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
Aug 18 Watch 11:06 2016 Hutchins Forum: Race & the Race to the White House By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 04 How feeling respected transforms a student’s relationship to school By Sarah D. Sparks, Education Week A Stanford University study finds that a one-time intervention to help teachers and students empathize with one another halved the number of suspensions at five California middle schools, and helped build bonds between disengaged students and their schools. Continue reading
Jul 28 Column: A first female president? Notable but not unexpected By Karlyn Bowman and Heather Sims As America’s first African-American president finishes his second term, his historic presidency could be followed by another one -- that of our first female president. There are regular references to Hillary Clinton’s gender on the campaign trail, but has the… Continue reading
Jul 15 Special Report: America in Black and Blue By News Desk The PBS NewsHour Weekend special "America in Black and Blue" explores the tensions between America’s diverse communities and their local police forces. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch 4:00 Playwright uses reactions to O.J. Simpson trial to examine racial fabric of America By PBS News Hour Playwright David McMillan vividly remembers the day O.J. Simpson was acquitted, because it created a national atmosphere in which racial assumptions were challenged. The debate over the court’s decision forced Americans to see their country for what it was, rather… Continue watching
May 17 Segregation of black, Hispanic students on the rise, report finds By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Six decades after the Supreme Court outlawed separating students by race, stubborn disparities persist in how the country educates its poor and minority children. Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch 2:57 What it means to be unapologetically black By PBS News Hour As the hosts of BuzzFeed's popular “Another Round” podcast, Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton set out to break the mold and create a space where they didn’t have to filter their opinions for a white audience. Nigatu and Clayton give… Continue watching
Apr 14 NewsHour’s Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks to journalists about reporting on race and policing By Kamaria Roberts NewsHour special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault recently joined this year's George Polk Award winners for panel discussion, "Reporting on Race in America."… Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch 7:32 The long influence of Jackie Robinson, on and off the field By PBS News Hour A new PBS documentary produced by Ken Burns examines the struggles Jackie Robinson faced in breaking baseball’s color barrier -- and his achievements as a player on the diamond and as a civil rights activist in later life. John Yang… Continue watching