Racism

Physician Uché Blackstock talks about her experience of the huge health disparities faced by Black Americans in her new book Legacy

Growing evidence suggests certain hair products marketed toward Black women may be harmful to their health. Scientists, entrepreneurs and policy makers are taking steps to fix the problem

Physicians need to be aware of how their choice of words and patient labels affect patients

While contempt for news organizations is intense in the wake of Trump, archived hate mail to reporters shows that even in the 1950s—supposedly the height of public trust in journalism—some Americans always despised the press

Esports are booming on college campuses, and safe participation in gaming is a new Title IX challenge. Schools should get ahead of the threat of harassment now

Doctors want to ban the term “excited delirium,” which has been cited as a possible factor in high-profile police killings of George Floyd and others but is not a recognized medical diagnosis

Artificial intelligence systems in health care must be trained on the data of lived experience to prevent bias and disparities

What is behind the Black maternal mortality crisis, and what needs to change? In this podcast from Nature and Scientific American, leading academics unpack the racism at the heart of the system.

Astrophysicist Aomawa Shields recounts her alternative career path in a new memoir about life, space and motherhood

The Supreme Court undermined affirmative action at prestige universities. We need a new science and technology agenda at every school, one that includes historically underserved people

Along with the Stop WOKE Act and bills banning diversity efforts, the Supreme Court’s “affirmative action” decision is part of a larger effort to pretend racism doesn’t exist

The Court’s ruling against affirmative action removed a critical tool, but there are other ways to promote a diverse student body