American Students Are Taught Racism Is Bad—But They’re Still Not Learning the Truth About Race

Every semester college students come into my classes knowing two incompatible things: that racism is repugnant, but that race ...

A Texas Senate race is testing Democrats’ stomach for race and gender fights

Latino voters will probably decide the primary contest between Rep. Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico -- two ...
CNN

Use of race and ethnicity is sometimes ‘harmful’ in medical research, says new report

Jazmin Evans was diagnosed with kidney disease at the age of 17 in 2012. She received a kidney transplant in July 2023, after being on the transplant wait list for four years. Today, a year and a half ...
Medical News Today

Is race a social determinant of health?

Race is not a social determinant of health (SDOH). This is because SDOHs are aspects of a person’s environment that affect their health, not aspects of themselves as individuals. However, racism can ...
NPR

How race science shows up at the doctor's office

We've probably said it a hundred times on Code Switch — biological race is not a real thing. So why is race still used to help diagnose certain conditions, like keloids or cystic fibrosis? On this ...
Forbes

Race Shifting Is All The Rage In Larissa FastHorse’s Play, ‘Fake It Until You Make It’

Using farce, absurdity and a cast of Native artists, FastHorse’s new play critiques performative identity, appropriation and the complexities of self-identification and race shifting. ByR. Daniel ...