Endangered Birds, Street Art, and Racism: A Pandemic Story
A writer unpacks the layered meanings of the bird murals she encounters on storefronts in Harlem and Washington Heights during the pandemic. Read more ›
Analyzing Economic Self-Interest as a Factor in Racism and Xenophobia
New research analyzes economic insecurity and economic self-interest among white Americans as a factor in racist attitudes. Read more ›
Neighborhood and Father’s Ethnicity Can Influence Birth Outcomes
A new study finds that the ethnicity of fathers and the neighborhoods where mothers live can be factors in birth outcomes. Read more ›
Why Did Chinese Americans Leave the U.S. in the Early 20th Century?
Nearly half of all U.S.-born Chinese Americans moved to China in the first few decades of the 20th century. Professor Charlotte Brooks (Baruch College) tells their story. Read more ›
Why Race and Ethnicity Matter in Medicine
Researchers led by a CUNY professor explain in the New England Journal of Medicine why race and ethnicity matter in health care. Read more ›
Greetings from Asbury Park. Now Let’s Talk About Gentrification and Racism
A new book by Professors Molly Vollman Makris and Mary Gatta (Guttman Community College), looks at the revival of Asbury Park, New Jersey, and the ways in which its Black community has been left behind. Read more ›
Hitler, the Origins of WWII, and the Parallels with Today
A new book details the ways current society resembles the Nazi era. Read more ›
Here’s How White Nationalism Moved from the Fringes to the Mainstream
After the Obama Administration, a growing backlash against a more inclusive America led to the mainstreaming of the white nationalist movement. Read more ›
Why Asian Americans Have Trouble Climbing the Corporate Ladder
A new book asks why Asian Americans have trouble climbing to the top of the corporate ladder, a phenomenon also known as the 'bamboo ceiling.' Read more ›