New research examines the barriers faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women at work – and what they’re doing to challenge them.
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The movement to protect the long-obscured sites allows communities to reckon with painful histories through healing, remembrance and ancestral connection.
Public health calls many deaths ‘preventable,’ but that term can mask how policy, access and geography shape who gets care – and who doesn’t.
For some children of immigrants, voting Conservative isn’t a contradiction — it’s a strategy for being seen as fully Canadian.
In reporting on racism but neglecting to look at it’s structural roots, research does more harm than good.
The US has a long history of misusing genetics and biology in immigration policy, the effects of which are still keenly felt today.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act from Trump’s first administration harmed many middle-class and low-income taxpayers. But Black people got it the worst, says an expert on race and taxation.
Frybread — a simple, versatile “comfort food” for many Indigenous communities — embodies the contradictions that have dictated Indigenous food and health in North America since colonization.
Donald Trump’s attacks on Kamala Harris expose a worldview that defends whiteness as imbued with dominance over other racial groups.
The report said the inquiry into Grenfell has “not brought to light any evidence” that racial or social prejudice played a role in the fire.
Black would-be homeowners pay the price when big investors buy up the neighborhood.
Chronic stress from living with systemic racism and gun violence can lead to increased symptoms of PTSD and depression as well as elevated cortisol levels.
Russell Marks’ Black Lives, White Law is not about solutions; it’s about identifying the problems with Australia’s criminal legal system, and the injustice it does to First Nations people.
Until authorities acknowledge systemic racism and are held responsible for it, Aboriginal people will never see equity or just outcomes.
The United States came in 41st worldwide on the UN’s 2022 sustainable development index, down nine spots from last year. A political historian explains the country’s dismal scores.
Early detection of breast cancer is critical to improving chances of survival. But racial and ethnic minority patients systematically have delayed diagnoses that reduce the benefits of screening.
Black American women have disproportionate HIV infection rates – in part because of systemic and structural racism in the health care system.
After ongoing claims that the UK is devoid of this form of discrimination, what does the term actually mean?
Government investment in roads, railroads and other public services has always involved social programming, both for good and for ill.
Our research shows that COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting Black and Asian people, and racism is part of the explanation why.
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Consultant Physician in Sexual Health and HIV Medicine, Queen Mary University of London
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Clinical Lecturer in Intensive Care Medicine, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
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Associate Professor, Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Race and Education and Director of the Centre for Race, Education and Decoloniality in the Carnegie School of Education, Leeds Beckett University
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