Category: 10: Race and Ethnicity

The School-to-Prison Pipeline (STPP) is a theoretical construct that describes the results of harsh disciplinary practices that push students out of the public education arena and into the criminal justice system. In short, the School-to-Prison Pipeline is made up of three significant contributing components...

2020 emerged as a year that defied expectations, reshaping the very fabric of global society, with America standing at the epicenter of transformation. In this pivotal time, seismic shifts altered the way we navigate and perceive the world around us....

Ramadan, which began on March 22, is one of the holiest times in the Muslim calendar. For over two billion Muslims around the world, this is a month-long period of prayer, reflection and fasting. Unfortunately, the Muslim experience in the...

On October 31, 2022, the United States Supreme Court heard yet another case on affirmative action, policies designed to promote educational and job opportunities for minorities and women. By all accounts this is at least the fourth or fifth time...

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman in American history nominated to the Supreme Court. Selected by President Joe Biden, Judge Jackson has a stellar record that includes graduation from Harvard Law School, clerking for Supreme Court Justice...

At this writing, the country, and in fact the world, are waiting with bated breath for the conclusion of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, and sparking the Black Lives Matter protest. Sadly...

On March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor, a black Kentucky resident, was asleep in her bed when police using a no-knock warrant broke into her home looking for drugs and fatally shot her.  No drugs were ever found. The killing of...