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Reframing the conversation on racial justice and equity.

A collaboration with The Boston Globe and Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research

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EXPLAIN | Jalil Mustaffa Bishop
Stop asking how to pay for free college and account for the unjust, wasteful spending of not doing so
Higher education hasn’t lived up to its racial justice and social mobility ideals — but can.

THE BIG PICTURE | KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR
We can solve the racial wealth gap
“Where is the money?” abolitionist Maria Stewart asked in the 1800s. We’re still asking.

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.

WEALTH GAP
It’s not too late for Biden to become an antiracist president
Racism doesn’t always show up with tiki torches and epithets; more often it manifests as disregard. Black voters ostensibly matter during political campaigns, but once in office, more often than not, politicos devalue the Black labor, input, and demands that propel them to victory.

WEALTH GAP | Terri Friedline and Ameya Pawar
The next-level idea for making banking cheaper and easier
The post office might be the fix for the racial gap in managing our hard-earned cash.