Aug 16 WATCH LIVE: Race and Racism in the Age of Trump | 2017 Hutchins Forum By News Desk Join PBS NewsHour's Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Henry Louis Gates Jr. as they host and moderate the 2017 Hutchins Forum on "Race and Racism in the Age of Trump."… Continue reading
Aug 16 Twitter chat: Is hate on the rise? By Lora Strum The NewsHour will host a Twitter chat at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17 with Asma Khalid and Armstrong Williams, two panelists on the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research forum on Race and Racism in the Age of… Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch 10:22 Scenes from Charlottesville invoke racist legacy in the present day By PBS News Hour The violent events in Charlottesville, where white supremacist groups came out of the shadows, seem to have brought rising American tensions over race and racism to a head. Hari Sreenivasan gets perspectives from Leonard Pitts Jr. of The Miami Herald,… Continue watching
Aug 15 Racial politics haunt Republicans in the Trump era By Steve Peoples and Bill Barrow, Associated Press "We have reached a defining moment," said New Hampshire GOP chair Jennifer Horn. "We, as Republicans, every single one of us, needs to speak up and make it very clear that this is not our party, these are not our… Continue reading
Aug 15 Furor over Charlottesville follows Trump home to Manhattan By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President Donald Trump is back in the New York skyscraper that bears his name as the furor over his reaction to race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend shows few signs of dying down. Continue reading
Aug 14 After Charlottesville, people share poems to grieve, resist and understand By Elizabeth Flock Poet Nicole Sealey reads her poem, "In Defense of 'Candelabra with Heads.'"… Continue reading
Aug 09 Education Secretary DeVos says she should have decried racism ‘more forcefully’ By Maria Danilova, Associated Press DeVos, who marks six months in office this week, alienated many African-Americans in February when she described historically black colleges as "real pioneers when it comes to school choice."… Continue reading
Apr 28 This new book explores black men’s feelings on masculinity and boyhood By Kamaria Roberts In their new anthology, "Black Boy Feelings," Jeana Lindo and Richard Bryan confront stereotypes about black men. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch 8:15 ‘Get Out’ dials up the scary side of race in America By PBS News Hour A trip to meet the parents in well-heeled, white suburban America -- what could go wrong? The new horror film "Get Out" is about the very real horror of racism. Jeffrey Brown sits down with director Jordan Peele to discuss… Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch 6:49 Oscar-nominated film brings the prophecy of James Baldwin into today’s world By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson James Baldwin was one of the nation’s most prominent novelists, social critics and civil rights activists of the 20th century. Now his critiques of racism and segregation are the subject of a new Oscar-nominated documentary titled, “I Am Not Your… Continue watching