Racial Bias

Silence speaks volumes (and so does interrupting women and making mean jokes).

Whites were twice as likely to sympathize with violent protests and/or terrorist acts as native Pakistanis.

Actor Jussie Smollett has been charged with felony disorderly conduct for making a false report of a hate crime. Research shows such reports are rare.

The racist thoughts that the actor admitted to align with long-running stereotypes.

The presidential candidate has an interesting record of championing reform while working within political constraints.

Jason Van Dyke has been sentenced to over six years in prison. Read Pacific Standard's most relevant stories on the Chicago policeman's murder of a black teenager.

On Friday, a jury convicted Jason Van Dyke, a white Chicago police officer, of the second-degree murder of black 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

William Gross will become the top cop in a department that's struggling to modernize and overcome accusations of entrenched racial bias.

A recent vote over a proposed tool to predict the risk that a person would pose a threat to public safety in Pennsylvania stirred a debate over its unintended consequences.

Critics say the legislation being put forth in Michigan will unfairly benefit rural white communities over the more urban black areas—but is that true?

Starbucks doesn't need to close its stores for bias trainings. It needs to change its entire design so that it doesn't merely reflect the character of host neighborhoods, especially if that character is racist.

Empathy could play a larger role in dividing us than previously thought.

A new study shows the inherent disadvantages faced by African Americans when dealing with members of the public sector.

Even as it's grown increasingly rare.

New research finds implicit racism can lead to anxiety among instructors, leading to poorer lessons and lower test scores.

An experiment suggests a source of racial bias in job interviews, visits to the doctor, and confrontations with police.

A new meta-study synthesizes recent research, and finds unconscious racial bias influences snap decisions to pull the trigger.

No matter people's conscious beliefs about the flag, it underscores racist mindsets.

Across the country, non-white drivers are more likely to be stopped, and those stops are more likely to lead to frisks, searches, and tickets.

Bioethicists, geneticists, attorneys, and cops weigh the pros and cons of a radical new science.

New research suggests bias also can be found within racial categories.

A recently published analysis finds reasons for concern at three levels of the legal process.