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Politics Jul 08

Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Biden’s outlook, House Democratic divisions

Politics Jun 21

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Shields and Brooks on Trump’s Iran decision, Biden segregationist comments

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s political news, including President Trump’s response to the conflict with Iran and controversy around former Vice President Joe Biden’s comments about working…

Nation Apr 04

360 video: How these 3 African American businesses survived decades of turmoil

Fifty-one years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the ensuing D.C. riots, three black-owned businesses that have weathered decades-long hurdles offer a small glimpse into the tight-knit community and bustling neighborhood as it once stood.

By Deema Zein, Mahlia Posey

Nation Jun 01

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Revitalizing Montgomery without erasing markers of the past

The Kress Department Store in the heart of downtown Montgomery, Alabama is one of many decaying buildings that New York-based entrepreneur Sarah Beatty Buller is trying to revitalize. Jeffrey Brown reports on a project to revive a neighborhood marked by…

By Jeffrey Brown

Nation Feb 28

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‘Plague of inequality’ haunts U.S. 50 years after a landmark study on racial division

This weeks marks the 50th anniversary of the Kerner Commission, a bipartisan assessment of race in America that revealed the nation to be both separate and unequal. A half century later, a new report takes stock of what we’ve begun…

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Feb 04

Desegregating blood: A civil rights struggle to remember

By Thomas A. Guglielmo, The Conversation

Until 1950 the Red Cross segregated blood. Starting during World War II, thousands of African-Americans forced the Red Cross to include them as donors and helped pave the way for activism of the 1960s.

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Jan 11

Poverty, segregation persist in U.S. schools, report says

By Maria Danilova, Associated Press

Too often, low-income, black and Latino students end up in schools with crumbling walls, old textbooks and unqualified teachers, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

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Dec 20

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Giving poor families more choices in where to live can greatly improve health

By Sarah Varney, Jason Kane

When low-income Americans are concentrated in substandard homes in struggling or violent neighborhoods, it has tangible consequences for well-being. Research confirms that moving families into less segregated neighborhoods improves overall health, and some communities are giving families vouchers to relocate.

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Oct 07

Urban noise pollution is worst in poor and minority neighborhoods and segregated cities

By Joan A Casey, Peter James, Rachel Morello-Forsch, The Conversation

Nationwide, neighborhoods with higher poverty rates and proportions of black, Hispanic and Asian residents have higher noise levels than other neighborhoods.

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Jun 24

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White, wealthy communities are forming their own school districts

By PBS NewsHour

In 30 states, geographic communities can legally break away from large public school districts and form their own. As a result, a growing number of white and wealthier neighborhoods are creating their own schools and siphoning property taxes away from…

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