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Deadly heatwaves threaten to reverse India’s progress on poverty and inequality – new research
New research shows how deadly heatwaves threaten to reverse...
Why more and more Americans are painting their lawns
Today, many Americans are turning to paint in order to create...
Cluttercore: Gen Z’s revolt against millennial minimalism is grounded in Victorian excess
The current war between maximalist generation Z and minimal millennials...
W.E.B. Du Bois, Black History Month and the importance of African American studies
In celebration of Black History Month, a scholar of History and...
John Chilembwe: a new statue celebrates Malawi Pan-Africanist the world forgot
A bronze sculpture called Antelope, installed...
What does ESG mean? Two business scholars explain what environmental, social and governance standards and principles are
Environmental sustainability, social concerns, and high-quality...
Being light-skinned can lead to ‘reverse colorism’ in many parts of the world
A scholar of the politics of skin color explains how colorism...
A brief history of the mortgage, from its roots in ancient Rome to the English ‘dead pledge’ and its rebirth in America
A brief history of the mortgage, from its roots in ancient Rome...
Indigenous languages make inroads into public schools
Research has found that putting more culturally diverse...
As the 8 billionth person is born, here’s how Africa will shape the future of the planet’s population
Demographers explain how Africa will shape the future of...
Everyday African American Vernacular English is a dialect born from conflict and creativity
A professor of linguistics discusses the origins of everyday...
Men don’t trust female central bankers on inflation or the economy, survey data shows
Survey data shows that men don’t trust female central bankers...
Pit bulls went from America’s best friend to public enemy – now they’re slowly coming full circle
Over the past decade, awareness has grown that breed-specific...
!["Till boy's funeral, Burr Oaks Cemetary" [sic]. Photograph taken at the funeral of Emmett Till in Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois, September 6, 1955. Till's mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, and grandmother, Alma Spearman with arm raised in prayer, are at the center of the photograph. Photograph by Dave Mann of the Chicago Sun-Times. African American history, Black history, civil rights, hate crimes, murder, racism](https://cdn.britannica.com/09/237509-050-D3FDD41A/Mamie-Till-Mobley-Emmett-Till-funeral-1955.jpg?w=400&h=225&c=crop)
With the movie ‘Till,’ Mamie Till-Mobley’s quest to educate the world about her son’s lynching marches on
The film “Till” seeks to unveil the complete story of how Mamie...
Being a librarian isn’t just about books – it’s about helping everyone get access to information and resources
A specialist in children’s and young adult literature explains...
Educators can help make STEM fields diverse – over 25 years, I’ve identified nudges that can encourage students to stay
A social psychologist has identified ways in which educators...
1 in 10 teachers say they’ve been attacked by students
Student attacks on teachers are on the rise, and experts say...
Baby names: why we all choose the same ones
Research has shown that parents-to-be like the same names at...
Lost touch with someone? Reach out – your friend will likely appreciate it more than you think
Research has shown that reaching out to a long-lost friend or...
How the tampon shortage is exacerbating period poverty in the US
An expert on public health and menstruation at Columbia...
Only about 1 in 5 engineering degrees go to women
Research shows what steps need to be taken in order to encourage...
Building bridges between scientific and Indigenous knowledge
An anthropologist discusses the Indigenous Peoples’ Research...
How Indian American spelling bee dominance may fuel educational inequities
The Scripps National Spelling Bee provides unique insight...
I prepare aspiring teachers to educate kids of color – here’s how I help them root out their own biases
Research shows that students benefit academically when their...
Parents of deaf children often miss out on key support from the Deaf community
As parents make decisions about how best to support their deaf...
Black college presidents had a tough balancing act during the civil rights era
Although black college students contributed to the civil rights...
A shrinking fraction of the world’s major crops goes to feed the hungry
Studies have shown that a greater percentage of the world’s major...
Trusting societies are overall happier – a happiness expert explains why
Evidence strongly suggests that lower levels of happiness inequality...
In age of racial reckoning, Ralph Lauren partners with Morehouse and Spelman grads on vintage Black fashion styles
In March 2020 Ralph Lauren announced a partnership with two historically...
What drives Chinese migrants to Ghana: it’s not just an economic decision
Research of Chinese migrants has found that opportunities...
How a poet and professor promotes racial understanding with lessons from history
Poet and professor Quraysh Ali Lansana, the director of...
Amazon, Starbucks and the sparking of a new American union movement
A scholar of the labor movement has observed the unconventional...
Transgender people of color face unique challenges as gender discrimination and racism intersect
Researchers study the challenges transgender people of color...
I no longer grade my students’ work – and I wish I had stopped sooner
A Professor of English shares her teaching technique of ungrading,...
Calling Asians ‘robotic’ is a racist stereotype with a long, troubled history
Scholars examine the racial stereotype of Asian roboticism and...
