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Maryland is the first state to formally reckon with its history of lynching and racial violence
Healing wounds over and violence from years past can be an extremely difficult endeavor. South Africa's truth and reconciliation commission was the most famous attempt of its kind—but now, Maryland is the first U.S. state using the resolution model to…
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How to talk to kids about race and racism
As schools across the nation resumed in-person classes, teachers and students faced increased pressure from local school boards and organizations over how to teach and talk about race in the classroom. Dana Crawford, a pediatric and clinical psychologist in New…
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A new book examines ways to end unconscious bias
When freelance writer Jessica Nordell started pitching under a gender neutral name, she suddenly found more of her pitches were accepted. She’s since dedicated her work to examining solutions to unconscious bias, which affects everything from education to health care…
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How tax laws disadvantage Black Americans but subsidize white Americans
Tax returns are calculated based on income, but a new book highlights how the tax code disproportionately impacts people of color. Dorothy Brown, professor at Emory University School of Law and author of “The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax…
The Justice Department dropped its lawsuit against Yale that had alleged the university was illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants.
Last week's riot on Capitol Hill was filled with hate symbols: nooses, confederate flags, violent graffiti symbols. Ivette Feliciano spoke with civil rights lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson, about the racial implications of the riot,…
NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss some of her biggest stories in 2020: criminal justice and COVID-19 concerns in prisons and jails, how technology was helping artists connect with each other, and activists who were organizing over…
French President Emmanuel Macron's remarks, posted on Facebook, were his first since apparently unwarranted use of force by police was spotlighted in two recent incidents.
Thousands of students from colleges and universities with majority white populations have used anonymous Instagram accounts to share their experiences dealing with racism on their respective campuses.
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