White male, owner of Fat Finger Construction, pulls AR-15 on Black landscapers over parking
‘There’s no reason for somebody to go to an AR-15 over something as trivial as a…
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Economist Heather McGhee considers the ‘zero-sum paradigm’ of American racism
Economist and author Heather McGhee draws on a wealth of economic data to show how…
St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs tackles systemic racism
This year’s four-day St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs conference discussed…
‘Black in a White World:’ Dr. Constance Wheat Batty shares the story of her extraordinary parents
Dr. Constance Wheat Batty published a book about her extraordinary parents, who, despite…
Impact of structural racism in St. Pete
The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg hosted an update on the structural racism…
Community Voices Matter: Structural Racism Study Town Hall
The City of St. Petersburg enacted 1960’s style policing to control the Black community…
Sex, stigma, self-hate, and racism, a deadly combination in the Black community, part 2
Many Black people in the LGBT+ community refer to themselves as SGL, or same gender…
How racism and fear of Black health leadership is killing us, part 1
J. Carl Devine, director of the Banyan Tree Project, and Leisha McKinley-Beach, a…
‘I am my dreams and my aspirations’
Pooja Manjakandy just graduated from the IB Program at St. Petersburg High School BY…
Our Stories Matter: Maya Matheney
BY YAMIRA PATTERSON, St. Petersburg High School student Maya Matheney is a rising…
‘City of Ali’ movie review
Fans of the late Muhammad Ali will love ‘City of Ali,’ a documentary about…
Unity through differences
A large, diverse crowd of all ages, races, and faiths attended the Unite Against Hate…
We Remember: Chronicling 10 Race Massacres In America
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A student’s perspective on anti-Blackness in a PCS school
Kaitlyn McKay-Cohen By Yamira Patterson, St. Petersburg High School student Kaitlyn…
A conversation with a Black student in a majority white school
Ja’Kaylah Danford By Yamira Patterson, St. Petersburg High School student Ja’Kaylah…
City of St. Pete selects USF researchers to identify, make recommendations to address systemic racism
USF Associate Professor Ruthmae Sears, Ph.D. ST. PETERSBURG — An interdisciplinary…
DeSantis seeks to reinvent history, deny racism and divide
Gov. DeSantis has chosen to ignore 40 years of research and evidence of institutional…