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Fighting Racist Stereotypes in Sports One Poll at a Time
By Suzan Shown Harjo
May 14, 2013
A thousand people were asked in April if the Washington NFL franchise should change its name and (shocker) 79 percent said no. Respondents were mostly white (65 percent), middle-aged (55 percent,...
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For more information on the 2013-2014 research grants, go here.
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Cinco de Mayo about much more than having fun
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/05/02/2887269/cinco-de-mayo-about-much-more.html#storylink=cpy
By PAUL ORTIZ
It's time to set the record straight on Cinco de Mayo, the fastest-growing holiday in the United States. It was not designed as an...
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A conservative group connected to Colorado’s Secretary of State has been sending political mailers — including a picture of a darker-skinned woman whose face was digitally removed and replaced with a white woman’s face — in an attempt to oppose a landmark voting bill that...
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By Paul Ortiz, Truthout | Op-Ed
A budding coalition of immigrants and African-Americans - modeled on the outstanding community- and labor-organizing example of Culinary Workers Union Local 226 - is potentially the largest progressive force in America - one capable of transforming the trajectory of...
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This pilot survey research project, conducted in the summer of 2011 by a collaborative of PUEBLO and the University of California Center for New Racial Studies, explores the relationship between the Santa Barbara Latina/o community and local police. Bilingual teams of student researchers and...
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The Race Matters Institute advances racial equity with solid data, comprehensive strategies, and knowledge of national and local settings. This empowers people and organizations to make real changes that effectively give rise to racial equity within their sphere of influence. RMI...
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UC center explores race in 21st centuryBy Harry Mok and Susan SuleimanThursday 5 January 2012Across all 10 UC campuses, the Center for New Racial Studies connects researchers examining a wide variety of issues linked to race, including class, ethnicity, gender and immigration status.In a nation of...
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Graduate Students
'Like Flies in Buttermilk': Black Deans Talk Candidly About Diversity in Graduate Studies
By Stacey Patton
The Chronicle of Higher Education
December 13, 2011
Diversity was a major theme on the agenda at the Council...
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In California, Indian Tribes With Casino Money Cast Off Members
By JAMES DAO
Published Dec. 12, 2011
COARSEGOLD, Calif. — The six-page, single-spaced letter that Nancy Dondero and about 50 of her relatives received last month was generously salted with legal citations and footnotes....