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With credit scoring, a system developed in the 1970s and implemented in the 1980s ostensibly as a neutral way of weighing credit worthiness, its impact on the racial wealth gap is crystal clear.

Giving credit where it’s due

by Kimberly Atkins Stohr April 24, 2022December 20, 2024

Clockwise from top left: Bina Venkataraman, Sewell Chan, S. Mitra Kalita, Peniel Joseph, and Ibram X. Kendi.

The Emancipator reimagines

by Ibram X. Kendi, Bina Venkataraman, Peniel Joseph, Sewell Chan, S. Mitra Kalita and The Emancipator April 24, 2022December 20, 2024

Color of Change president Rashad Robinson, former president of NAACP Cornell William Brooks, and cofounder and executive director of Black Voters Matter Cliff Albright are arrested the Capitol Police during a “Brothers Day of Action on Capitol Hill” protest outside the Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in July.

Poetry and the struggle for justice

by Paul Lewis and The Emancipator January 5, 2022December 20, 2024