MY PARENTS WERE ESSENTIAL WORKERS—AND THEY WERE TREATED LIKE IT
Nonprofits and the many others like them are struggling with a tsunami of needs and demands in the communities they serve—including the need to capitalize on this moment when our nation is finally waking up to the sacrifices and the contributions of front-line workers, writes Joe Lumarda.
CANARIES IN THE COAL MINE: WOMEN, RACISM, AND NATIONAL SECURITY
We must apply all the good work we have done about promoting equality and justice abroad, right here at home, especially when it comes to women’s rights, write C. Steven McGann and Sahana Dharmapuri.
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.
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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