Racism

A person-centric scientific conference demonstrates that gathering can counter the isolation of underrepresentation

The COVID pandemic and the police murder of George Floyd polarized views on policing. Rather than abolishing policing or maintaining its status quo, we need to make it better and more focused

The forced resignation of Harvard’s president provides a peek at the blueprint for the war against justice in the U.S., concludes a long-time observer of attacks on academia

U.S. police embraced frequent “consent” searches of motorists during the “tough on crime” era. These searches, meant to sidestep privacy rights, are both racially misapplied and ineffective

When asked, ChatGPT declared that its training material—the language we humans use every day—was to blame for potential bias in stories it generated

Today’s Silicon Valley billionaires grew up reading classic American science fiction. Now they’re trying to make it come true, embodying a dangerous political outlook

Universities need to train their faculty to be better mentors to students of color, and to understand these students’ vulnerabilities

Banning formaldehyde hair relaxers might help protect Black women’s health, but won’t end the racism that drives their use

Far-right extremists shifted their online hate from Muslims to Jews in 2017, and offline hate followed the same trends 

Physician Uché Blackstock talks about her experience of the huge health disparities faced by Black Americans in her new book Legacy

Growing evidence suggests certain hair products marketed toward Black women may be harmful to their health. Scientists, entrepreneurs and policy makers are taking steps to fix the problem

Physicians need to be aware of how their choice of words and patient labels affect patients