMaster University Most people are aware that the process...

All aboard for self-advocacy: Group helps people with disabilities grow confidence in their talents

Jason Smierciak, a 29-year-old on the autism spectrum, bends down to control his carefully crafted web of model trains, Saturday, May 4, 2024, at...

Guest Editorial: And so it goes!

U.S. Supreme Court Credit: Image by Mark Thomas from Pixabay The Amsterdam News We are not surprised, nor should you be upon learning on Thursday that...

Voting in unconstitutional districts: US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing...

Overturning decades of tradition, the Supreme Court in 2022 let Alabama use voting districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of...

Nonwhite people are drastically underrepresented in local government

by Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, Harvard Kennedy School Elected representatives in government don’t always look like the people they serve. The people who serve in local governments...

Why New Hampshire and Iowa don’t make sense as the opening rounds of presidential campaigns

by Charles R. Hunt, Boise State University Iowa and New Hampshire have long been the first states to hold presidential contests in election years. But should...

Exclusive: Tyler Perry inspires with new film ‘Maxine’s Baby,’ reveals Atlanta’s role in his success

Tyler Perry’s path to becoming a film and TV mogul was not conventional. A New Orleans native born to humble beginnings, Perry found a...

No Black women CEOs on S&P 500 after Rosalind Brewer’s Walgreens exit

There are no longer any Black woman CEOs that head an S&P 500 company after Rosalind Brewer parted ways with the Walgreens Boot Alliance,...

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