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Will Covid-19 Revive Faculty Power?

Will the COVID crisis be the moment that seals the power of trustees, donors and administrators over universities organized like corporations, or will faculty organize to reassert shared governance?

The Daily: Trump's Suburban Strategy (audio)

Trump has used recent protests to double down on a suburban strategy based in fear of crime and disorder. Writer Emily Badger investigates whether it will work. 

Ancestry Promises Holocaust Records Will Be Free

The U.S.C. Shoah Foundation has partnered with the genealogy giant, and an initial rollout faced a glitch. But some survivor families don’t want their histories public.

More National Guard Troops Could Be On Their Way To Kenosha

University of Connecticut sociologist Noël Cazenave says there is a historical relationship between white vigilante movements and perceptions of increased political power by Black people. 

Early Dispatches From the COVID-19 Classroom

As the fall term begins, professors describe their experiences in the in-person (and virtual) classroom. Their verdict? Better than feared. Lots of faculty experimentation. Students are anxious, and physical conditions are … mixed.

Remembering When RNC Delegates Fought For Racial Justice

The RNC abandoned writing any policy platform in favor of a statement of “enthusiastic support” for the decisions of President Trump.

Here's Why Trump Officials Rarely Face Penalties For Hatch Act Violations

By hosting part of the GOP convention at the White House, the Trump administration is accused of violating the 1939 federal ethics law.

House Democrat Introduces Bill To Replace Confederate Monuments Nationwide

Rep. Bobby Rush's legislation would create a National Park Service program to speed the removal of Confederate monuments across the country.

There's a Movement to Get More Schools to Teach Black History and it's Being Led by Teens

Young activists and their faculty supporters see an urgent need for education reform.

‘Soul!’ Brought Black Culture to TV in 1968. A New Doc Tells Its Story.

“Mr. Soul!” spotlights Ellis Haizlip, the host of a show that gave Stevie Wonder, Wilson Pickett and James Baldwin a platform.

Scholars of Poverty and Inequality Face Their Own Racial Reckoning

by Nicole Sussner Rodgers and Deadric T. Williams

Social scientists have long entertained the theory that persistent Black poverty results from in-group cultural deficiency. Now the field of poverty studies faces a growing rebellion of scholars who call this victim-blaming. 

This Ida B. Wells Mosaic is also a Monument to Women’s Suffrage

While women of color have been sometimes overlooked throughout history, you can’t miss suffragist and civil rights icon Ida B. Wells inside Washington, D.C.’s Union Station right now.

British Museum Removes Founder's Statue Over Slavery Links

Hans Sloane ‘pushed off pedestal’ and placed with artefacts putting his work in context of British empire.

In N.H. Town, Calls To Put Up Statue Of Black Revolutionary War Hero

Wentworth Cheswill had an integral role in what may have been the first true battle of the Revolutionary War in Porsmouth, New Hampshire.

1,100-Year-Old Treasure Is Unearthed by Teenagers in Israel

The discovery offers clues to the relations between different empires that controlled the region centuries ago.

No President Or Nominee Ever Spoke At A Convention. Then FDR Broke The Rules

In 1932, FDR flew to Chicago Stadium and became the first presidential nominee to give an acceptance speech at a political convention.

Rethinking Who and What Get Memorialized

The notion that history can be rewritten is a powerful one. It starts by taking the pen from the authors we’ve always had — and giving it to someone else.

Liverpool Identifies First Streets For Slavery Plaques

Included in the list are well-known locations such as Bold Street, Seel Street and Falkner Square.

U.S. Cities and States are Discussing Reparations for Black Americans. Here’s What’s Key

One lesson from international efforts: Keep reparations distinct from general social support.

Tilting At Windmills: The FBI Chased Imagined Eco-Activist Enemies, Documents Reveal

At the wind energy industry’s behest, the FBI and DHS gamed out attacks on facilities that they acknowledged face no threat.