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Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh appear onstage during the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Feb. 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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  • Movies

2023 marks a watershed year for Asian performers at the Oscars

With four nominations, more Asian performers were recognized by the Academy in 2023 than in any single year in its history. In other respects, this year was a step back from diversity at the Oscars.

March 11, 2023
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
This combination photo shows Travis McMichael (from left), William Bryan and Gregory McMichael during their trial at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. The three men have filed appeals of their federal hate crime convictions.

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  • National

3 men found guilty in Ahmaud Arbery's murder file appeals of hate crime convictions

The 25-year-old Arbery was shot and killed after he was pursued by two of the men, who saw him running in their neighborhood in Brunswick, Ga., on Feb. 23, 2020. The third man filmed the encounter.

March 10, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Workers remove a partial quote by Malcolm X from the facade of the main library at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, R.I..

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  • National

A partial Malcolm X quote that sparked protest is removed from a university building

The University of Rhode Island removed the inscription from the facade of its library 30 years after Black students protested because they said it misrepresented the fuller meaning his message.

March 10, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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  • National

Racial bias in home appraising prompts changes in the industry

Accusations of racial bias are fueling changes in the home appraisal industry. Companies say modernizing the technology and data they use will help limit discrimination.

March 10, 2023
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By:
  • Jennifer Ludden
Paul Austin and Tenisha Tate Austin stand in front of their renovated home in Marin City, Calif. The couple settled a federal housing discrimination lawsuit late last month.

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  • Race

Black couple settles lawsuit claiming their home appraisal was lowballed due to bias

Paul Austin and Tenisha Tate-Austin alleged that an appraiser undervalued their home by nearly $500,000. They got a higher appraisal after they removed evidence that a Black family lived in the home.

March 09, 2023
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Texas Tech head coach Mark Adams calls instructions to his team against Kansas during a game in Lawrence, Kan., on Feb. 28.

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  • Sports

Texas Tech men's basketball coach resigns after making racially insensitive comments

The school said head coach Mark Adams had encouraged a player "to be more receptive to coaching and referenced Bible verses about workers, teachers, parents, and slaves serving their masters."

March 09, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Louisville Metro Police Department Interim Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, along with other city and federal officials, discuss the civil rights investigation at a press conference on Wednesday. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg (L) and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland (R) are standing to her left.

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  • National

The DOJ found a pattern of misconduct in the Louisville police department. Now what?

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg spoke with Morning Edition about steps the city is taking to reform its police department — which he says is also some 300 officers short.

March 09, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
Mourners arrive to the funeral service for Tyre Nichols, at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. The City of Memphis announced the investigation into Nichols' death has been concluded, announcing an additional 20 hours of video footage will be released Wednesday.

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  • National

The City of Memphis says it has completed its investigation into Tyre Nichols' death

Nearly 20 hours of new footage and audio, along with accompanying documents, will be released to the public on Wednesday afternoon, officials say.

March 08, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
The new graphic novel is an intimate look at Kaepernick's teen years.

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  • Sports

Colin Kaepernick describes how he embraced his blackness as a teenager

Kaepernick's upbringing and teen crucibles are the source of his new graphic novel, titled Change the Game.

March 08, 2023
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  • Jason Fuller,
  • Juana Summers,
  • and 1 more
Chris Rock at the Hippodrome Theater Saturday in Baltimore.

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  • Pop Culture

Netflix's 'Chris Rock: Selective Outrage' reveals a lot of anger for Will Smith

Almost a year later, Chris Rock is still seething about 'The Slap' and he told an audience how much he now despises Will and Jada Pinkett Smith

March 06, 2023
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
Obesity in young adult Americans rose from 33% to 41% over the timeframe of the study.

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  • Health

Diabetes and obesity are on the rise in young adults, a study says

Young Black adults, Mexican Americans and other Hispanic adults experienced the greatest cardiovascular risk factors, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

March 06, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
The ExxonMobil Baton Rouge complex, pictured in 2016, was the site where five nooses were found, the EEOC alleges.

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  • Business

A U.S. federal agency is suing Exxon after 5 nooses were found at a Louisiana complex

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil saying the company failed to take action to prevent a racially hostile work environment.

March 05, 2023
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
Vice President Kamala Harris marches on the Edmund Pettus Bridge after speaking in Selma, Ala., on the anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," on March 6, 2022.

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  • National

How this year's Selma Bridge Crossing could mark a community renaissance

President Biden visits Selma for the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday." Residents there are still recovering from tornadoes that ripped through the city in January.

March 05, 2023
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By:
  • Juma Sei,
  • Cody Short,
  • and 1 more
Nueces County District Attorney Mark Gonzalez studies past criminal cases his office has prosecuted, inside the county courthouse in Corpus Christi, Texas in 2019.

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  • National

These Texas DAs refused to prosecute abortion. Republican lawmakers want them stopped

The Texas GOP is pushing a bill that would punish district attorneys who set a policy not to prosecute certain crimes. It comes after many said they wouldn't prosecute abortion cases following Dobbs.

March 03, 2023
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By:
  • Bret Jaspers (KERA)
This photo provided by Kawena Alo-Kaonohi shows a view looking down into Kahakuloa village in Wailuku, Hawaii, on Jan. 18, 2020. The village was the scene of a brutal attack in 2014.

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  • National

Two Native Hawaiians get prison in a crime that exposed the state's racial complexity

The victim, who was brutally attacked after he tried to move into their remote village on Maui, wouldn't have been beaten if he wasn't white, a U.S. judge said in sentencing two men for a hate crime.

March 03, 2023
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