Archive for month: June, 2021

Why Juneteenth? Why Now?

June 21, 2021/in Content, What's Happening Now/by lifelivingstag

Why did Juneteenth become the 11th federal holiday — the first new holiday in almost four decades? And why now? Federal holidays commemorate highly significant events in America’s history, a major religious holiday, and the start of the New Year. Juneteenth could be considered…

Critical Race Theory is Not the New “Civil Rights Movement.” Quite the Opposite.

June 8, 2021/in Content/by lifelivingstag

Critical Race Theory is quite prominent in contemporary American political discourse. Several state legislatures have advanced measures to ban

Behavior, not Racism, Explains Differences in Medical Outcomes Between White and Black Americans

June 8, 2021/in Content/by lifelivingstag

The American Medical Association came out with a statement on May 11th acknowledging that “racism is a public health threat.” A recent Boston Review article entitled “An Antiracist Agenda for Medicine,” concurred, making the case that racial health outcome discrepancies are evidence of..