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News Articles: Race

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  • Race

Transracial adoptees with different views on abortion agree on cultural trauma

Two transracial adoptees have different views on abortion, but both agree transracial adoptions can be traumatic. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 23, 2022.)

October 03, 2022
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By:
  • Megan Schellong
Harvey Matthews was born in the River Road community. He stands with Macedonia Baptist Church First Lady, Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, also president of the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition. She has led the fight to preserve and prevent further desecration of the cemetery.

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  • Law

Slavery descendants fight to memorialize a cemetery in Maryland

Development has forced many historically Black communities around the country to uproot and disperse. Cemeteries often remain the only proof that those communities existed.

October 03, 2022
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By:
  • Marisa Peñaloza
The Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2016.

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  • Arts & Life

Where are the Black musicians in the country's largest orchestras?

In 2014, a study found that only 1.4% of orchestra musicians were Black. In 2022, it's hard to know if that number is better or worse.

September 30, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden

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  • Education

How social-emotional learning became a frontline in the battle against CRT

Nationwide, community members are protesting the teaching of social-emotional learning – largely because conservatives have linked it with another flashpoint in public education: critical race theory.

September 29, 2022
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By:
  • Meg Anderson
Migrants waiting to be picked up by the U.S. Border Patrol under an international bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, earlier this month.

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  • National

Migrant deaths at the U.S.-Mexico border hit a record high, in part due to drownings

This has been the deadliest year ever for migrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Hundreds have drowned in the Rio Grande or perished from extreme heat in failed smuggling attempts.

September 29, 2022
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By:
  • Joel Rose and
  • Marisa Peñaloza
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Nataki Garrett stands inside the Allen Elizabethan Theatre in Ashland, Ore. She recently programmed her first full season but not everyone has embraced her new approach.

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  • Arts & Life

Oregon Shakespeare Festival focuses on expansion – but is not without its critics

After two years of pandemic closures, audiences are back at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, to find a season of diverse plays. But for many, change has come too soon.

September 28, 2022
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By:
  • Bilal Qureshi
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  • Sports

Albert Pujols is the first Latino major leaguer to hit 700 homeruns

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jorge Castillo from The LA Times about Albert Pujols hitting 700 career home runs and its significance to the Latino community.

September 27, 2022
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By:
  • Ailsa Chang,
  • Gus Contreras,
  • and 1 more
GPB  NPR

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  • Race

Black prison exonerees outpace white counterparts, study says

Black Americans are seven times more likely to be victims of police misconduct in high-ranking crimes, such as murder, sexual assault and drug crimes, says the National Registry of Exonerations.

September 27, 2022
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By:
  • Alana Wise
A group shot of Freedom House paramedics.

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  • Race

At Freedom House, these Black men saved lives. Paramedics are book topic

These Black men saved lives a half-century ago. A new book highlights their successes and the challenges they had to face. Some now want to make sure that memory is not forgotten.

September 27, 2022
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By:
  • Bill O'Driscoll
A Mississippi man is facing a hate crime charge and arson violations after he allegedly burned a cross in his front yard to threaten a Black family.

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  • National

A Mississippi man burned a cross in a hate crime, the U.S. Justice Department alleges

The 23-year-old suspect burned the cross in front of his Black neighbors because of their race, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

September 27, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
GPB  NPR

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  • Music Videos

Historic racism creates barriers to beach access in towns across the country

Residents-only policies at many of the nation's town-owned beaches mean low-income people and people of color have less access to the shore.

September 26, 2022
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By:
  • Chris Burrell
Women hold flags during the national anthem in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month before an NFL game on Sept. 18. The NFL has launched its Por La Cultura campaign.

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  • Race

How some businesses flounder with Hispanic Heritage Month marketing efforts

From superheroes praising tacos to an improper tilde, many businesses fail to connect with members of the community during Hispanic Heritage Month.

September 26, 2022
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
Cris Silva (left) and Josh Lamour aboard Sea Smoke in Portland, Maine.

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  • National

These young men catch more than lobsters. They also catch a break

Four Black teens are learning how to lobster in a new program called "Lift All Boats." Maine's seafood packing plants have a diverse workforce, but commercial fishing is mostly white.

September 24, 2022
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By:
  • Fred Bever
Video of Amy Cooper calling the police Monday on a man has gone viral on social media. The man says he asked Cooper to put her dog on a leash in New York's Central Park.

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  • Law

The woman who called 911 on a Black bird watcher wasn't wrongfully fired, judge rules

Amy Cooper, a white woman, lost her job as a portfolio manager at a New York investment firm after she called the police on a Black man who asked her to put her dog on a leash.

September 23, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Streets remained flooded in Cataño, Puerto Rico the day after Hurricane Fiona made landfall on the island.

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  • Climate

Why Latinos are on the front lines of climate change

A wide range of Latino communities in the United States are affected by climate-driven storms, floods, droughts and heat waves, and are leading the charge to address global warming.

September 22, 2022
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
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