Access to higher education is a longstanding civil rights issue. In the past, the exclusion of students of color from college campuses was accepted as standard operating practice — or even legally sanctioned.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, voters turned out in record numbers in 2020 — whether they voted in person or absentee.[1] During and after the 2020 election, then-President Trump raised frivolous claims th

The survival of Black communities necessitates that we make law enforcement less deadly. The emancipation of Black communities from interlocking systems of oppression necessitates a reconstruction of the concept of safety.

For as long as America has existed, two opposing forces have fought over how we express and confer the rights and privileges of citizenship, freedom, and equality. Those who believe in a more inclusive nation have been countered by those who seek to maintain their own power.

Our country is facing a health care crisis. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we watched as some communities experienced skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, complications, and deaths while others had ample supplies of personal protective equipment and mass testing sites.