As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return?
The pandemic has underscored racial injustices in education. These Black and Asian families say they want those issues fixed before they return to the classroom.
7 takeaways from NewsHour’s investigation into harassment Black women in politics face
As Black women continue to achieve record levels of representation in elected office, the constant harassment and threats of violence many of them face challenge that trajectory. Some live in fear, others have chosen to leave public life. The PBS…
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For Black women in government, highlighting threats and abuse can make it worse
2021 has seen Black women reach new heights in the halls of U.S. Government — from Kamala Harris as vice president, to a record-setting number of Black women in Congress and in mayor's offices. While many celebrate the increase in…
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‘High on the Hog’ aims to eliminate the erasure of Black contributions to American cuisine
"High on the Hog" tells the sweeping history of African-American food — first as a book and now in a highly acclaimed four-part series on Netflix. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talked with some of the show’s creative team about why…
COVID-19 has taken a disproportionate physical toll on people of color — especially Black Americans, who are nearly three times as likely to be hospitalized and twice as likely to die from it than whites. Experts are now also warning…
Colorism — or discrimination against darker-skinned people within their same ethnic group — lurks deep among pretty much all communities with varying levels of melanin. But it doesn’t get talked about, and that could be a setback for the racial…
As of this Friday, Juneteenth — the day marking the end of slavery — is a federal holiday. Typically observed on the 19th of June, most federal employees will be able to observe it a day early because it lands…
As Black women continue to achieve record levels of representation in elected office, the constant harassment and threats of violence many of them face challenge that trajectory. Some live in fear, others have chosen to leave public life. These are…
President Joe Biden has proposed using some of the $2 trillion of his infrastructure plan to repair harm done to America's minority communities when highways were originally built through them. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro has the story of…
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