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Yongseok Shin, the Douglass C. North Distinguished Professor in Economics

William Wallace, the Barbara Murphy Bryant Distinguished Professor of Art History

Kathleen Clark, professor of law

The takeaway from my experience at Wash U is that companies can do that with some core factors in place: firm, explicit support and resources from leadership; an intentional focus on racial diversity in hiring and advancement; and creating a culture that recognizes and responds to the realities Black workers face, writes Adia Harvey Wingfield.

Whether we move statues or keep them in place, our history in all its complexity needs to remain in plain sight. We cannot lock it behind walls or barricade it with cement. We need to move through that place of pain until the statues themselves become irrelevant, writes Laurie Maffly-Kipp.

Given that universal mask wearing might be the next step for the country’s fight against Covid-19, it is in all of our best interests if we help each other learn to tolerate and then overcome our anxieties about wearing them, writes Jessica Gold.

Hilary Babcock, MD, professor of medicine

Several faculty members have written pieces recently about gun violence and racism, shared on the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute’s blog. The articles are part of a special series by the law institute’s and the Institute for Public Health’s gun violence initiatives.

Lee Epstein, the Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor

Daniel Epps, associate professor of law