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Race

Trump Supporters in Make America Great Again and Keep America Great hats at a rally for President Donald Trump at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Friday, Feb, 21, 2020.

Politics

If Identity Politics Elected Trump in 2016, What Will Happen in 2020?

February 25, 2020

A photo of students working at the BU School of LAW

Higher Education

Is Justice as Color-blind as the Casebooks Say?

February 25, 2020

A photo of a doctor holding a stethoscope against their white lab coat.

Health & Medicine

SPH Seminar to Tackle Consequences of Racial Profiling and Discrimination on the Health of People of Color

February 5, 2020

Composite image showing conservative commentator Ben Shapiro delivering a speech at Boston University (left) and African American protestors holding a sign that says 'Whose Freedom?' while demonstrating against Shapiro's appearance at BU.

Voices & Opinion

Impassioned Reactions to Ben Shapiro’s Speech at BU

November 14, 2019

An illustration of a slave auction in Virginia, USA.

Public Health

Making a Case for Black Reparations

November 5, 2019

Portrait of author and psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl

Diversity

Are White Americans Harming Themselves by Backing GOP Policies?

November 3, 2019

Public Health

SPH Addresses 400 Years of Inequality at Dean’s Symposium Today

October 17, 2019

Illustration showing faces from different races and ethnicities.

Lectures

New Diversity & Inclusion Lecture Series to Explore Race in America

September 25, 2019

Theatre

Pop Quiz for the Parents Council: What Does Progressive Mean?

July 17, 2019

Portrait of Adelaide Cromwell in her office.

Tributes

Adelaide Cromwell (Hon.’95), Founder of BU’s African American Studies Program, Dies at 99

June 20, 2019

side by side portraits of Rosina Georgiadis and Khiara Bridges

Race

Two BU Faculty Members to Be Honored Today

April 25, 2019

Black Panther in his titular movie, fighting off helicopters

Arts & Culture

Afrofuturism in the Age of Black Panther

April 18, 2019

BU entrepreneurs Ellice Patterson, Dielle Lundberg, and Ines Andrade answer questions at the podium during the IDEA 2019 conference.

Dance

Six Quotes from BU Entrepreneurs to Ignite Your Innovative Spirit

March 5, 2019

Jussie Smollett

Film & TV

Will Actor Jussie Smollett’s Alleged Hoax Hurt Future Hate Crime Victims?

February 22, 2019

Shadae Leslie (COM'20) at left, and Nneka Oyigbo (CAS'20) listen to faculty member Sucharita Gupal

University News

Connecting Students of Color

December 4, 2018

Professor Elie Wiesel sits talking with his teaching assistant, Ariel Burger.

Books

Witness to Lessons of Elie Wiesel

November 12, 2018

3 headshots of political candidates Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (CAS’11), Gina Ortiz Jones (CAS’03, GRS’03), and Ayanna Pressley, Massachusetts candidate for the House of Representatives

Politics

Not Politics as Usual

November 1, 2018

The cracked sidewalk outside of the entrance to the playground behind the Trotter School in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston

Research

US Mayors: Blacks, Trans, Muslim, and Immigrants Face Discrimination

September 17, 2018

Umoja President Sernah Essien addressing the audience at the first ever Rite of Passage ceremony honoring black graduating students

Commencement

Umoja Celebrates Seniors’ Rite of Passage

May 18, 2018

Rep John Lewis

Politics

Commencement Speaker Rep. John Lewis Champions Civil Rights

May 17, 2018

Commencement Speaker Rep. John Lewis Champions Civil Rights