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Venita Doggett in her backyard garden in Memphis, Tenn., on Nov. 26. She said the day after election day was hard for me. "I got up and saw the headline that he had won, that Trump had won. And I was just despondent."

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  • Race

'Tired. Damn tired.' Some Black women are processing the grief of a Kamala Harris loss

Most Black women voters supported Kamala Harris in her presidential run against Donald Trump. Now some say they are pulling back, to rest and mourn.

November 28, 2024
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By:
  • Sandhya Dirks
Faith leaders meet in Mobile, Ala., as part of a pledge group intended to foster racial reconciliation.

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  • National

Gospel-focused racial reconciliation in the Deep South

Two former leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, one Black and one white, want to bridge the Deep South's racial divide with faith-based discussions in cities once active in the slave trade.

November 26, 2024
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By:
  • Debbie Elliott
Then-Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., questions Attorney General Merrick Garland during a hearing by the House Judiciary Committee on June 4, 2024. President-elect Donald Trump had picked Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, but Gaetz withdrew from consideration on Thursday.

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  • Perspective

A 'lynch mob' did not come for Matt Gaetz, but the phrasing remains powerful

Even as a young child, I could understand the idea that words have meaning, which is why when Sen. Lindsey Graham referred to a "lynch mob" coming after Matt Gaetz, I felt my stomach drop.

November 25, 2024
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By:
  • Leah Donnella

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  • Perspective

How to approach the holidays with people you deeply disagree with

Code Switch weighs in on preparing for difficult political conversations and when to draw the line and uninvite yourself from that family potluck.

November 18, 2024
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By:
  • Leah Donnella
Skiers ski past dry ground at a ski resort in 2015 in Olympic Valley, Calif. The resort changed its name in 2021 and has been among the places removing a derogatory word from their names.

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  • National

A derogatory term for Native women will be removed from place names across California

The word "squaw" was declared derogatory by the Department of Interior in 2021. Since then, hundreds of geographic features have been renamed with input from local tribes and Indigenous communities.

November 16, 2024
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By:
  • Mansee Khurana
Left: Maryland Democratic Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks speaks following a campaign stop on Oct. 22, in Kettering, Md. Right: Democratic Delaware Senate candidate state Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester speaks during an election night watch party.

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  • Politics

Two Black women will serve together in the Senate for the first time

Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware, both Democrats, won their Senate races on Tuesday — doubling the number of Black women who have been elected to the chamber.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Linda Chapman, left, a member of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., talks with U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Conn., at a Souls to the Polls voting rally at Grace Baptist Church on  Oct. 26 in Waterbury, Conn.

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  • National

‘Divine Nine' historically Black organizations hope efforts will turn out the vote

With more than 2 million members, the "Divine Nine" organizations have launched many get-out-the-vote initiatives in this historic election involving one of their members, Vice President Harris.

November 04, 2024
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By:
  • Chandelis Duster
Marchers walk the last three miles from Gurdwara Sahib Sikh Temple to the California State Capitol after a journey from Bakersfield to Sacramento on Friday.

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  • Race

Sikhs march across California urging protections against threats from India on U.S. soil

Sikh activists marched 350 miles across California in October to mark the 40th anniversary of a massacre and call for protections from what they say is a growing threat from the Indian government.

November 03, 2024
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By:
  • Sandhya Dirks
A person waits to cross Lexington Avenue in Manhattan on Feb. 21. Newly passed legislation decriminalized jaywalking in New York City.

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  • National

Enforcement was considered discriminatory. Now New Yorkers can jaywalk legally

The NYPD can no longer ticket jaywalkers, after years of protest that enforcement unfairly targeted Black and Hispanic New Yorkers.

October 30, 2024
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By:
  • Alana Wise
Oriel Moore describes her life without her brother, Othel Moore Jr., to reporters Dec. 19, 2023, at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo.

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  • National

Family releases video of final moments before Black man's death in Missouri prison

A criminal complaint alleges that guards pepper-sprayed Othel Moore Jr., placed a mask over his face and left him in a position that caused him to suffocate.

October 30, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Vice President Harris greets supporters at Philly Cuts in Philadelphia on Sunday. Harris spent much of the day courting Black voters — attending church and then later visiting and a Black-owned bookstore.

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  • Politics

New polling finds Harris gaining with a group she has struggled with: Black men

A new NAACP survey offers a mixed picture for the vice president. She has gained ground among Black men since August, but about one in five say they are still backing former President Donald Trump.

October 29, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
Britain's King Charles and Samoan Prime Minister Afioga Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, left, talk during the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Apia, Samoa, Friday.

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  • World

King Charles says past can’t be changed. Critics want Britain to reckon with slavery

Britain's handling of its involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade is seen by many as a litmus test for the Commonwealth's adaptation to a modern-day world.

October 25, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Morris Brown, a primary care physician, listens to Sarah McCutcheon’s heartbeat in the exam room at his medical office in Kingstree, South Carolina, which sits in a region that suffers from health care provider shortages and high rates of chronic diseases.

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  • Health

Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here's why there's so little progress

The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.

October 24, 2024
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By:
  • Fred Clasen-Kelly and
  • Renuka Rayasam
This image from Phoenix Police Department body camera footage from Aug. 19 shows Tyron McAlpin, a Black man who is deaf, being punched and shocked with a Taser by Phoenix police officers when they responded to a call that he had committed an assault at a convenience store, according to police.

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  • National

Phoenix police allegedly beat, repeatedly tased deaf Black man who has cerebral palsy

The August incident is under investigation by the police department's internal affairs division and is being reviewed by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.

October 18, 2024
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By:
  • Alana Wise
Vice President Harris prepares to speak with Charlamagne Tha God before "We The People: An Audio Townhall With Kamala Harris and Charlamagne Tha God" in Detroit on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

Harris is pressed on the concerns of Black voters in Charlamagne tha God town hall

Harris’ town hall with the influential radio host came at a crucial moment in the campaign, as polls show her struggling to cement the level of support she may need from Black men to win the White House.

October 15, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram and
  • Jason Breslow
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