By Jane Coaston — 2019
When Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term 30 years ago, it was a relatively obscure legal concept. Then it went viral.
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CLEAR ALL
For Saeed Jones, generations collapse into seconds during an American week of chaos and sorrow.
Black women are 37 cents behind men in the pay gap—in other words, for every dollar a man makes, black women make 63 cents.
Close to 11% of American adults with Hispanic ancestors don’t even identify as Hispanic or Latino.
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.
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Four years ago, I opposed reparations. Here's the story of how my thinking has evolved since then.
Psychologists have yet to find a way to diminish hidden prejudice, but they do have strategies for thwarting discrimination
Misty Copeland is speaking out about racial injustice and inequality in ballet.
The bodies of lonely people are markedly different from the bodies of non-lonely people.
A grassroots civil-dialogue movement creates a new kind of safe space: one that invites students from across the political spectrum to discuss controversial issues, including policing, gender identity, and free speech itself.
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Providing ways for people to share their perspectives through storytelling initiatives can contribute to bigger changes in society and even help reduce prejudice.