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News Articles: Race

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, with President Biden and Vice President Harris, speaks after being nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court at the White House on Feb. 25.

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  • Race

Civil rights activists are prepared to fight for Jackson's nomination to the court

The confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson are set for March 21. Activists who pushed for a Black woman are excited and ready for a fight.

March 04, 2022
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By:
  • Sandhya Dirks
A woman wearing the Ukrainian flag is handed a beverage at the train station in Przemysl, Poland,  on Thursday. Ukrainians have been welcomed into Poland and other neighboring countries as they flee Russian attacks.

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  • Europe

Race, culture and politics underpin how — or if — refugees are welcomed in Europe

The embrace of Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion is far different from the cold shoulder refugees from the Middle East and Africa have received.

March 04, 2022
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Nova and Deontre Williams-Laster, at their first check up with their midwife since giving birth at home.

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  • Family

Black doulas in Michigan are aiding babies, mothers get a good start in life

In Michigan, and other parts of the country, some people are seeking Black doulas to assist with births.

March 04, 2022
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By:
  • Michelle Jokisch Polo
Female spongy moths laying eggs on a tree in Vermont, 2021. The eggs overwinter on the tree and hatch the following spring.

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  • Animals

New name, same destructive habits: Meet the Spongy Moth

No more "G-word:" the critter eating east coast trees is now known as Spongy Moth.

March 03, 2022
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By:
  • Jane Lindholm
The white nationalist group Patriot Front attends the March For Life on in Chicago on Jan. 8.

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  • National

Distribution of white supremacist propaganda is increasingly coordinated, ADL says

Last year's numbers were the second highest since the Anti-Defamation League began tracking such incidents in 2017 and represented increasing levels of coordination and mobilization, the ADL says.

March 03, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Dean
Nigerian students in Ukraine wait at the platform at the Lviv railway station on Sunday.

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  • World

International students are facing challenges as they try to evacuate Ukraine

Africans and South Asians studying and working in Ukraine have had added difficulty leaving the country because of discriminatory treatment by local authorities.

March 03, 2022
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt and
  • Eleanor Beardsley
Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers was censured Tuesday by her colleagues in a bipartisan vote.

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  • Politics

Arizona State Senate censures lawmaker who threatened rivals with violence

State Sen. Wendy Rogers, a Republican, spoke at a conference organized by a far-right group and later used antisemitic tropes to describe Ukraine's leader.

March 01, 2022
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By:
  • Alana Wise
Defendant Travis McMichael watches a video clip the jury asked to see as part of their deliberation during the trial of McMichael, his father Greg McMichael, and neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, in the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga.

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  • Race

Jury foreman: Ahmaud Arbery killers showed 'so much hatred'

The Black man who served as foreman of the jury that returned hate crime convictions against the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery says he believes the verdicts show no one is above the law.

March 01, 2022
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  • Associated Press
A student wears a face mask while doing work at his desk at the Post Road Elementary School, in White Plains, N.Y., in this Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, file photo. U.S. health officials say the highly contagious delta version of the coronavirus is behind changes to mask guidelines.

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  • Politics

Lawmakers: Pushback against 'divisive concepts' bill continues on Day 21

The Georgia Senate Education and Youth Committee heard more than an hour of public comment on a controversial education bill SB 377 today.

February 28, 2022
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
People in Los Angeles walk in a silent protest march on April 9, 2012, to demand justice for the killing of Trayvon Martin.

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  • Race

Trayvon Martin's killing 10 years ago changed the tenor of democracy

The Black teen's killing on Feb. 26, 2012, helped spark Black Lives Matter. Though the movement has seemingly yielded some cultural change, it comes at a time when hope for legal change is tenuous.

February 28, 2022
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By:
  • Robert Baldwin III
Post racist attack in 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. American National Red Cross Photograph Collection.

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  • Race

Why does Black History Month matter?

There is an ongoing debate as to whether U.S. history segregates Black history in February or whether Black History Month brings forward necessary untold stories.

February 27, 2022
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By:
  • Sandhya Dirks
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  • Performing Arts

Jennifer Hudson wins top honor at 53rd NAACP Image Awards

Hudson wins entertainer of the year at the 53rd annual NAACP Image Awards honoring work by entertainers of color, beating out Regina King, Lil Nas X, Megan Thee Stallion and Tiffany Haddish.

February 27, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Francis Oliver founded a small Black history museum in Sanford, Fla., the city where Trayvon Martin was killed. She has preserved the items from the roadside memorial that popped up after his death.

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  • Race

Mementos preserve Trayvon Martin's legacy, 10 years after his killing

A small Black history museum in the city where Trayvon Martin was killed saved the tributes people brought to the roadside memorial that sprung up after his death.

February 26, 2022
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By:
  • Adrian Florido
Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts are the first same-sex couple to be featured on the cover of <em>Essence</em>.

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  • Race

Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts are the 1st same-sex couple on the cover of Essence

In the interview with the magazine, they opened up about their love story and how their relationship blossomed into marriage. The duo tied the knot in 2020.

February 26, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
A protester holds a "hands off Georgia" sign protesting legislation that would restrict schools from teaching about racism.

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  • Education

Students protest critical race theory legislation at state Capitol

High school students gathered at the Georgia state Capitol on Friday morning to protest two bills in the General Assembly that would limit what schools can teach about race and racism.

February 25, 2022
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
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