Burned from the Land: How 60 Years of Racial Violence Shaped America
Professor of African and African-American Studies and Sociology faculty affiliate Geoff Ward reflects on the nation's long history of racial violence
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Biden May Be the Most Pro-union President since Truman. But Can He Stop Labor’s Decline?
Professor of Sociology Jake Rosenfeld comments on the prospective landscape of Biden's union support
For Many Black Employees, Working from Home Can Provide Relief from Inequitable Workplaces
“You can work from home, and you can be away from a lot of the interpersonal challenges that can make it harder for Black workers,” Sociology professor Adia Harvey Wingfield said. “But I worry that working from home will also take Black workers out of the networks and connections that they need to advance in the modern workplace.”
Alum Rachel Hellman publishes “A City Upon a Hill" in Belt Magazine
Another lesson from the Griot: How community-university partnerships can grow and evolve
Tila Neguse is assistant director of the Washington University Center on Race, Ethnicity and Equity. She continues to help lead the Divided City initiative, housed in the Center for the Humanities, in her new position.
Celebrating Our Alumna Alia Nahra
Video of Americanist Dinner Forum: Policing Blacknesss: Law, Race, and Criminal Justice Reform, March 3, 2021
Wingfield receives NSF grant to study millennials and corporate employment practices
Adia Harvey Wingfield, the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor and associate dean for faculty development in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a two-year, $180,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for the project “Millennials and Corporate Employment Practices.”
Nicklaus: Biden spending plan is insurance against economic disaster
President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, in the White House Thursday.
Work From Home Has the Power to Advance Equality—or Set It Back
Employers that ignore potential pitfalls could inadvertently intensify office biases.
WashU Expert: A historic opportunity to combat systemic racism
‘Lots of our political disputes focus on how to slice the pie, but enlarging the pie is half the problem’