by courageousadmin | Apr 9, 2019 | Race
By Kyle Korver—April 8, 2019 When the police break your teammate’s leg, you’d think it would wake you up a little. When they arrest him on a New York street, throw him in jail for the night, and leave him with a season-ending injury, you’d think it would sink in....
by courageousadmin | Jan 28, 2019 | Race
By Robin diAngelo—Jan. 16 2018 I am white. As an academic, consultant and writer on white racial identity and race relations, I speak daily with other white people about the meaning of race in our lives. These conversations are critical because, by virtually every...
by courageousadmin | Jan 28, 2019 | Race
By Karina Gomes—Jan. 1 2019 DW: Jair Bolsonaro has issued an executive order making the Agriculture Ministry responsible for deciding what to do with lands claimed by indigenous peoples, stripping power from the indigenous affairs agency, FUNAI. How do you see these...
by courageousadmin | Jan 28, 2019 | Race
By Steve Schering—Dec. 16 2018 A student-created and led racial equity course could soon be offered at Oak Park and River Forest High School, with a course pilot expected to launch in the next school year. For years, students have brought forward ideas for developing...
by courageousadmin | Jan 11, 2019 | Race
By Larry Parnass—Nov. 10 2018 It took only a few words for this mom to know why her daughter’s principal was calling. Yet again, a remark with explicit or implied racial overtones had been uttered in the presence of this Hinsdale family. The child’s...
by courageousadmin | Jan 7, 2019 | Race
By Zoe Tabary—Dec. 28 2018 Battles over land and who owns it are unleashing unprecedented conflict as governments and companies seek access to more of the world’s natural resources, while digital property, like personal data, is an increasingly prized commodity....
by courageousadmin | Jan 7, 2019 | Race
By Kenneth Terrell—June 28, 2018 Over the past 50 years, older workers have become a bigger part of the nation’s job force. And that group also has become more diverse as it has grown. But, according to a report from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission this...
by courageousadmin | Jan 7, 2019 | Race
By Thomas Ahearn—Dec. 17, 2018 The use of technology such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms will continue to improve background checks for employment purposes but the “human touch” will still be needed due to discrimination concerns in 2019. This trend has...
by courageousadmin | Dec 19, 2018 | Race
Nov. 15 2018 The state of New Jersey officially recognized the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation as an American Indian tribe thirty-six years ago, in 1982. State recognition is important to tribes because it affirms that our people and culture are both part of the...
by courageousadmin | Nov 21, 2018 | Race
By Donald Ladd—Oct. 8 2018 The first song Krista Hinman learned to play on the piano was Dixie, the de facto battle hymn of the Confederate States of America. She learned the minstrel-song-turned-slavery-anthem growing up in Southaven, Mississippi, a predominantly...
