Racial Equity

Featuring Heather McGhee, author of “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together,” and former president and current distinguished senior fellow of Demos.

Black Americans, like other groups that have been oppressed in the nation’s history, have picked up lessons about standing together and fighting back.

Throughout American history, racism has been embedded in health and health care. To justify slavery, scientists promulgated falsehoods about African Americans and health.

Rodney Foxworth says the racial “wealth gap” is a misnomer because it implies something that’s achievable to close.

Race is the metric by which one’s position in the caste system is determined. In her book, "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents," Isabel Wilkerson describes how these inherited rankings have been passed down through generations from the country's very founding.

After more than two decades of research, tax scholar Dorothy A. Brown discovered that America's tax system is not color-blind. In fact, societal racism is deeply embedded in it. From attending college to getting married to buying a home, Black Americans are financially disadvantaged compared to their white peers.

When children see themselves and their communities mirrored in school curriculum, they learn better.

Voting rights are under assault in America. More than 250 bills that would restrict access to voting are pending in 43 states.

Senator Tim Scott generously contributed the first chapter and his piece titled “Race in America.”