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Attorney Ben Crump on Trayvon Martin, racial hypocrisy and signs of progress
Since 2012, the families of several unarmed young American black men shot to death by police in high-profile incidents have turned to civil rights attorney Ben Crump in pursuit of justice. Crump has now written a book arguing these killings…
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Derek Black grew up as a white nationalist. Here’s how he changed his mind
According to the FBI, hate crimes are on the rise in the U.S. Studies also suggest white nationalist and white supremacist ideologies are spreading. Derek Black was raised in a household that espoused such beliefs, but during college, his views…
More than 400 inmates released from Oklahoma prisons
State officials say it is the largest single-day mass commutation in U.S. history.
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Why minority representation in medical research is a matter of life and death
U.S. racial and ethnic diversity is ever increasing, but the medical representation of minority groups is not. A recent review of government-funded cancer research studies found that participants were disproportionately white, and fewer than 2 percent of these clinical trials…
An algorithm commonly used by hospitals and other health systems to predict which patients are most likely to need follow-up care classified white patients overall as being more ill than black patients — even when they were just as sick,…
"All Republicans must remember what they are witnessing here - a lynching," Trump tweeted.
Across the nation, 713 people have been fatally shot by police this year.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is mired in scandal since three separate images emerged showing him in blackface. The controversial instances, for which Trudeau apologized Thursday, have quickly dominated the Canadian election period. William Brangham reports and talks to BuzzFeed’s…
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