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Laura Chichisan/College of Arts and Sciences Tracy Jan, reporter for the Washington Post (bottom left), moderates the April 27 webinar “Racism in America: Economy” with Cornell faculty panelists, from top left, Lawrence Glickman, the Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor of American Studies in the Department of History; Erica Groshen, senior economics advisor in the ILR Labor Dynamics Institute; Riché Richardson, associate professor of Africana studies; and Tejasvi Nagaraja, assist...

April 19, 2021 The stark economic realities and inequalities in the United States have been laid bare by the uneven impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some have made great financial gains, but losses have fallen heaviest on those who can least afford them, spotlighting the impact of racism on federal, state and local economic policies and outcomes. In the final webinar of the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) yearlong series, “Racism in America,” panelists will focus on the many ways raci...

March 16, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the dire consequences of inequities in America’s health care. According to the COVID Tracking Project, African Americans die from COVID-19 at rates more than 1.5 times their share of the population, while Hispanics, Latinos, Native American and Alaskan Natives share of death and sickness is disproportionate to their population in the majority of states with sufficient data. In the next webinar of the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) yearl...

February 9, 2021 Worldwide protests against police brutality, an armed attack on the Capitol, protests in Europe and the U.S. against COVID restrictions– 2020 and 2021 stand out as years when those on the left and the right turned to both peaceful and armed protests to change the directions  governments were headed. Structural racism and racial inequality were at the heart of much of these protests. In its next webinar, the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) yearlong webinar series, “Ra...