Searching for the promise of Juneteenth

Autumn Allen describes her reaction to a news story about Charleena Lyles, a black woman who was shot by police inside her own home in front of her children after calling the police because she believed her house was being broken into as well as resistance to...

Online harrassment worse for minorities

“Race issues seem to have a big market on Facebook and that really brings out ugliness,” said one white respondent to a Pew Research survey.  One fourth of black Americans  say they have been targeted online due to their race or ethnicity, compared with...

Let Black Kids Just Be Kids

“People of all races see black children as less innocent, more adultlike and more responsible for their actions than their white peers. In turn, normal childhood behavior, like disobedience, tantrums and back talk, is seen as a criminal threat when black kids do...