Psychology Prof. Michael Kraus discussed the inaccurate perceptions around racial inequality progression in the United States Monday afternoon in Chambers Hall. Kraus said he became interested in ...

The latest book from UC Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus of Politics Michael K. Brown takes a look back over a century of American history to explore how shortcomings in political philosophy have kept ...

The words equality and equity often get used interchangeably, but they have quite different meanings. Equality is an objective term — it means just what it implies and there is little room for debate.

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In the months after George Floyd’s murder on May 25, 2020, as protests swept the globe and books on racism and white privilege flew from bookstore shelves, hope grew that America might finally ...

Civil rights leaders and elected officials commemorated on Friday the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the day voting and civil rights activists were violently beaten and injured by law ...

President Trump’s attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are making life difficult for some public health officials, who view eliminating racial disparities as part of their mission. By ...

For many Black Americans, closing the racial equity gap can feel like an insurmountable task. More than 83% say efforts ...

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