Op-Eds

Bangs, R. "Fourth Amendment Problems with Pittsburgh Police Policies" February 2025 

Bangs, R. "Pittsburgh Leaders Must Recognize the Serious Racial Problems in Police Actions" January 2025 

Bangs, R. "Racial Disparities and Discrimination in Drug Arrest Charges by Pittsburgh Police, January-October 2022" November 2024 

Bangs, R. "New National Reports on Anti-Black Pretextual Traffic Stops and Frisks, Related Pittsburgh Police Data, and Recommendations" October 15, 2024 

Bangs, R. "Police Discrimination Against Black Youth Under Age 18" October 1, 2024 

Bangs, R. "Pittsburgh's Massive Racial Disparities in Police Actions, 2021-2023," July 1, 2024 

Abusuampeh, D.K. "Racism Across the World: Tribalism in Africa," January 25, 2024 

Idoko, R. "Finding the Vaccine for Racism", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 26, 2023 

Huguley, J.P. Racial Justice: Get Connected, Get Committed, June 2, 2020 

Davis, L.E. "Who's to Blame", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 17, 2016 

Davis, L.E. "Whose Country Is It, Anyway? America Is at a Racial Tipping Point", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 6, 2016 

Davis, L. E. “Have We Gone Too Far with Resiliency?”, Social Work Research, National Association of Social Workers, April 2014.

Davis, L.E., “Facing up to race: Celebrating diversity is no substitute for addressing racial disparities”, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 19, 2014. 

Davis, L. E. “Reaching the Racial Tipping Point”, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 16, 2012. 

Davis, L.E.“Dr. Martin Luther King would be Surprised.” Pittsburgh Post- Gazette, January 17, 2011. 

Bradley-King, C.K.  “First Person, A story of adoption.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 1, 2011. 

Davis, L.E., “Don’t Blame the Teachers for the Racial Achievement Gap”, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 18, 2011. 

Davis, L.E., “Race in America: A three-day conference in Pittsburgh will seek solutions to our toughest racial problems.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 2, 2010. 

Davis, L.E., & Bangs, R. “Mentoring programs can build diversity in management.”  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 19, 2009. 

Davis, L.E. “Sunday Forum: Black America is at War.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 1, 2008. 

Davis, L.E, and Bangs, R. "Pittsburgh's Shame." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 1, 2007. 

Davis, L.E. “MLK: All-American”, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 15, 2007. 

Bangs, R., Murrell, A. & Constance-Huggins, M. "Opportunities for minority contracting in Pittsburgh." New Pittsburgh Courier, February 16-20, 2005. 

Davis, L.E. "A Black History Month Valentine." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 8, 2004. 

Davis, L.E. "A Gender Gap in Black and White." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 29, 2003.

Davis, L. E. "The New Ingredient in the Identity of Black Biracial Children", The Chicago Tribune, December 1996.