Racial gaps in gun violence against kids increased during COVID

Black children were 100x more likely than white children to experience firearm assault injuries in the first 21 months of the COVID pandemic.

Jillian McKoy-Boston U. • futurity
March 14, 2023 ~6 min

How young people of color can handle racial stressors

For many Black youth, contemporary life in the US involves a regular barrage of racial stressors. Here's why that's important to attend to.

Carrie Spector-Stanford • futurity
March 14, 2023 ~9 min


Medicaid expansion narrowed racial gaps in hospitalizations

Expanding Medicaid eligibility reduced Black-white disparities in preventable hospitalizations and ER visits by 10% or more, a new study shows.

Andrew Smith-Rutgers • futurity
March 10, 2023 ~5 min

Criminal justice algorithms still discriminate

Proponents of algorithms as a solution to bias in criminal justice systems say they're dispassionate. "But algorithms can discriminate."

Molly Callahan-Boston U. • futurity
March 6, 2023 ~10 min

Racism boosts Black women’s heart disease risk

Black women who perceive racism at work, in housing, or with the police have a 26% higher risk of coronary heart disease than those who don't.

Andrew Thurston-Boston U. • futurity
March 3, 2023 ~6 min

Gene variant tied to African ancestry ups Alzheimer’s risk

A genetic risk factor found almost exclusively in people of at least partial African ancestry boosts risk of Alzheimer's disease—but only sometimes.

Bruce Goldman-Stanford • futurity
Feb. 28, 2023 ~9 min

Key Black cinema history has been overlooked

In this podcast episode, Jacqueline Stewart breaks down some of the overlooked history of Black cinema stretching back to the early 1900s.

U. Chicago • futurity
Feb. 22, 2023 ~3 min

There’s ‘clear evidence’ of bias in past US state spending

New research shows a direct link between constituent race, class, and immigration status and US state spending between 1921 and 1961.

Sandra Knispel-U. Rochester • futurity
Feb. 21, 2023 ~7 min


STEM teacher training is a big win for Black girls

When STEM teachers pursue professional development, their students benefit, too. Particularly Black girls, researchers report.

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
Feb. 14, 2023 ~5 min

Why there’s a fight over AP African American studies

"African American Studies is a step in the direction of the full integration of the Black experience into the American experience."

Sharon Driscoll-Stanford • futurity
Feb. 14, 2023 ~17 min

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