Dec 15 Watch 8:08 What stagnant diversity means for America’s newsrooms By PBS News Hour As racial concerns continue to rise to the surface across America, is the media doing enough to tell the stories of people of color? Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault speaks to Richard Prince of the Maynard Institute about the industry’s struggle… Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch 8:19 Steering young people away from a life mixed up with gangs By PBS News Hour Naomi McSwain was once a member of the notorious Crips gang in South Los Angeles before leaving that path of violence and drug use to devote her career to helping other young people escape. McSwain sits down with special correspondent… Continue watching
Nov 24 Watch 10:55 Did dashboard video of black teen’s killing prompt murder charge for Chicago cop? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 13 Watch 7:57 How unintentional but insidious bias can be the most harmful By PBS News Hour National attention has been focused on overt racial tensions on college campuses across the country. But what about smaller, subtle, more persistent forms of racism? Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault speaks to Derald Wing Sue of Teachers College at Columbia University… Continue watching
Nov 13 What is a microaggression? By News Desk Columbia University Professor Derald Wing Sue explains microaggressions, how they impact people and what can be done to address them. Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch 10:46 At Mizzou, Yale and beyond, campus protests stir fresh questions about free speech By PBS News Hour At the University of Missouri, protests and a president's resignation have put a spotlight on heated debate taking place on campuses across the country over hateful speech and racial insensitivities. Greg Lukianoff of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education… Continue watching
Nov 10 It’s true, Mizzou’s black faculty numbers are low – really low By Vanessa Dennis, Laura Santhanam How far is the University of Missouri from meeting the student protesters' demands of 10-percent black faculty? We looked at the black faculty data in all Southeastern Conference schools. Continue reading
Nov 09 Mizzou chancellor to resign from position at end of 2015 By Joshua Barajas University of Missouri System president Tim Wolfe announced his resignation Monday amid criticism over his handling of racially charged incidents on the predominantly white campus in Columbia, Missouri. Continue reading
Nov 04 New report reveals half of black millennials know victim of police violence By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press Years before the high-profile deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, more than half of African-American millennials indicated they, or someone they knew, had been victimized by violence or harassment from law enforcement, a new report says. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch 7:34 Ta-Nehisi Coates: ‘We made that decision’ to have mass incarceration By PBS News Hour Ta-Nehisi Coates, newly named MacArthur fellow who has been shortlisted for the National Book Award, speaks to Gwen Ifill about his writings on the “gray waste” of mass incarceration and racial inequality, and why he makes the case for reparations… Continue watching