April 2022
The Emancipator Has Launched!
A diverse team of veteran journalists and leading academic scholars announced on Monday, April 25th the launch of The Emancipator, a new multimedia newsroom whose mission is to reframe the national conversation on race and present possible solutions toward an antiracist future. Building on the tradition and impact of 19th-century antislavery newspapers that hastened abolition, The Emancipator is reimagined for a 21st-century audience to amplify critical voices, ideas, debates, and evidence-based commentary to hasten racial justice.
Dr. Monica Wang, Associate Director of Narrative, Comments on Protests Around COVID-19 Mandates
Adaeze Okorie, CAR Advocacy Intern, Named 2022 Graduate Student Employee of the Year
Petitioner Larry Thompson, Supported by Amicus Brief Filed by Center for Antiracist Research, Wins SCOTUS Civil Rights Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the “indications-of-innocence” standard, which clears a path for people who have been targeted by false criminal charges that are later dismissed to seek police accountability under federal civil rights law.
Editors’ Letter: The Return of The Emancipator
Dr. Monica Wang Publishes Op-Ed on Transforming Public Health through Investing in Behavioral Research
CAR Researchers Publish Commentary on the Racial Data Gap
Dr. Monica Wang, Associate Director of Narrative, Wins Leading the Narrative Award for Promoting Vaccine Equity
Telehealth’s Double Edged Sword: Bridging or Perpetuating Health Inequities?
Inadequate healthcare access is one of the factors driving health inequities among BIPOC communities. Telehealth offers an opportunity to increase healthcare access and reduce health inequities. However, according to researchers from Boston University Questrom School of Business, Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC), telehealth has unwittingly become a “double-edged sword,” […]