Racial trauma research is having a new day as the scientific community finally acknowledges the burden of being Black.
Ramenda Cyrus
Ramenda Cyrus is a freelance reporter and writer based in Florida, and a former Prospect writing fellow.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Why the War FOR Poverty Has Made Gains
Discontinuing the expanded Child Tax Credit has plunged millions of families back into poverty and its anxieties.
Posted inPolitics
Heidi Heitkamp Lobbies Against a Democratic FCC
The former Democratic senator is running misleading ads claiming that FCC nominee Gigi Sohn would be bad for rural America.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Meet the Organizations Fighting for Zero-Emissions Freight
A coalition of community-based groups has come together to demand reform of a sector that has had a disproportionately negative impact on communities of color.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Police Have No Duty to Protect the Public
Though often unsaid in police reform debates, numerous court precedents have established that cops aren’t obligated to act in the interests of citizens.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Red-State War Against Women, Gays, Transgender Americans …
Republicans’ culture-war legislation is both wedge-issue politics and a subjugation of women and minorities.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Insulin Bill Won’t Help Many Insulin Patients
A proposed cap on co-payments won’t do anything for those without insurance.
Posted inWorking in America
Activision Workers Fight to Unionize
The popular gaming company, in the midst of a $70 billion merger with Microsoft, is resisting a unionization effort in its Raven Software division.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The ‘Black Woman Question’ and the Court Nominee
There’s a world of difference between Biden’s possible picks. And then there are administration policies that afflict and even endanger Black women.
