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When police stop Black men, the effects reach into their homes and families

August 28, 2020
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Black men are stopped by police in disproportionate numbers. Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images Deadric…

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With Harris pick, Biden reaches out to young Black Americans

August 13, 2020
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Will young, Black Americans turn out to vote in November? Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Sam Fulwood III,…

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Smartphone witnessing becomes synonymous with Black patriotism after George Floyd’s death

July 16, 2020
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Protesters against racist police violence encounter police in Washington, D.C., on May 31. Mandel Ngan/AFP via…

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Reflecting on the case of Cyntoia Brown – talking with the director of ‘Murder to Mercy’

July 3, 2020
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Cyntoia Brown was sentenced to 51 years in prison when just 16 years old. Courtesy of…

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How racism in US health system hinders care and costs lives of African Americans

July 3, 2020
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Mortality rates for COVID-19 are two to three times higher for African Americans than whites. Getty…

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Black Americans, crucial workers in crises, emerge worse off – not better

June 19, 2020
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A group of sharecroppers, evicted from their land in the Great Depression, stand beside a Missouri…

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From grandfather to grandson, the lessons of the Tulsa race massacre

June 19, 2020
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From grandfather to grandson, the lessons of the Tulsa race massacre Smoke rises from damaged properties…