Using Familiar Designs, Political Signs Urge Voters to Remember Police Brutality Victims

by courageousadmin | Oct 8, 2020 | Race

By Doug Zanger—Oct. 7, 2020 Lawn signs are one of the most reliable and impactful staples of an election. Over the years in presidential elections, there have been some iconic designs that political junkies associate with specific candidates. In a new campaign,...

To Create Racial Change, Advertising Must ‘Envision a World That Doesn’t Exist’

by courageousadmin | Sep 15, 2020 | Race

By Doug Zanger—July 21, 2020 Last month, a high-profile full-page print ad doubled as a protest sign in advance of Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Okla., just after the Juneteenth holiday. The ad in The Oklahoma Eagle, one of America’s oldest Black-owned newspapers,...

Latinx Leaders Advancing Educational & Racial Equity

by courageousadmin | Sep 15, 2020 | Race

By Laura Zingg—Sept. 14, 2020 The Latinx community is not a monolith, but full of rich complexity and history. This community includes individuals with roots in dozens of countries worldwide and those with multiple racial identities, cultural, and linguistic...

Faces of Power: 80% Are White, Even as U.S. Becomes More Diverse

by courageousadmin | Sep 15, 2020 | Race

By Denise Lu, Jon Huang, Ashwin Seshagiri, Haeyoun Park and Troy Griggs—Sept. 9, 2020 The most powerful people in the United States pass our laws, run Hollywood’s studios and head the most prestigious universities. They own pro sports teams and determine who goes to...

Protests May Prompt Dialogue On Racism, But ‘It’s Going To Be Uncomfortable’

by courageousadmin | Aug 19, 2020 | Race

By Marisa Peñaloza—August 16, 2020 When Le Hoang Nguyen put up a bright yellow billboard in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in Houston, the pushback from his community, “was immediate, it was vicious, my Facebook wall filled up with just hate...

Covid-19’s Devastating Toll on Black and Latino Americans, in One Chart

by courageousadmin | May 1, 2020 | Race

By Dylan Scott—April 17, 2020 It has been clear for some time that the coronavirus pandemic is killing black and Latino Americans at disproportionately high rates, but new data from the last few days reveals just how devastating the Covid-19 crisis has been for people...