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A makeshift memorial for Michael Brown stands in the street on Sept. 11, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. Brown's death prompted nationwide protests and a White House report on American policing.

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  • National

10 years after Michael Brown's death, police killings are not going down

Ten years ago, a white police officer killed Michael Brown, a Black teen in Ferguson, Mo. His death prompted nationwide protests and a White House report on American policing. How much has changed since his death?

August 12, 2024
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  • Meg Anderson
Laguna Pueblo citizen Deb Haaland is the U.S. Interior secretary, and the only Native American to hold a Cabinet post.

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  • National

Deb Haaland’s push to protect Indigenous people disappoints some Native leaders

As a member of Congress, she passed a bill to hold the executive branch accountable for persistent violent crime in Native communities. Now she's a Cabinet secretary, but she's saying little about it.

August 08, 2024
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  • Emily Schwing
Darryl George of Mont Belvieu, Texas, faced multiple suspensions for not cutting his hair.

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  • National

Judge rules against majority of claims in Black student's hair discrimination case

Darryl George's fight to wear his natural hair first began last summer.

August 07, 2024
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  • Alana Wise
Simone Biles, left, joins teammate Jordan Chiles in pointing toward gold medalist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil. Biles won silver and Chiles bronze in the women's floor exercise at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games — the first time three Black athletes have shared the podium in Olympic gymnastics.

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  • Sports

3 Black women create an Olympic first in gymnastics

Emotions were running high for Rebeca Andrade, Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles — but mostly for different reasons — after they prevailed in the final gymnastics event at the Paris Olympics.

August 06, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
Former President Donald Trump appears on a panel at NABJ on Wednesday in Chicago. From left, ABC's Rachel Scott, Semafor's Kadia Goba and FOX News' Harris Faulkner moderated the event.

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  • Analysis

Scholars on the 'divide and conquer' strategy behind Trump's false claim that Harris ‘turned Black’

Scholars say Trump’s false claim that Harris “turned Black” isn't a new racial conspiracy theory.

August 03, 2024
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  • Sandhya Dirks
Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson, a Democrat from Knoxville, announces her candidacy for the U.S. Senate during an event Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Johnson won the Democratic primary on Aug. 1, 2024, and will face U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn in November.

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  • National

Johnson, one of the so-called Tennessee 3, will face Blackburn in U.S. Senate race

After gaining national attention as one of the "Tennessee Three," state Rep. Gloria Johnson will try to ride Democratic enthusiasm in her run against U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn in November.

August 02, 2024
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  • Paige Pfleger
Some researchers say the African coral tree has a racial slur embedded in its name. This month, scientists at an international meeting voted to have that epithet removed.

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Some plant names can be racist. Scientists are looking to rename them

An international group of researchers has voted to modify the scientific names of more than 200 plant species whose names carry a derogatory word.

August 01, 2024
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  • Ari Daniel
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Trump attacks Kamala Harris’ racial identity at Black journalism convention

Donald Trump falsely questioned Kamala Harris' racial identity Wednesday, saying that in the past she only promoted her Indian heritage until, he said, "she happened to turn Black."

July 31, 2024
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  • Stephen Fowler
Former President Donald Trump will address Black journalists at this year's NABJ convention in Chicago. Here, Trump is seen holding a press conference on May 31 following the verdict in his hush-money trial in New York City.

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  • National

Trump's planned address to Black journalists convention sparks backlash

Former President Donald Trump will address journalists at the NABJ convention in Chicago. Many, however, have questioned the decision to offer a platform to the Republican nominee.

July 31, 2024
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  • Alana Wise
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland testifies during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing in May.

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  • Education

Nearly a thousand children died at Indian boarding schools funded by the U.S.

The investigation into abuse and mistreatment of Native children at the boarding schools for more than a century proposes $23 billion in funding aimed at healing.

July 31, 2024
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  • Sequoia Carrillo
Six-year-old Leona Tate is escorted by U.S. Marshals from McDonogh 19 Elementary School in New Orleans on Nov. 15, 1960.

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  • National

Desegregation pioneer Leona Tate preserves civil rights history in New Orleans

One of the first Black students to attend an all-white school in the Deep South is preserving the Lower 9th Ward elementary school she helped integrate in 1960 as a civil rights center.

July 29, 2024
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  • Debbie Elliott

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  • Perspective

From Obama to Harris, a look at what's changed

As Kamala Harris nears the Democratic party’s nomination, the mood around her candidacy seems less breathless than in 2008. Code Switch digs into what a Black president would mean this time.

July 26, 2024
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  • Leah Donnella
In this image taken from body camera video released by Illinois State Police, Sonya Massey, left, talks with former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson outside her home in Springfield, Ill., July 6, 2024.

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  • News

Bodycam video reveals chaotic scene of deputy fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who called 911 for help

Sonya Massey ducked and apologized to an Illinois sheriff’s deputy seconds before he shot the Black woman three times in her home. An Illinois grand jury indicted former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson, 30, who is white, last week.

July 22, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A hairdresser straightens a woman's hair by applying a hair product. A delayed proposal by the Food and Drug Administration would ban the use of formaldehyde as an ingredient in hair relaxers and hair straighteners.

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  • National

The FDA misses its deadline again to propose a ban on formaldehyde in hair products

The FDA's proposed rule would take a large step in shedding light on the potential harm that formaldehyde can cause to the many Black women who typically use hair straightening products.

July 20, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Michail Chkhikvishvili, alleged leader of a Neo-Nazi organization, was indicted at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse on Wednesday morning for soliciting violent hate crimes. If convicted on four counts, he faces 50 years in U.S. prison.

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  • National

A neo-Nazi leader is indicted for a plot to have a Santa Claus poison children in NYC

Michail Chkhikvishvili, an alleged leader of an extremist group called the Maniac Murder Cult, outlined a detailed plan to hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children and also target racial minorities.

July 19, 2024
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