Ellen Gallagher: Questioning Race
Artist Ellen Gallagher interweaves text and images to force viewers to confront and question race in American society.
The Pervasive Racism on U.S. College Campuses
How faculty and students of color are marginalized by their own institutions.
When a Memoir Tells Half the Story: Prince Edward County and School Desegregation
Kristen Green's memoir Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County neglects the broader significance of the county's school desegregation crisis.
From Vaudeville to Hamilton: Racial Minorities in Musicals
Hamilton, the Lin-Manuel Miranda play, is taking Broadway by storm. Its use of a "race-blind" cast has been unprecedented in modern theater.
Mass Murderers Don’t Have a Race When They’re White
Why the race of perpetrators in mass shootings is only a factor when the shooters are not white.
The Racism of History Textbooks
How history textbooks reinforced narratives of racism, and the fight to change those books from the 1940s to the present.
White Teachers, Black Students
Perception of black students by their white teachers may be racially biased.
School Suspensions and the Racial Discipline Gap
The racial discipline gap in school suspensions has lasting educational and social effects.
What Students are Forgetting this Summer
The gap between students when it comes to educational achievement may come down to more than schools.