There are two health care systems in the United States: one for white America and one for Black America. To address this reality, we must devise comprehensive, long-term solutions, but first, let’s explore what we mean when we say that there are two different systems. The American Bar Association explains:…
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 secured the right to vote for racial and language minorities and prohibited discrimination in voting. Prior to the passage of this law, the Constitution granted each individual state broad autonomy in determining the voter qualifications that it wanted to set for its elections. From…
The United States population is equivalent to 4.25 percent of the world’s population, and yet the United States jails roughly 20 percent of the world’s prisoners. Why? Why does the “land of the free” — a country whose Constitution places a premium on liberty — boast the highest incarceration rate…
To further advance the goals of Black History Month, we will be using the month of February to explore the Black experience in America, starting with a series of explainers on issues affecting the Black community and culminating in a feature story at the end of the month. So without…