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Teachers, mental health professionals and parents might be our best defense for stopping hate crimes committed in the name of white supremacy, writes Meredith Ganser.

Progressive voices ramped up calls to add critical race theory to school curricula following Saturday's shooting in Buffalo, N.Y.

What does family look like to you? USA TODAYs Opinion team is sharing its definitions, and we invite you to share what family means to you.

1970s Yale was place of expanding diversity. That came to a head with the trial of Black Panthers Ericka Huggins and Bobby Seale.

It’s the start of a new month, the unofficial start of summer. That makes it the perfect time to talk about the newest voices on the USA TODAY Opinion team. Starting this month is Connie Schultz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and New York Times best-selling author, whose latest book, Daughters of Erietown, is released in paperback today. She’s a frequent public speaker and guest on national television and most recently wrote a nationally syndicated column. Her new weekly column will ...

I spoke to a man who has an online website where he hooks people up who have medical problems with doctors for cannabis. and i said, you know, there arent a lot of people who look like me in the legal industry because of the history of whats happened with the overincarceration of black and brown people. so even though now theres a legal avenue for people, there are people who are afraid to enter it because theres a history in this country of certain people being overincarcerated and other people...

Life. >> our friends at usa today are also looking at the criminal justice system this week. joining me now is eileen rivers, digital content editor for usa todays opinion section and the editor of the online site policing the usa. they contributed to the first stall meant of the life series feature inmates sentenced to life in federal prison for nonviolent drug offenses. first of all, thank you, eileen. if you for yo thank you for your time. ive enjoyed this series. these men are going remain i...