Representation
Shalela Dowdy, a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Alabama’s Congressional districts, poses for a portrait on Government Street in Mobile, Ala., on April 1. Emily Kask for NPR hide caption toggle caption Emily Kask for NPR Shalela Dowdy, a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Alabama’s Congressional districts, poses for a portrait on Government Street in […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Democrat Kayla Young and Republican Patricia Rucker frequently clash on abortion rights and just about everything else in West Virginia’s Legislature, but they agree on one thing: Too few of their colleagues are women, and it’s hurting the state. “There are exceptions to every single rule, but I think in general, […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Data from the Department of Health and Human Services shows Black people are a lot more likely to die of heart disease than white people. But the number of Black cardiologists in the U.S. is dangerously low – just 3% – and there’s a big push to recruit more Black students […]
Movies and television are often an escape from and a reflection of life unfolding. They also can play an outsize role in shaping and reinforcing cultural beliefs and attitudes about race, both in the United States and internationally. Yet for the thousands of people who toil in a range of on- and off-screen positions in […]
NEW YORK—With Black History Month now well underway, Nielsen has released a new study of media usage by Black consumers in five countries that highlights the size and importance of their audience and their desire for better representation on TV. The study found that among U.S. audiences, Black consumers spend over 81 hours per week […]
Michaela Glavin did not feel a sense of belonging in the Black community when she arrived as a freshman at Harvard. The Black student body was warm and welcoming, but as a multigenerational African American — a descendant of enslaved Africans brought to the U.S. — she said she felt like “a minority within a […]
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A new program launched by Duke and North Carolina Central University is looking to introduce students from underrepresented backgrounds into the medical field. The Mentored Internship Program provides internship opportunities for undergraduates at NCCU, a historically Black university. Interns are paired with research faculty in the School of Medicine’s Division of Nephrology with the aim […]
More than 3,300 wrongfully convicted people have been exonerated in the U.S. since 1989. That’s according to the University of Michigan’s National Registry of Exonerations. And that time on the inside adds up to more than 30,000 years unjustly spent in prison for many of those people. A significant number of those years were spent […]
Six protesters interrupted President Rhea Law’s inauguration ceremony in January and demanded an increase in Black enrollment at USF. ORACLE PHOTO/JUSTIN SEECHARAN Though USF advertises itself as a diverse college, junior humanities and cultural studies major Gabrielle Whyte said Black student enrollment seems to be a convenient topic for it to leave out when discussing […]