Sep 21 Obama administration unveils new guidelines for school policing By Evie Blad, Education Week New school policing guidelines are the education and justice department's latest efforts to dial back against zero-tolerance policies, which have disproportionately affected students of color. Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch 7:20 Police shooting of Terence Crutcher may test Tulsa tensions By PBS News Hour There are calls for a federal investigation into the police shooting of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After his car stalled, video footage showed Crutcher, an unarmed black man, walking away from police, arms raised, before being shot. Gwen Ifill… Continue watching
Sep 20 NASCAR accused of racial discrimination in $500 million lawsuit By Eugene Mason The racing organization quickly responded, calling the lawsuit “meritless” and threatening to file a countersuit for defamation. Continue reading
Sep 20 Students at Eastern Michigan U. protest ‘KKK’ and other racist graffiti By Joshua Barajas Staff members at Eastern Michigan University discovered racist graffiti on the side of a dormitory building Tuesday morning, according to a campus newspaper. The graffiti was shortly removed later that morning. Several students, however, thought the university's statement was insufficient. Continue reading
Sep 18 When labor laws left farm workers behind — and vulnerable to abuse By Kamala Kelkar Farm workers lack the federal rights afforded to most laborers -- even as they face some of the toughest working conditions in the country. Continue reading
Sep 13 Twitter Chat: How to get more Latino males pursuing higher education By Kenya Downs How can more Latino males overcome financial and cultural barriers to higher education? Join The PBS NewsHour for our Twitter chat. Continue reading
Sep 12 The shortage of non-white professors is a self-perpetuating problem By Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report People in doctoral pipelines to university jobs are disproportionately white, making black educators hard to come by. Continue reading
Sep 11 Post-9/11 prejudice echoes in this year’s presidential race By Kamala Kelkar Some Arab and Muslim Americans say that they face more prejudice now than in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. Continue reading
Sep 08 Airbnb announces steps to prevent discrimination By Eugene Mason Airbnb announced Thursday that it is taking steps to protect against discrimination. Continue reading
Sep 05 Watch 6:39 An author’s aspirations in the time of Obama and Trayvon By PBS News Hour In "Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching,” Mychal Denzel Smith discusses what it’s like growing up as a young black man in an era that saw the election of the first black president in America, as well as the… Continue watching