Before Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Driscus Du Plessis, a white Afrikaner, knocked out former Champion Robert Whittaker, he declared that he would be the “first real African champion, born, bred, and raised in Africa.” Immediat...
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Before Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitor Driscus Du Plessis, a white Afrikaner, knocked out former Champion Robert Whittaker, he declared that he would be the “first real African champion, born, bred, and raised in Africa.” Immediat...
“379 parking spots does not equate to the memories of the children in our community,” argued Pawtucket resident Tatiana Reis, testifying last August in front of the city’s planning commission. “The city has neglected Morley Field for so many ...
“379 parking spots does not equate to the memories of the children in our community,” argued Pawtucket resident Tatiana Reis, testifying last August in front of the city’s planning commission. “The city has neglected Morley Field for so many ...
Greece is undeniably beautiful: a Mediterranean haven that promises a rich, historic culture and a gorgeously blue sea. Or so argues the Greek summer advertisement released two years ago to promote Greek tourism after Covid-19 devastated the industry...
Greece is undeniably beautiful: a Mediterranean haven that promises a rich, historic culture and a gorgeously blue sea. Or so argues the Greek summer advertisement released two years ago to promote Greek tourism after Covid-19 devastated the industry...
Every February, up to my senior year of high school, my teachers would teach some variation of a “classic” Black History Month lesson, showing us videos entitled “10 Black Inventors” or “How Black People Contributed to Music History” foll...
Every February, up to my senior year of high school, my teachers would teach some variation of a “classic” Black History Month lesson, showing us videos entitled “10 Black Inventors” or “How Black People Contributed to Music History” foll...
On October 5, 2021, Netflix released a comedy special starring Dave Chappelle entitled The Closer. Throughout the special, Chappelle made a number of transphobic statements that quickly garnered backlash. Among other things, Chappelle stated that “...
On October 5, 2021, Netflix released a comedy special starring Dave Chappelle entitled The Closer. Throughout the special, Chappelle made a number of transphobic statements that quickly garnered backlash. Among other things, Chappelle stated that “...
It is 3:00 a.m. on a Saturday in Providence, RI. Dusk has fallen over College Hill—a neighborhood with very low crime rates compared to the rest of Providence. By now, the chatter of students, usually erupting like a volcano, has died down. Brown s...
It is 3:00 a.m. on a Saturday in Providence, RI. Dusk has fallen over College Hill—a neighborhood with very low crime rates compared to the rest of Providence. By now, the chatter of students, usually erupting like a volcano, has died down. Brown s...
Should we teach our kids about the lasting impacts of slavery? In a country built on slave labor, this may seem an obvious question with an obvious answer, especially after the widespread impact of the Black Lives Matter movement in the summer of 202...
Should we teach our kids about the lasting impacts of slavery? In a country built on slave labor, this may seem an obvious question with an obvious answer, especially after the widespread impact of the Black Lives Matter movement in the summer of 202...
Dorothy A. Brown is professor of law at Emory University School of Law. She is a nationally recognized scholar in tax policy, race, and class and has published extensively on the racial implications of federal tax policy. She is highly sought for her...
Dorothy A. Brown is professor of law at Emory University School of Law. She is a nationally recognized scholar in tax policy, race, and class and has published extensively on the racial implications of federal tax policy. She is highly sought for her...
*This interview is the fourth installment of Ask the Chief, a BPR interview series with police chiefs from around the country. Art Acevedo was sworn in as the Miami Chief of Police on April 5, 2021. He is also the President of the Major C...
*This interview is the fourth installment of Ask the Chief, a BPR interview series with police chiefs from around the country. Art Acevedo was sworn in as the Miami Chief of Police on April 5, 2021. He is also the President of the Major C...
*This interview is the third installment of Ask the Chief, a BPR interview series with police chiefs from around the country. Danielle Outlaw is the first Black female serving as the Police Commissioner for the Philadelphia Police Departm...
*This interview is the third installment of Ask the Chief, a BPR interview series with police chiefs from around the country. Danielle Outlaw is the first Black female serving as the Police Commissioner for the Philadelphia Police Departm...
Frustrated that neither politicians nor the mainstream media adequately addressed the dramatic rise in anti-Asian violence witnessed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Eda Yu and her partner Myles Thompson created a call-to-action social media...
Frustrated that neither politicians nor the mainstream media adequately addressed the dramatic rise in anti-Asian violence witnessed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Eda Yu and her partner Myles Thompson created a call-to-action social media...
Before the coronavirus pandemic, chronic absenteeism was a growing epidemic of its own kind that rocked schools across the country. Defined as missing fifteen or more days of a given school year, chronic absenteeism is a systemic issue with serious c...
Before the coronavirus pandemic, chronic absenteeism was a growing epidemic of its own kind that rocked schools across the country. Defined as missing fifteen or more days of a given school year, chronic absenteeism is a systemic issue with serious c...