Jan 28 Watch 5:58 A Black physician’s memoir looks at the legacy of medical racism in America By John Yang, Kaisha Young Dr. Uché Blackstock has seen firsthand how medical racism shapes health care in America. She's dedicated her career to work at the intersection of medicine, health equity and systemic racism. Her new memoir, "Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch 7:34 New book ‘Madness’ documents the racism of a Jim Crow-era mental health facility By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Satvi Sunkara, Alexa Gold Crownsville Hospital in Maryland was one of the last segregated mental asylums in the country. Thousands of Black patients came through the overcrowded, understaffed hospital and many died there. NBC News correspondent Antonia Hylton began looking into the facility a… Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch 7:50 Michele Norris discusses her new book on how Americans see race and identity By Geoff Bennett, Alexa Gold In 2010, journalist Michele Norris started “The Race Card Project.” She asked people around the world to send her a postcard, and in just six words, share their thoughts, questions, experiences and aspirations about identity and race. Geoff Bennett and… Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch 6:20 How a $100M donation is a game-changer for HBCUs By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas The United Negro College Fund received a $100 million grant to help increase endowments for historically Black colleges and universities. The donation from the Lilly Endowment is the single largest unrestricted private grant in the organization's history and its purpose… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 8:47 Racial disparity in addiction treatment access highlights inequities of opioid epidemic By William Brangham, Dorothy Hastings, Mike Fritz The CDC says synthetic opioids, particularly fentanyl, contributed to about 75,000 overdose deaths in the United States in 2022. It's a crisis that hits every demographic group, but there are large racial disparities between who is offered the most effective… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 8:01 Tariq ‘Black Thought’ Trotter on his impact on hip-hop and new memoir, ‘The Upcycled Self’ By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Simon Epstein The Roots are one of hip-hop’s most important and influential groups and lead lyricist and emcee Tariq Trotter, better known by his stage name Black Thought, has established himself among the leading rappers. The Grammy-winner tells his own story in,… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch 5:43 Simone Leigh’s work explores how Black women have been misrepresented in art and culture By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Last year, artist Simone Leigh represented the U.S. at what is widely considered the world’s most important exhibition of contemporary art, the Venice Biennale. She was the first Black woman to have that honor. Now, there’s a chance to see… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch 6:03 How challenges to the Voting Rights Act could reshape the political landscape By Laura Barrón-López, Ali Schmitz Legal challenges surrounding voting rights in multiple states could alter the nation’s political landscape ahead of the 2024 elections. Georgia is redrawing its congressional maps after a judge ruled current maps dilute the power of Black voters. And another ruling… Continue watching
Nov 28 Watch 4:57 Remains of 5 Native Americans returned home 120 years after graves were looted By Kaomi Lee, Twin Cities PBS A Native American tribe in Minnesota recently welcomed home five of its ancestors more than a century after their remains left the state. Their burial sites had been looted by a white landowner who took them to Connecticut and the… Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch 4:04 The cutting-edge work of Native American aerospace engineer Mary Golda Ross By John Yang, Winston Wilde, Harry Zahn, Lana Green As Native American Heritage Month comes to a close, for our “Hidden Histories” series, we look at the life and legacy of Mary Golda Ross, the first Native American woman to become an engineer and a pioneering figure of the… Continue watching