People of Color

A reminder that whiteness is the default for cultural and social normalcy in America.

In a major shift in American demographics, newly released Census data confirmed that the number of white people in the U.S. fell for the first time in decades.

Steve Phillips, the author of Brown Is The New White, How The Demographic Revolution Has Created A New American Majority, spoke with Roland Martin, host of NewsOne Now, about how the browning of America will change politics in the not-so-distant future.

How much unrest will our country experience before we substantively address the injustices acutely impacting Black people? For months, across the nation, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to demand police accountability, transparency and justice for the families that have fallen victims to state violence. I am Latino and I stand […]

In a new report, the U.S. Education Department projected that this fall, the percentage of white students in public schools will drop from 51 percent in 2012 to 49.7. In other words: for the first time ever, the majority of students in the public school system will be children of color. The implications are tremendous. […]

Researchers are now discovering how people of color and women are often penalized at work for promoting others like themselves. In a time where many companies claim to value racial and gender diversity, researchers from the University of Colorado and the University of Colorado, Boulder have found that women and people of color – often minorities […]