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Overcoming Racism in Science: A Nature Special Issue

Overcoming Racism in Science: A Nature Special Issue

A guest-edited collection of features, comment and analysis examines researchers' experiences of racism, the impacts of systemic racism and how science can and must change.

Wellcome Trust says It Has Perpetuated 'Systemic Racism' in Science

Wellcome Trust says It Has Perpetuated 'Systemic Racism' in Science

The research funder's admission has been largely welcomed, but experts say many institutions need to do much more to implement anti-racism pledges.

Dismantle racism in science

Dismantle racism in science

Although many people of color in STEM have a fervent desire to make their field and workplace more equitable, pressure to perform duties unrelated to their research creates a service burden that many of their white colleagues do not bear. 

Caltech Confronted Its Racist Past. Here's What Happened

Caltech Confronted Its Racist Past. Here's What Happened

With a push from students and alumni, the university faced up to a legacy of support for eugenics. As it renames buildings and programmes, can its story serve as a model for others?

Why Tenure is So Important - Yet Rare - for Black Professors

Why Tenure is So Important - Yet Rare - for Black Professors

History has shown that many Black academics find the path to tenure at predominantly white colleges daunting at best.

Florida Bans Teaching Critical Race Theory in Schools

Florida Bans Teaching Critical Race Theory in Schools

Florida has become the latest state to ban critical race theory, continuing the growing charge by Republican lawmakers against schools teaching about systemic racism.

University of Cape Town's Battle to Tackle a Racist Legacy

University of Cape Town's Battle to Tackle a Racist Legacy

Six years after a statue of Cecil Rhodes was toppled, students and staff at the South African university are still working to improve equity and representation.

Troubling Podcast Puts JAMA Under Fire for Its Mishandling of Race

Troubling Podcast Puts JAMA Under Fire for Its Mishandling of Race

Critics say editors have asked authors to scrub the term racism from their articles even as they publish others that include racist notions.

Major Physics Society Won't Meet in Cities with Racist Policing Record

Major Physics Society Won't Meet in Cities with Racist Policing Record

The American Physical Society's new criteria for conference venues seem to be unique among scientific societies.

The Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals

The Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals

For many years and increasingly in the last year, the JAMA Network journals have published many important articles addressing disparities and racism in medical education, research, and health care and highlighting initiatives to help address deep-rooted inequities.

Female Academics Saw Their Own Experiences with #manterrupting in This Week's Vice Presidential Debate

Female Academics Saw Their Own Experiences with #manterrupting in This Week's Vice Presidential Debate

Female academics saw their own experiences in the vice presidential debate's gendered and racialized dynamics.

Promoting Diversity and Advancing Racial Equity in the Biomedical Sciences

Promoting Diversity and Advancing Racial Equity in the Biomedical Sciences

"The glacial progress our community has made to remedy our historic and present day exclusion, have been chronicled for longer than I have been alive", says Kenneth Gibbs. 

Responses to 10 Common Criticisms of Anti-Racism Action in STEM

Responses to 10 Common Criticisms of Anti-Racism Action in STEM

Table of Contents 1. "There is no evidence of racism in STEM."2. "Don't politicize STEM! Stick to the science, not social issues."3. "I'm not a racist, so I don't need to do anything."4. "I only hire/award/cite based on merit; I do not need to consider race."5. "There just aren't as many BIPOC who want to…

Too Many Senior White Academics Still Resist Recognizing Racism

Too Many Senior White Academics Still Resist Recognizing Racism

As a Black woman who is the chair of a university science department, people have questioned my right to exist at every stage.