This video examines Africa and its potential to be a major player in global affairs by the end of the century. Focusing on Ethiopia, a country rocked by COVID-19 and military conflict, the video examines the lives of Ethiopians and how they are innovating to improve their country’s fortunes. This …
Amazon, Google, and Facebook collectively own 18 properties within close proximity of one another on New York City’s west side. These companies have grouped together due to agglomeration, which is the tendency of economic activity to cluster together. New York, for instance, has a deep, highly educated, labour pool to …
While one may think that cities across the United States are moving forward from their racist planning origins/policies, urban planning in fact, “is still used by some as the spatial toolkit, consisting of a set of policies and practices, for maintaining White supremacy”. Racial segregation, in many cases, was the …
ProPublica launched a study on the computer algorithms that conduct risk assessments on people charged with crimes to determine their sentence. These assessments are used across the United States and the results are provided to the judge right before any sentence is given to the individual. The assessment provides an …
Stephen Lawrence was a young black man from England who was murdered on the 22nd of April 1993. Dubbed “A Murder that changed a Nation” Stephen was killed in an unprovoked, racially motivated, attack near a southeast London bus stop by five white males. In addition to the horrific murder, …
Recent research finds suicide to be the leading cause of death among gay and bisexual men in Canada. While investigating the number of HIV infections among gay men, epidemiologist Travis Salwat discovered that the social factors leading to behaviours associated with HIV transmission could also determine one’s likelihood to attempt …
For immigrants, deportation proceedings are often a resource-intensive and emotionally draining process. Without the help of a public defender, their cases often end with little success. To address the issue, President Biden signed a presidential memorandum last month aiming to expand access to legal representation of immigrants. But way before …
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario witnesses the lives and struggles of Afghan women over two decades. When the Taliban first came to power in the mid-1990s, the group’s interpretation of the Sharia law (the Islamic law) had mired women’s lives in taboos. It ranges from allowing women to leave home only with …
After 17-years, the U.S. Department of Justice resumed federal executions in 2020. Those that were convicted of killing white people were 17 times more likely to receive the death penalty than if a Black person was killed. Thus, indicating a system that was made to protect and serve only the …
The Apartheid in South Africa may have ended long ago but the long-term effects of decades of black and white racial segregation remain. Across huge portions of the country, in many major metropolises such as Cape Town, Pretoria, and Johannesburg, people still reside in different communities according to race. For …