The Emancipator - The Boston Globe

People participate in a vigil to honor the 10 people killed in Saturday's shooting at Tops market on May 17, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. A gunman opened fire at the store killing ten people and wounding another three. The attack was believed to be motivated by racial hatred.

Criminal Legal System | Nia T. Evans

Biden can stop White supremacist violence. Or he can support the police unconditionally.

He can’t do both.

Education | Carissa Chen
How elite views cultivated in Harvard’s early days fed ideas about school segregation
University profited from enslaved family of Darby Vassall, who helped transform public education for Black Boston students.

Video | Dante Duarte, Akayla Gardner, Rohan Grey, and Cleve Mesidor
Could Crypto Be a Driver for Racial Equity?
When the first bitcoin was created in 2009, communities of color jumped in to explore a new class of financial assets without the runaround of traditional banking. Our panel held a spirited discussion about the risks and the opportunities.

explain | Mandi Woodruff-Santos
How the pandemic changed the way Black workers go to work
The pandemic might have been the spark that ignited the so-called Great Resignation, but widespread racial and gender inequity at work served as the perfect kindling.

Health | Michelle A. Williams
The right to an abortion can be saved
4 things we can do right now at the federal, state, and community level to protect women’s right to choose, says Harvard public health dean

Video | Ayanna Pressley and Kimberly Atkins Stohr
Eliminating Student Debt: A Conversation With Rep. Ayanna Pressley
What does the unprecedented leak of a U.S. Supreme Court draft decision that would overturn the right to an abortion portend?

The big picture | Kimberly Atkins Stohr
When Black-owned businesses fail, it hurts everybody
Breaking the cycle of failed, sputtering Black businesses needs an all-hands-on-deck approach.

The big picture | Kimberly Atkins Stohr
Giving credit where it’s due
“Credit scores are the perfect example of how structural racism works,” says Chi Chi Wu of the National Consumer Law Center.

Books, Culture, Education | Emily Gowen
Children’s books need to watch their (skin) tone
Checking for diversity, bias in images must start with gatekeepers who deem which kids’ books count.

Throughline | Amber Payne and Deborah D. Douglas
Editors’ Letter: The Return of The Emancipator
This commentary-forward platform seeks context and depth to achieve racial justice and our nation’s True North — a functioning democracy.

Throughline | Ibram X. Kendi, Bina Venkataraman, Peniel Joseph, Sewell Chan, and S. Mitra Kalita
The Emancipator reimagines
Selections from abolitionist papers on their first day of publishing.

Explain | Cleve Mesidor
Crypto can be a driver for racial equity
When the math isn’t ‘mathing,’ the excluded find a way to win with crypto.

culture | Lise Ragbir
When being seen is not enough
As Black art gets more amplified on TV, film, exposure is too big a price to pay for real appreciation and respect.