Jun 28 Watch 6:25 Bringing diversity, identity and brown faces to children’s books By PBS News Hour Celebrated writer Sherman Alexie has just published his first children’s book, “Thunder Boy Jr.” He talks with Jeffrey Brown as part of our series on great summer reads and makes the case that books for kids need to show more… Continue watching
Jun 27 Has U.S. achieved racial equality? Depends on whom you ask By Laura Santhanam Four out of 10 African-Americans doubt this nation will ever achieve racial equality, but as many white Americans believe those changes have already come to pass, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. Continue reading
Jun 25 Native Americans turn to ballot box for empowerment By Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press Native American activists are increasingly turning their focus inward, working to persuade their fellow tribal members to seize the ballot box as a weapon against oppression. Continue reading
Jun 22 Latinos reveal struggles of being LGBTQ in wake of Orlando shooting By Kenya Downs What's it like to be Latino and gay? Members of Orlando’s Latino LGBTQ community share the struggles they face being a part of two, sometimes dueling, communities. Continue reading
Jun 22 Watch 6:46 In Southern schools, segregation and inequality aren’t just history — they’re reality By PBS News Hour Last month, a Mississippi judge ordered the state’s public schools to desegregate, illuminating the ongoing struggle to comply with the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks to Maureen Costello of the Southern… Continue watching
Jun 18 Trump’s ‘Mexican’ label against judge brings up word’s history By Michael D. Regan and Russell Contreras, Associated Press The term "Mexican" describes a nationality for a people of a country south of the U.S, but it also has been used as a slur against U.S.-born Latinos as a way to dehumanize them and dismiss them as foreigners. Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch 8:56 Study slams troubled Oakland police department for racial bias By PBS News Hour The Oakland police department’s history of misconduct — particularly involving African-Americans — has made it the subject of federal oversight for 13 years. Wednesday, Stanford researchers released the results of a two-year-long study into the department, confirming that Oakland officers… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch 7:55 Muslim-Americans face backlash after Orlando mass shooting By PBS News Hour When Joshua Weil, a member of one of Orlando’s largest mosques, heard initial reports of Sunday’s mass shooting, he thought, “please don't let [the gunman] be Muslim.” But the gunman was, and for Muslim-Americans the attack has raised very real… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 5:38 Reflecting on the Charleston church massacre, one year later By PBS News Hour A year ago this week, nine black churchgoers were gunned down inside Charleston’s historic Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church by alleged white supremacist Dylan Roof, who faces the death penalty if convicted. Among those slain was the church’s pastor, the Rev. Continue watching
Jun 13 Seeking solace in poetry after a mass shooting By Mary Jo Brooks Poets Marjory Wentworth and Marcus Amaker found that poetry helped them cope in the aftermath of the shooting at Charleston's Emanuel AME Church one year ago. Continue reading