May 15 Watch 3:43 Talking about race with your own mom can be hard. Here’s why it’s worth it When Ijeoma Oluo got a voicemail from her mom saying that she had had an epiphany about race, Oluo didn't want to call her back. But, she says, as awful and awkward as the conversation was, she is glad it… Continue watching
May 11 These 16 songs broke ground for ‘This is America’ By Joshua Barajas This week, the NewsHour asked several music experts for songs that can be seen as musical predecessors to Childish Gambino's "This Is America."… Continue reading
May 11 Starbucks changes bathroom policy following racial firestorm By Associated Press Starbucks has adopted an open-bathroom policy following the arrest last month of two African American men at a coffee shop in Philadelphia. Continue reading
May 10 Yale administrator says officers admonished white student for calling police on black student By Associated Press A Yale administrator says the university police officers who responded to a call about a black graduate student who had fallen asleep in the common area of a campus residence admonished the white student who reported it. Continue reading
May 09 Watch 8:24 The stark, chaotic power of Donald Glover’s ‘This Is America’ Infectious in beat, jarring in violence and imagery, Donald Glover's new music video "This Is America" touches on painful racial history and our contemporary culture of mass entertainment and murder. Jeffrey Brown talks with Rolling Stone contributor Tre Johnson about… Continue watching
May 08 Watch 7:01 The next generation of African-American doctors finds success and support at this university By Hari Sreenivasan Xavier University, a small, historically black college in New Orleans, manages to graduate more African Americans who go on to become medical doctors than any other undergraduate institution in the country -- a fact that's even more striking given a… Continue watching
May 04 Gigi Hadid apologizes for darkened skin tone on Vogue Italia cover By Colleen Barry, Associated Press Gigi Hadid and Vogue Italia have both apologized for the May Vogue Italia cover that showed the model with a dark skin tone, a distortion that unleashed a social media backlash and underlined the lack of diversity in the fashion… Continue reading
Apr 26 Boston changes Fenway Park’s ‘Yawkey Way,’ citing former owner’s racist past By Associated Press The city's Public Improvement Commission unanimously approved a proposal by current Red Sox ownership to call the stretch of roadway Jersey Street, which it was originally called before being changed in 1977 to honor Tom Yawkey a year after he… Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch 9:29 Ricky Boyd was shot by police. 3 months later, his mother wants the body-cam released Ricky Boyd, 20, was shot outside his grandmother's home three months ago Monday. Law enforcement in Georgia went to arrest Boyd, claiming he was a murder suspect, but shot him. They claimed he had a firearm, which turned out to… Continue watching
Apr 19 WATCH: Philadelphia police chief apologizes to men arrested at Starbucks shop By Associated Press Commissioner Richard Ross, who is black, apologized to the two men on Thursday after he previously staunchly defended police for their handling of the incident. Continue reading