CHICAGO, Ill. -- Historical housing practices in the U.S. have put many communities of color at a disadvantage. It’s not necessarily due to individuals being racist. It’s due to housing policies ...

Denizens of the nation’s colleges and universities take perverse pride in proclaiming that America – including higher education – embodies systemic racism. More insidious than mere racism – ...

Racism directed against Black people, indigenous people, and other groups is often said to be systemic in a way that amounts to more than the prejudices of individuals. Understanding and evaluating ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Tracey Williams-Dillard is the granddaughter of an influential journalist who gave a voice to black communities when they weren’t being heard back in 1934. "He was righting the ...

We assume so, but don’t really know because Canada, unlike the U.S., collects and publishes very little race-based data in the health care field, or elsewhere for that matter. Despite being one of the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Re: your June 19 story, “County approves closures of two Santa Paula Hospital units”: Thank you, Tom Kisken, for covering the unfortunate closure of critical services at Santa Paula Hospital. Thank ...

The recent killing of a black man, George Floyd, by a white police officer in Minneapolis has sparked a period of national protest and unrest. To many, Floyd’s death exemplifies the brutality of ...

On Jan. 20, President Joe Biden became the first in U.S. history to explicitly name “the sting of systemic racism” in his inaugural address. With this deliberate and specific use of the term, Biden ...