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July 15, 2021 - 1:51pm
In our weekly feature, we'll be sharing 5 headlines from the week that struck us as important. We hope you'll visit the original stories. Just click on the graphic and a link will take you there. 
July 12, 2021 - 1:44pm
The authors are a cross-partisan group of thinkers who have written extensively about authoritarianism, liberalism and free speech.
July 12, 2021 - 12:37pm
As hate incidents targeting Asians rose by over 200% in the San Francisco East Bay community of San Leandro, local activists and leaders came together to show solidarity with the Asian community on May 16, 2021. California's new attorney general Rob Bonta was in attendance, along with a number of other local leaders and community organizations. All were there to denounce the violence and stand together united against hate.
July 6, 2021 - 8:25am
When Martin Luther King said, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character,” he aspired to a time when skin color did not matter. Yet, he recognized that simply by ignoring differences, the path to that time would never occur. New guest blog from Dr. Becki Cohn-Vargas.
May 23, 2021 - 9:23am
A new book by Mary Frances-Winters defines and explores Black fatigue, the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of Black people – and explains why and how society needs to collectively do more to combat its pernicious effects.