Jun 07 Watch Mitch McConnell talks 'outrageous' Trump comments and overcoming polio By PBS News Hour Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the national face of the GOP. With five terms under his belt, McConnell is also the longest-serving senator in Kentucky history; his extended and colorful career takes center stage in his recently published memoir,… Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch 7:48 Inside the Chicago Police Department's race problem By PBS News Hour An accountability task force appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel found that the Chicago Police Department has engaged in a long pattern of institutionalized racism that has alienated black and Hispanic residents. For more on what the report means for Chicago,… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 7:36 As racial hate groups rise, strategies to shut them down By PBS News Hour What motivates hate groups and domestic terrorists? With the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist movements making a resurgence, special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks to Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center about solutions to stop the hate… Continue watching
Mar 15 As protests increase, student demands get more ambitious By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed The number and complexity of students' demands of administrations is going up -- and some of the items deal with issues typically left to faculty governance. Continue reading
Mar 15 When a patient threatens to shoot, how does a doctor respond? By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu, STAT A medical student recalls an experience with a racist patient, while two new studies outline how doctors react to difficult encounters. Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch 2:15 Analyzing social media for Super Tuesday insights By PBS News Hour Hari Sreenivasan and the NewsHour data team analyze social media for insights on today’s Super Tuesday vote, including: the topics that matter most to Facebook users (racism, discrimination, Christianity and guns), the most-searched Republican candidate on the Internet (Donald Trump),… Continue watching
Feb 19 'To Kill A Mockingbird' remains among top banned classical novels By Kenya Downs Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird," considered one of the best novels of the 20th century, is also one of the most controversial. Continue reading
Jan 28 More white Americans acknowledge racism as a national problem By Errin Haines, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — More white Americans now share the view, long held by minorities, that racism is a national problem and should be confronted, according to an analysis of recent public opinion polling. 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 09 Watch 10:29 How Ferguson influenced the student uprising at Mizzou By PBS News Hour Continue watching