Oct 14 Decades after a Missouri town seized a Black doctor’s home, his relatives sought to reclaim his land — and his story By Gabrielle Hays CREVE COEUR- At the end of a winding road in Creve Coeur, just west of St. Louis County, a park now bears the name of Dr. Howard P Venable, the Black ophthalmologist who purchased the land as his own more… Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch 6:38 Benton Harbor’s water has had excess lead for years. Residents are only now receiving help By John Yang, Courtney Norris, Leah Nagy Residents in Michigan's Benton Harbor — a predominantly Black city — have been advised to only use bottled water for things like cooking and bathing due to lead contamination. The warning comes just a few years after Flint’s water crisis… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch 7:43 Rapper Common, Rev. Moss on helping Chicago heal and the ‘plot’ against Black America By Stephanie Sy, Yasmeen Qureshi Homicides in Chicago were up 56% in 2020 compared to the year before. But efforts are underway to address the city's systemic issues. Award-winning rapper Common and his pastor, Rev. Otis Moss III, discussed some of their ideas for change… Continue watching
Oct 11 Sikh Americans push for greater visibility, awareness against years of hate crimes, misunderstanding By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang “We want to spend the next 20 years increasingly focused on measures and efforts to build community power and increase the community's direct role in shaping policies at the local, state, and national levels, from education to hate crime prevention… Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch 8:37 Climate change’s uneven impact on communities of color compounded by uneven flow of aid By Roby Chavez, Sam Lane Hurricane Ida survivors are still facing a difficult road ahead, nearly six weeks after it battered Louisiana as a Category 4 storm. And in Lake Charles, Louisiana, thousands are still waiting for relief from a string of natural disasters that… Continue watching
Oct 04 Fate of George Floyd pardon request now with Texas governor By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press A Texas agency has approved a request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest made by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid. Continue reading
Sep 29 A pro-slavery petition is the latest racist incident at this Kansas City high school. Parents say they’ve had enough By Gabrielle Hays Parents say the district is doing little to mitigate the ongoing problems, including individual attacks on students based on their race. Continue reading
Sep 24 Haitians see history of racist policies in migrant treatment By Aaron Morrison, Astrid Galvan, Jasen Lo, Associated Press The images — men on horseback with long reins, corralling Haitian asylum seekers trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico — provoked an outcry. But Haitian Americans, Black immigrant advocates and civil rights leaders say it's just the latest… Continue reading
Sep 21 Black women lawmakers discuss the rampant abuse and harassment they face at work By Amna Nawaz, Lizz Bolaji, Chloe Jones, Wyatt Mayes Today, we're bringing you a special conversation with PBS NewsHour Correspondent Amna Nawaz, who speaks with Colorado State Senator Rhonda Fields, Baltimore city State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and former Vermont State Representative Kiah Morris about the harassment they’ve faced as… Continue reading
Sep 20 Decades after ‘the Arab problem,’ Muslim and Arab Americans are leading political change in Metro Detroit By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Despite a long history, Muslim or Arab American communities in the metro Detroit area have not had significant presence in local government other than city council -- until now. Continue reading