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5 years after George Floyd’s murder: How the media narrative has changed around the killing and the protests that followed

Flowers, painted benches and handmade memorials surround a mural of George Floyd at George Floyd Square on May 18, 2025. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty...

Aaliyah’s turn as a vampire in the nu-metal film Queen of the Damned is an often-overlooked part of her legacy

Aaliyah as Akasha in Queen of the Damned (2002). Landmark Media/Alamy Stock Photo by Francesca Sobande, Cardiff University Black women’s influence on metal and connected sub-genres...

Reducing diversity, equity and inclusion to a catchphrase undermines its true purpose

More than 440 anti-DEI bills have been introduced in 42 states since the 2023 Supreme Court decision that ended race-conscious college admissions. J Studios/Getty...

How Racism Fueled the Eaton Fire’s Destruction in Altadena

Altadena is inherently prone to fire. But Black residents are the most vulnerable. Mario Tama/Getty Images by Calvin Schermerhorn, Arizona State University The damage from the...

Land reparations are possible − and over 225 US communities are already working to make amends for slavery and colonization

The historically Black 5th Ward in Evanston, Illinois. The Chicago suburb launched the nation’s first housing-based reparations program in 2019. AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar by Sara...

Sexual identity is more fluid than previously thought, says twelve-year study

Shutterstock/Anton Vierietin by Willi Zhang, Karolinska Institutet Nearly 16% of people changed their sexual identity over a 12-year period, according to a new study I conducted...

From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture

Producers Fast Eddie and Joe Smooth mix at DJ International Studios in Chicago in 1990. Innovation was at the forefront of house and hip-hop....

Soaring Wealth Inequality Has Redrawn the Map of American Prosperity

New data highlights an increasing wealth divide across the United States. pick-uppath/Getty Images by Tom Kemeny, University of Toronto One need only glance at headlines about...

Almost half of evicted women and families in metro Detroit say they were illegally pushed out of their homes

In many U.S. communities, eviction moratoriums that were in place during the pandemic have expired. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images by Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, The Ohio State...

The rise of firefighters-for-hire exposes the inequality of climate-driven disasters

Ringo Chiu / Shutterstock by Doug Specht, University of Westminster The Los Angeles wildfires have exposed a controversial practice that starkly illustrates the divide between the...

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