LA’S TIME TO LEAD A FAIR, STRONG, AND CLEAN COVID-19 RECOVERY
Los Angeles has what it takes to be the leading light when it comes to building back better after COVID-19, write Tammie Arnold and Daniel Weiss.
INTERRACIAL FRIENDSHIPS CAN BE GRATIFYING, BUT THEY’RE ALSO COMPLICATED
The fight for racial justice must be fought on all fronts—ideally with a multiracial coalition—in the streets, in the courts, in the voting booth, in the workplace, and even at the dinner table, where the seeds of justice or bias are often first planted, writes Judy Belk.
RESPONDING TO THE PANDEMIC: DOUBLE DOWN ON NONPROFIT SUPPORT
Now is the time for funders to consider the immediate needs of the nonprofit organizations they support by increasing funding, write David La Piana and Madison McAleese.
INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM IS A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT
As the Covid-19 pandemic becomes increasingly deadly, it is clear that its disproportionate effect on African Americans has highlighted yet another consequence of institutionalized racism in America. Less attention has been paid as to why the same historical discrimination is a broader national security problem subsuming not only public health but other considerations as well, write Jerrold Green and Michael Lawson.
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