Race Matters

‘Hamilton’ cast to Pence: ‘We, sir, are the diverse America’

By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

Cast member Brandon Victor Dixon gave a speech Friday, telling Mike Pence the multiracial and multicultural cast is worried about the Donald Trump administration.

Army Corps delays Dakota Access pipeline, calls for further review

By Courtney Norris

Construction on that section of the pipeline will not continue until the Army makes a decision.

Gwen’s Take on journalism, race and Queen Latifah

By Larisa Epatko

We at the PBS NewsHour and Washington Week lost our dear colleague, Gwen Ifill, to cancer on Monday. During her life, she often was called upon to discuss journalism, but other topics, too: among them, race, music and advice for…

America, I sing you back

By Mary Jo Brooks

Allison Adelle Hedge Coke says her poem, "America, I Sing You Back", was born not out of anger but out of concern and a love for her country.

Black households make more money than white ones in these seven counties

By Tim Henderson, Stateline

These communities are exception. Since the recession, the income gap between black and white households has worsened.

Many minorities frightened of what a Trump presidency means for them

By Jay Reeves, Associated Press

Across America, many members of minority groups awoke Wednesday to something that had seemed an implausible nightmare just a day earlier: President-elect Donald Trump.

Highest glass ceiling remains, but these women lawmakers achieved historic firsts

By Kenya Downs

These six women of color reached important milestones in American politics.

Bilingual education can be an asset for white students but a deficit for immigrants

By Tara García Mathewson, The Hechinger Report

One Boston school considers it an ‘act of social justice’ to teach Latinos in Spanish and English equally.

Puerto Rican voter surge in Florida is no surprise

By Kenya Downs

Florida, a key battleground state for several of the last election cycles, has been known for its politically active Cuban-American population, but it's Puerto Rican voters who might be making an early impact.