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Arts Feb 28

Golden Globe leaders vow to add diverse voices

By Associated Press

Nation Feb 25

Watch 7:43
Millions of students with limited broadband access at risk of falling behind amid COVID-19

During the pandemic, the federal government has tried to boost access to broadband internet. The Cares Act provided $150 billion to state and local governments, which many used to help extend connectivity, and the most recent stimulus package gave $7…

By John Yang, Frank Carlson

Arts Feb 25

Watch 7:33
Looking back in history to help inform and improve future race relations

Daily reports of disturbing racial incidents and what appear to be deepening racial divisions within the country leave many looking for answers. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault recently spoke with Dr. Ronald Crutcher, a classical musician and president of the University…

By Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Rachel Wellford

Arts Feb 24

Why we’re drawn to Billie Holiday’s story

The story of Billie Holiday, who died at age 44, has been told and retold in countless books and films. Why do we keep coming back to it?…

By Lizz Bolaji

Arts Feb 16

Watch 7:42
Universities look to the past to understand their relationships with race

In the aftermath of the killings by police of George Floyd and other black men and women, American institutions of all kinds have looked to their past and present to understand their relationships to race and racism. That reckoning continues…

By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson, Tommy Walters

Feb 12

Black women were vital to the Black church. Here are 2 stories

By Christina Turner

While the “backbone of the church has been Black women almost from the very beginning,” historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. said, their roles have both been suppressed within the church and forgotten when recounting its history.

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Jan 28

Trust in COVID-19 vaccines is vital to control the pandemic. Why are some hesitant?

By Laura Santhanam

Among the many coronavirus challenges the Biden administration faces, boosting public trust in the vaccine is a problem it must solve to move the U.S. past the pandemic.

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Jan 22

Watch 6:35
Lloyd Austin breaks ‘brass ceiling’ as first Black defense secretary

By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn

The confirmation of Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as the first Black secretary of defense is a milestone. Nick Schifrin reports on how it also spotlights the racial disparities at the highest level of the military ranks.

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Jan 14

Watch 7:54
Civil rights pioneer Ruby Bridges on activism in the modern era

By Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Anne Azzi Davenport

In the 1960s, Ruby Bridges became the first African-American student to integrate into an entirely white public school system in New Orleans. She joins Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who followed in Bridges' footsteps 60 years ago and desegregated the University of Georgia…

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Jan 07

Watch 7:08
Police response at the Capitol brings claims of ‘white privilege’

The treatment of the violent mob at the Capitol by law enforcement versus the heavy-handed tactics employed on peaceful protests over racial justice has been widely talked about since Wednesday. Amna Nawaz spoke with Ibram X. Kendi, director of the…

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