Affordable housing in the US is increasingly scarce, making renters ask: Where do we go?
A sociologist says that now, more than ever, workers are feeling...
Four Black women who have advanced human rights
Meet four black women who have advanced human rights in...
Barbie doll that honors Ida B. Wells faces an uphill battle against anti-Blackness
Mattel has released a Barbie doll to honor Ida B. Wells, but...
The story of how Swahili became Africa’s most spoken language
The story of how Swahili became Africa’s most spoken language.
Money buys even more happiness than it used to
While the old adage says that money can’t buy happiness, several...
Why defacing the Terry Fox statue touched a nerve with so many Canadians
Why defacing the Terry Fox statue touched a nerve with so many Canadians,...
Old statues of Confederate generals are slowly disappearing – will monuments honoring people of color replace them?
One study found that, of more than 48,000 statues, plaques, parks...
Dog breeds are mere Victorian confections, neither pure nor ancient
The changes wrought upon dogs in the Victorian era were revolutionary,...
Fighting school segregation didn’t take place just in the South
The struggle to desegregate America’s schools in the 1950s and...
What I learned when I recreated the famous ‘doll test’ that looked at how Black kids see race
A researcher demonstrates how Black kids see race by recreating...
We are facing a settler colonial crisis, not an Indigenous identity crisis
The idea of “re-indigenization” seems to justify the notion that...
The 13th Amendment’s fatal flaw created modern-day convict slavery
Scholarly research of slavery and the histories of African America...
Fact-checking may be important, but it won’t help Americans learn to disagree better
A combination of fact-checking and other tools can curb...
Africans and African-Americans would honour Martin Luther King by rekindling their bonds
Africans and African-Americans must rekindle the spirit of collaboration...
The Great Resignation: Historical data and a deeper analysis show it’s not as great as screaming headlines suggest
A researcher demonstrates how the so-called “Great Resignation”...
4 ways to get more Black and Latino teachers in K-12 public schools
An education researcher presents four ways to get more teachers...
Vast majority of American workers like their jobs – even as a record number quit them
Surveys show that the vast majority of American workers like...
What is Bitcoin’s fundamental value? That’s a good question
Economists ponder the fundamental value of Bitcoin.
Nobel winner David Card shows immigrants don’t reduce the wages of native-born workers
Canadian economist David Card, a corecipient of the 2021 Nobel...
Okonjo-Iweala in the WTO top job: breaking the glass ceiling is a win for all women
An economics professor discusses the achievement of Dr Ngozi...
Smashed cars, burnt trees, soggy insulation: Post-disaster cleanup is expensive, time-consuming and wasteful
Dealing with enormous quantities of debris and waste materials...
No need to ‘iel’: why France is so angry about a gender-neutral pronoun
Spirited public debate over language is a very French passion,...
What African countries got out of COP26
A climate scientist discusses the impact of the 26th UN climate...
Spotty data and media bias delay justice for missing and murdered Indigenous people
Researchers, tribal justice scholars, and Native communities...
Returning the ‘three sisters’ – corn, beans and squash – to Native American farms nourishes people, land and cultures
A scholar of Indigenous Studies focusing on Native relationships...
A brief history of black names, from Perlie to Latasha
Most people recognize that there are first names given almost...
The strange story of turkey tails speaks volumes about our globalized food system
On Thanksgiving, turkeys will adorn close to 90 percent of U.S....
The ‘great resignation’ is a trend that began before the pandemic
The rate of employee resignations is on the rise, and this trend...
How to function in an increasingly polarized society
We need to understand that differences stem from our emotional...
Disinformation is spreading beyond the realm of spycraft to become a shady industry – lessons from South Korea
Today’s disinformation scene has evolved into a marketplace in...
Why hiring the ‘best’ people produces the least creative results
The principle of meritocracy, the idea that the ‘best person’...
3 ways schools can improve STEM learning for Black students
Educators must be mindful of how they tell Black success stories...
Is virtue signalling a perversion of morality?
Humans do an awful lot of signalling already.
Racial discrimination is linked to suicidal thoughts in Black adults and children
Researchers have begun to explore the links between structural...
The history of ugliness shows that there is no such thing
Once socially isolating, ‘ugly’ has been increasingly turned...
Child slavery in West Africa: understanding cocoa farming is key to ending the practice
It is no longer sufficient merely to show that child slavery...
Hollywood’s love of guns increases the risk of shootings – both on and off the set
Depictions of violence in the entertainment industry are nothing...
French football legend Lilian Thuram tackles the scourge of white thinking in new book
French footballer, World Cup winner and anti-racism activist...
The UK needs more regional Black archives so it can celebrate Black British history in its entirety
The national Black Cultural Archives (BCA) is the only national...
