Jul 12 5 important stories that have nothing to do with Donald Trump Jr.’s emails By Joshua Barajas, Laura Santhanam, Iman Smith, Erica R. Hendry Take a break from the news cycle with these overlooked but important stories that are getting lost in the shuffle. Continue reading
Jul 09 Fundraising site will not support lawsuits against Black Lives Matter By Kamala Kelkar A lawyer trying to raise money for her lawsuits against Black Lives Matter on behalf of Baton Rouge police officers was rejected by a crowdfunding website. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch 8:40 Rev. William Barber is building a new ‘moral movement’ to reach people on race By PBS News Hour Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault speaks with Reverend William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, co-authors of “The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear,” about what it takes to tackle America’s racial divide. Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 10:37 Why do so few deadly police shootings end in police convictions? By PBS News Hour Why do so few trials of police officers charged in on-duty shootings end in convictions? Most recently, the officers who shot and killed Philando Castile and Sylville Smith were acquitted by juries who saw video of the fatal encounters. John… Continue watching
Jun 21 Meet the wonder women behind a new generation of superheroes By Vic Pasquantonio There's a slow but growing movement toward greater diversity in comics. Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch 7:13 Author looks back at how interracial couples have stood up to white supremacy By PBS News Hour This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia, which struck down the law prohibiting interracial marriage. Author Sheryll Cashin explores that case and other historical examples in her book “Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America… Continue watching
Jun 06 Take a break from politics with these 5 important stories By Joshua Barajas, Erica R. Hendry, Jenny Marder, Michael Rios Paris accord aside, here are five important stories that may have gotten buried under last week’s big news. Continue reading
May 22 Supreme Court strikes down 2 redrawn districts in N.C. over racial bias By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The justices ruled that Republicans who controlled the state legislature and governor's office in 2011 placed too many African-Americans in the two districts. The result was to weaken African-American voting strength elsewhere in North Carolina. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 6:03 Are minority drivers being unfairly charged more for insurance? By PBS News Hour A new analysis of auto insurance rates in some states found sometimes dramatic price discrepancies for predominantly minority neighborhoods that ProPublica’s Julia Angwin says can’t be explained by driving risks. Hari Sreenivasan discusses the investigation with Angwin, plus gets another… Continue watching
Mar 23 Attacker’s fatal stabbing of New York black man was ‘racially motivated,’ police say By Iman Smith Authorities arrested and charged a white Baltimore resident on suspicion of murder after he admitted to killing Timothy Caughman, a 66-year-old black man, in New York, police officials said this week. Continue reading