Policy Points Racism is a fundamental cause of health inequities and disease, which requires policy solutions that address this cause directly rather than only targeting mechanisms. Cultural syste...

The threat of being killed merely for existing can shape black men’s lives.

Kenjus Watson teaches courses on inequality, identity, and group behavior in the Psychology and Education Departments at Occidental College. Kenjus has been involved with Dialogue and other forms o…

Rashawn Ray issues a series of recommendations for closing the racial gap in COVID-19 infections and deaths, including locating testing and triage facilities at Black churches and ensuring hazard pay...

In light of recent discussions regarding the lack of diversity and inclusion at Stanford’s new Institute Human-Centered Artificial…

Psychologists say repeated exposure to disturbing eyewitness media can come with a high emotional cost.

Mistrust of health care providers, fueled by painful experiences with racism, makes African American men more likely to delay routine screenings and doctor's appointments, with potentially serious...

Given the recent attention to high-profile cases of unarmed Black men being killed by law enforcement officials and the subsequent #BlackLivesMatter movement, a...

Everyone in America is facing hardships, but these hardships collide on the bodies of Black Americans in ways that are more substantial and longer lasting.

 Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law one of the strongest measures in the country intended to deter police officers from killing civilians while pursuing criminal suspects.

There is ample evidence affirming that racial and ethnic disparities beginning in early childhood persist over an individual’s life-course. Many of these disparities are linked to adverse childhood...

Advancing beyond individual-level approaches to coping with racial trauma, we introduce a new psychological framework of radical healing for People of Color and...