Nobel economics prize winners showed economists how to turn the real world into their laboratory
The Nobel committee awarded its economics prize for 2021 to David...
How Columbus Day contributes to the cultural erasure of Italian Americans
By rejecting their own association with Columbus, contemporary...
Land acknowledgments meant to honor Indigenous people too often do the opposite – erasing American Indians and sanitizing history instead
Many events these days begin with land acknowledgments to recognize...
The Brown v. Board of Education case didn’t start how you think it did
As the nation celebrates the 65th anniversary of the landmark...
Black Lives Matter: How far has the movement come?
BLM’s organizational structure is changing. Public opinion is...
National Day for Truth & Reconciliation: Universities and schools must acknowledge how colonial education has reproduced anti-Indigenous racism
The federal government of Canada has declared September 30 a...
The genocide of signed languages: protecting the linguistic rights of Africa’s deaf children
There is a need to support and get involved in the documentation...
More people are eating bugs – but is it ethical to farm insects for food?
Many people are consuming insects in a variety of ways as an...
Neurodiversity can be a workplace strength, if we make room for it
Though unemployment levels remain high for those with autism...
Brain scans of Black women who experience racism show trauma-like effects, putting them at higher risk for future health problems
Black women who have experienced more racism throughout their...
How ‘engagement’ makes you vulnerable to manipulation and misinformation on social media
Engagement on social media may cause users to fall victim to...
Dogs in the city: on the scent of Zimbabwe’s urban history
In the post-colonial city of Harare, Zimbabwe, dog management...
Gender is dead, long live gender: just what is ‘performativity’?
There is a common assumption that gender is mutable and...
How a Soviet miner from the 1930s helped create today’s intense corporate workplace culture
Stakhanovite models of high performance in the workplace, named...
I studied people who think leisure is a waste of time – here’s what I found
Some believe that resting or relaxing is a waste of time, preferring...
Happy 50th birthday to Chez Panisse, the Berkeley restaurant that launched farm-to-fork eating
In 1971 Alice waters opened a small restaurant called Chez Panisse...
The forgotten history of segregated swimming pools and amusement parks
Municipal swimming pools and urban amusement parks flourished in...
Why the most successful students have no passion for school
Despite popular belief, research has found that a student doesn’t...
Formerly incarcerated teens share their research and ideas on how to improve the juvenile justice system
Despite what some judges may refer to as “a menace to society,”...
A quest to reconstruct Baltimore’s American Indian ‘reservation’
As Baltimore’s neighborhoods continue to change, its residents...
Canceling student loan debt will barely boost the economy, but a targeted approach could help certain groups
Many believe that the government should institute a student loan...
The power of no: Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka and Black women’s resistance
Although they may face racial abuse for their decisions to refuse...
Bob Moses played critical role in civil rights organizing and math literacy for Black students
Bob Moses, an advocate for civil rights and advanced math education...
Why Canadian dads are more involved in raising their kids than American fathers
Studies have found that Canadian dads outshine their American...
Why Gil Scott-Heron’s ‘Whitey on the Moon’ still feels relevant today
Revisiting Gil Scott-Heron's 1969 song ‘Whitey on the Moon’ about...
Forgotten figures who challenged gender expression and identity centuries ago
The historic accounts of non-binary and trans people may be absent...
How Sarah Baartman’s hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment
The celebration of Sarah Baartman’s features marks a departure...
Zaila Avant-garde – 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee champ – stands where Black children were once kept out
2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee winner Zaila Avant-garde has...
Beautiful people don’t always win in the workplace
Being attractive has long been an advantage for those in the...
How palm oil became the world’s most hated, most used fat source
The love-hate relationship with palm oil and how it became the...
How Black writers and journalists have wielded punctuation in their activism
Using punctuation and capitalization as a form of protest in...
Self-driving taxis could be a setback for those with different needs – unless companies embrace accessible design now
Self-driving taxis promise a future of freedom for those with...
Here's what I tell teachers about how to teach young students about slavery
Teaching slavery has been and will continue to be challenging,...
Weight stigma is a burden around the world – and has negative consequences everywhere
An international study shows that weight stigma is commonly experienced,...
How time stopped circling and percolating and started running on tracks
Time becomes the fire in which the steel of surveillance is sharpened.
Trigger warnings don’t help people cope with distressing material
The clear message from psychology is that trigger warnings should...
To make laziness work for you, put some effort into it
Sometimes, the best way of using time is to waste it.
Why we remember more by reading – especially print – than from audio or video
Print can maximize learning where mental focus and reflection...
Trans youth are coming out and living in their gender much earlier than older generations
Gen Z and millennials are more diverse in their gender identities...
The gender gap in economics is huge – it’s even worse than tech
Is economics the worst academic field in which to be a woman?