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Details: Written by Brent Simpson, University of South Carolina; Published: 31 October 2023

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If you know your boss is biased against people like you, you’ll have less incentive to work hard. Similarly, if your boss is biased in favor of people like you, you’ll probably get promoted anyway. So, why work hard?

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown; Published: 31 October 2023

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The Biden-Harris administration has formed a committee that will meet on Nov. 6 and Nov. 7 to discuss a policy draft for a new loan forgiveness program.

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown; Published: 31 October 2023

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Experts Advise Caution but Not Alarm

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown; Published: 30 October 2023

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Almost two-thirds (63%) believe that news about Black people is often portrayed in a negative light compared to other racial and ethnic groups.

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Details: Written by Rob Wells, Associate Professor, University of Maryland; Published: 30 October 2023

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One of my students was reviewing a spreadsheet that listed total lynchings by state. She exhaled, and then, with a bit of weariness, said, “Mississippi, goddamn.”

Details: Written by DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press; Published: 27 October 2023

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The power of the people to propose laws will be on display this November as voters in Maine and Ohio decide issues on vehicle repairs, abortion and marijuana.

Details: Written by Trevor Thompson, University of Greenwich and Sofia Stathi, University of Greenwich; Published: 27 October 2023

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Racial disparities in pain medication remained even after adjusted factors, such as differences in insurance status, patient age, and census region

Details: Written by By BOTWC staff; Published: 26 October 2023

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While breast cancer incidence is now considered lower among Black women, they face significantly poorer outcomes, often developing more aggressive triple-negative breast cancers at a younger age.

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Details: Written by DAVID SHARP, ROBERT BUMSTED, HOLLY RAMER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press; Published: 26 October 2023

Police officers stop to question a driver at a roadblock, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in Lisbon, Maine, during a manhunt for the suspect of Wednesday's mass shootings. The shootings took place at a restaurant and bowling alley in nearby Lewiston, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Authorities have launched a multistate search on land and water for a U.S. Army reservist who they say fatally shot 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Maine.

Details: Written by Brian Y. An, Georgia Institute of Technology; Published: 26 October 2023

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In the Atlanta metro area, Wall Street firms own nearly one-third of all single-family rental properties. They’re even more concentrated in predominantly Black neighborhoods