racial bias

Pulitzer Prize nominee Linda Villarosa's book UNDER THE SKIN examines why Black Americans’ health outcomes are so much worse than those of white Americans.

The violence in Rosewood mirrored some of America's infamy of racial violence – including lynchings and mob attacks – in the years after World War I that included Chicago, Tulsa, Omaha and East St. Louis. In Florida, the Black communities in Ocoee and Rosewood were stained by historic violence in 1920 and 1923, respectively.

A federal judge on Thursday sparred with attorneys about a controversial state law that restricts the way race-related concepts can be taught in classrooms, as university professors argue it violates speech rights.

The Laboratory Theater of Florida in downtown Fort Myers is currently performing the Southwest Florida premiere production of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize winning drama “Fairview.”The play tackles themes of implicit bias, prejudices, stereotypes, race, surveillance and privilege, but through an innovative and powerful defiance of convention.We explore the play in a conversation with the production’s Assistant Director Makayla Davis, actors and cast members Zaria Brown and Tijuanna Clemons, and Laboratory Theater founder and Producing Artistic Director Annette Trossbach.

The Laboratory Theater of Florida has a reputation for producing edgy plays on timely topics. So, it should come as no surprise that it is presenting the Southwest Florida premiere of Jackie Sibblies Drury's Pulitzer-Prize-winning play “Fairview” which is a radical, conceptually bold and impactful comedy exploring issues of race and racism.

Diversity has been a well-advertised goal of institutions of higher education for decades. But, as a recent study from a Florida Gulf Coast University…

For those opposed to affirmative action, the question of race in college applications may seem pointless — or anti-white even — but there’s evidence to…

The Tampa Bay Times spent four years compiling what it calls "Florida's most comprehensive database of police shootings." Data from nearly 400 law…

The Tampa Bay Times has spent the last four years compiling what it calls "Florida's most comprehensive database of police shootings." Data from nearly…

A year-long investigative reporting project by the Herald-Tribune in Sarasota culminated in "Bias on the Bench," a series of articles revealing what…