May 30 Roseanne Barr blames Ambien for racist tweet. The drug maker responds By David Bauder, Associated Press Roseanne Barr is partly blaming Ambien for the tweet that led to her show's cancellation, but the maker of the insomnia drug quickly retorted that "racism is not a known side effect."… Continue reading
May 29 Watch 9:35 Our everyday assumptions can hurt others. Here’s what it takes to change your thinking More than 8,000 Starbucks stores closed down Tuesday so that more than 180,000 employees could get anti-bias training aimed at reducing discrimination and unconscious stereotypes. How much can education help us overcome implicit bias? Yamiche Alcindor reports and Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
May 29 Watch 4:22 Roseanne Barr isn’t new to incendiary tweets. Here’s why ABC decided to act ABC canceled rebooted sitcom "Roseanne" on Tuesday over an offensive outburst by its creator and star. Roseanne Barr wrote a racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett, a former senior advisor to President Obama. William Brangham talks with Eric Deggans of NPR… Continue watching
May 29 Starbucks closed more than 8,000 stores for an afternoon of bias training. Will it work? By Michael Rios After the arrest of two men in a Philadelphia store last month, here’s what we know about Starbucks' strategy -- and whether unconscious bias trainings are effective. Continue reading
May 25 No indictment, one apology and one settlement for three police misconduct cases this week By Joshua Barajas, Kennedy Huff There were developments for three prominent cases of police misconduct this week. Here’s a rundown of what happened, and what’s next for the families and officers involved. Continue reading
May 24 Watch 11:21 Sterling Brown arrest refuels debate on excessive force used against black Americans Milwaukee police released body-cam footage showing NBA player Sterling Brown being arrested in January. City officials admit his treatment by police was excessive, and his case is raising anger again about the treatment of African-Americans by law enforcement. Amna Nawaz… Continue watching
May 24 Watch 5:36 Pardoned boxer Jack Johnson just ‘wanted to live well,’ Ken Burns says President Trump granted a rare posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, boxing's first African-American heavyweight champion. An all-white jury convicted him in 1913 of violating the federal Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for "immoral… Continue watching
May 17 Watch 8:02 Children who marched for equal rights inspire a new generation By Lisa Stark, Education Week Fifty-five years ago, thousands of African-American children walked out of their schools and began a peaceful march in Birmingham, Alabama, to protest segregation. They were met with attack dogs and water hoses. For a new generation of students, traveling to… Continue watching
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