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Darryl George, 18, will spend the remainder of the year in in-school suspension, extending a punishment that was first imposed in August over his hairstyle that district officials maintain violates their dress code policy.

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  • Education

A Black Texas student has been suspended once again for his natural hairstyle

Darryl George, 18, showed up for class on Tuesday at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, before being removed and placed back into in-school suspension for his natural hairstyle.

December 07, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Supporters hold up a banner displaying the Haudenosaunee Confederacy as they cheer for the Haudenosaunee Nationals during a July 23, 2023 match against England in San Diego, Calif.

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  • Sports

Biden backs an Indigenous lacrosse team for the 2028 Olympics. It's an uphill fight

Lacrosse will be an Olympic sport in 2028. President Biden says he supports efforts by the Haudenosaunee Confederacy to field its own team. But the IOC says not so fast.

December 07, 2023
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  • Lexie Schapitl
Emmitt Glynn teaches to a group of Baton Rouge Magnet High School students on Jan. 30, in Baton Rouge, La. On Wednesday, the College Board released an updated framework for its new Advanced Placement African American Studies course, months after the nonprofit testing company came under intense scrutiny for engaging with conservative critics.

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  • Education

The College Board releases a new framework for its AP African American Studies course

Controversy swirled around the new course after it was rejected by the Florida Department of Education, with conservative critics accusing the College Board of bias.

December 06, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley addresses a gathering during a campaign stop at a brewery, Nov. 29 in Meredith, N.H.

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  • Politics

Strong but 'feminine': how Nikki Haley navigates gender as only woman in the GOP race

The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations tries to balance her identity as the only woman in the race for the GOP nomination with a Republican electorate that eschews identity politics.

December 05, 2023
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  • Sarah McCammon
Actor Jonathan Majors arrives at court for jury selection in a domestic violence case.

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  • Arts & Life

Actor Jonathan Majors' trial begins in New York City, after numerous delays

With a plum role as Marvel villain, Jonathan Majors' stardom seemed certain, until an alleged altercation with a girlfriend derailed his Hollywood career. The actor's trial has started in New York.

November 30, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby
Members of the Korean American Federation of Los Angeles drive with signs reading: "#Stop Asian Hate," in a caravan around Koreatown to denounce hate against the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in Los Angeles on March 19, 2021.

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  • Race

Most Asian Americans say they face discrimination and are often treated as foreigners

In a Pew survey, Asian Americans reported facing the "model minority" stereotype, which assumes they're smarter and more well off, as well as being treated as outsiders even if they were U.S. born.

November 30, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
GPB News NPR

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  • Business

Sean 'Diddy' Combs temporarily steps aside as chairman of Revolt TV network

Combs temporarily stepped down as chairman of the TV network he co-founded in 2013, a spokesperson for the record executive confirmed. The move follows lawsuits against Combs alleging sexual abuse.

November 29, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
GPB News NPR

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  • National

The Philly 15 exonerations are part of a push to revisit dishonorable discharge cases

The so-called Philly 15 were exonerated recently. They were a group of African-American soldiers protesting racist treatment during World War II. At the time, the Philly 15 were discharged as unfit.

November 28, 2023
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  • Steve Walsh | WHRO

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  • Technology

'If you have a face, you have a place in the conversation about AI,' expert says

Computer scientist Joy Buolamwini warns that facial recognition technology is riddled with the biases of its creators. She is the author of Unmasking AI and founder of the Algorithmic Justice League.

November 28, 2023
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  • Tonya Mosley
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Man pleads not guilty to attempted murder of 3 Palestinian students in Vermont

The shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vt., is being investigated as a possible hate crime. A man pleaded not guilty to attempted murder on Monday.

November 28, 2023
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  • Liam Elder-Connors
Johnny Smith is the author of "Jumpman: The Making and Meaning of Michael Jordan".

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  • News

Georgia Tech professor unpacks the Michael Jordan 'mystique' in 'Jumpman'

A new book unpacks the "mystique" that Michael Jordan built around himself as he dominated the NBA in the 1990s.

November 27, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse, June 25, 2021, in Minneapolis.

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  • National

Derek Chauvin, officer convicted of George Floyd's murder, was stabbed in prison

Chauvin was stabbed and seriously injured by another inmate inside a federal prison in Tucson, Ariz., according to officials.

November 25, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
GPB News NPR

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  • Investigations

Disgusted by city's top prosecutor, a police officer refuses to testify

In an extreme example of resistance to progressive prosecutors, a St. Louis police officer is refusing to testify in murder cases he investigated, even though he believes the defendants are guilty.

November 23, 2023
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  • Sacha Pfeiffer
The <em>Peanuts</em> gang celebrates Thanksgiving, but why is Franklin by himself on one side of the table?

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  • Pop Culture

'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' turns 50 this year. How has it held up?

CBS first aired the televised holiday special in 1973. The message still shines, but some characters and scenes feel a little dated.

November 22, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby
Using a plastic skull, archaeologist Alicia Odewale teaches a lesson about Tulsa's ongoing search for mass graves containing victims of the city's 1921 race massacre. She taught it at Black History Saturdays, a free private program designed for students to learn unvarnished lessons in African American history that teachers say a new law targeting race education has made harder to honestly teach.

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  • Race

Oklahoma restricted how race can be taught. So these Black teachers stepped up

After Oklahoma Republicans targeted public school lessons on race and gender, some Black teachers and parents in Tulsa have banded together to ensure their kids still get honest Black history.

November 22, 2023
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  • Adrian Florido
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