I am pleased to share my latest essay The Atlantic, adapted from chapter four in my new book, How to Raise an Antiracist, out next Tuesday, June 14. This piece is about how toys can reflect racial attitudes *and* shape them. 1/6 theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

If you’re still talking about the business case for DEI, know that you’re behind. We’ve been doing this dance for far too long trying to get executive leaders who don’t care to care. The truth is we cannot expect justice outcomes to come from a why rooted in capitalism. Period.

“It’s poetic justice.” John Lewis statue to be placed where Confederate monument once stood #gapol ajc.com/news/atlanta-n…

Every person deserves to receive safe, respectful, and dignified treatment from their healthcare provider, especially as they bring a new baby into the world. Building healthcare systems that offer quality, inclusive care is a crucial step toward achieving #HealthEquity.

It took time for physician assistants to be recognized, “but I couldn’t imagine healthcare without them,” says Sarah Chagnon, president of the American Dental Therapy Association. “I think communities, over time, will see dental therapists the same way.” wsj.com/health/healthc…

"We’ve shown the importance that investments in children’s family incomes can have for their long-term well-being. Kids who are not in poverty go on to earn more in the labor market, be healthier, all sorts of things that we want as a society." newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/h…

“This graduation is a significant step forward for higher education within the criminal legal system and we must do more. All people, regardless of their circumstances, deserve access to education and to realize their full potential." theguardian.com/us-news/2023/n…

Wow. After reading this article, I’m genuinely wondering what the hell goes on at Target, Home Depot and other big retailers. Janikka Perry was 38.

"After the Flexner Report, five of the seven Black medical schools in the United States were forced to close, leaving only Howard and Meharry...if they had continued training Black doctors, they would have educated roughly 25,000 to 35,000 people" washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

"More than 100 million Americans live in primary care shortage areas..These numbers are likely to increase as the current clinical staffing shortage deepens into a full-blown crisis." The Hill thehill.com/opinion/health…

On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, I’m celebrating students like Mosa, who is part of the Girls Opportunity Alliance in Botswana. Thanks to the support of BOSEJA Girls, Mosa is learning how to code and dreams of becoming an engineer. Watch her incredible story:

"When we talk about food assistance programs, we typically think of families with younger children. A lot of food pantries are geared to them. But we don’t associate adolescents with food insecurity." Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/tackling-…

"One of these facilities came in and pushed those citizens out, forcing them to move to another community—all of their culture and their history is now destroyed. It’s the same thing that’s happening in Cameron, where they want to build CP2." Roishetta Ozane patagonia.com/stories/streng…

The unsung Black nurses who helped cure tuberculosis in the early 1900s are the subject of Maria Smilios’s 2023 book, “The Black Angels.” Writing for @The_Emancipator, she offers a fascinating—and heartbreaking—look at the events covered in her book. harvardpublichealth.org/equity/the-bla…

“It’s time to value and respect time spent parenting on par with time spent working at a paying job, recognizing the critical importance to society of raising children.” U.S. Surgeon General cnn.com/2024/08/28/hea…

"Nearly 1 million additional children slipped into poverty following the curtailing of pandemic-era social investments." hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-resou…