Learning to Unlearn
We inherit more than property and money. We inherit explanations. Some deserve to be kept. Some need to be unlearned.
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Race & Equal Humanity
Race, equality, representation, dignity and the consequences of exclusion. These editorials examine how history, law, public policy and institutional decisions continue to shape Black life and the meaning of equal humanity.
You Can Talk About Racism and Still Be Happy
Remembering slavery, segregation and racism is not inherited guilt. A country can move forward without pretending its darkest history left nothing behind.
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America asks Black people to trust its promises. What happens when institutions won’t answer what their own decisions left behind?
Read the Editorial →America Keeps Measuring Black Anger. Who Is Measuring Black Strength?
America scrutinizes Black anger. It should also examine the strength it takes to keep going, the psychological cost, and the support still missing.
Read the Editorial →The HR Manager Said No to Discrimination. Then She Allegedly Lost Her Job.
An equal-opportunity policy means little if the person expected to defend it can be punished for speaking.
Read EditorialTrump and Black America: What Helped, What Hurt, and What Will Last?
A plain-language ledger of what changed, who gained, who lost, what is temporary, what is law, and whether the Black-white gap actually narrowed.
Read EditorialDear World: Before You Tell Me How Great America Is, Tell the Whole Story
America can celebrate what it built without hiding who paid for it. If the world wants to understand this country, it has to meet all of us, not just the America in the commercial.
Read EditorialIf a Program Was Built to Reach Black Americans, Say So.
If government creates a program because Black Americans were disproportionately harmed or excluded, the people it is trying to reach should not have to decode that purpose.
Read EditorialHow America Handles Black Deaths and White Deaths
Death is universal. The attention, innocence, urgency, investigation and public grief surrounding it are not always distributed equally.
Read EditorialBlack History Did Not Begin With Slavery
Slavery is part of Black history. It is not the origin, identity or full measure of Black people.
Read EditorialThe Equality Paradox
How can two people sincerely believe they are both being discriminated against? Understanding today’s equality debate requires understanding history.
Read EditorialThe Bill Was Never Paid
When Britain abolished slavery, it compensated enslavers, not the enslaved. The debate over reparatory justice continues today.
Read EditorialThe Quiet Retreat From Federal Affirmative-Action Enforcement
Federal employment protections remain, but what happens when the systems designed to measure exclusion and require corrective action are withdrawn?
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