an independent antiracist multimedia platform. Antiracism scholar Kendi, who holds BU’s Andrew W. Mellon Professorship in the Humanities and is also a College of Arts & Sciences professor of history, and Venkataraman, who served as a science policy expert in the Obama White House, are the cofounders of the new platform. The mission, they say, is to help reframe today’s national conversation on race. Video by the Globe Staff) The timing of The Emancipator, which is expected to launch by this summer, is noteworthy. It comes as President Joe Biden moves to address racial inequities amid the growth of white supremacist groups and domestic terrorism, and with opposition from many Republicans who remain loyal to former President Trump, despite his role in inciting the January 6 attack on the US Capitol by Confederate flag–waving white rioters.