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California is the first state to tackle reparations for Black residents. What that really means
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How Artificial Intelligence Might Prevent You From Getting Hired
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Anniversary of George Floyd’s killing: Changes were made, but short of ‘reckoning’ on racial justice
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Read More North Texans react after SCOTUS strikes down affirmative action
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‘Justicia para Santos’: WFAA special program marks 50 years since the death of Santos Rodriguez
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UNT is eliminating its diversity, equity and inclusion department following new Texas law
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14-year-old charged with trying to drown a black boy while another teen called him ‘George Floyd’
By Isabel Keane On September 13, ...
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Hutto mayor asked to resign after tensions rise over racial trope during city council meeting
By Paige Hubbard On September 9, ...
Read More Texas crane & rigging company sued by EEOC, citing racist comments and offensive imagery including using N-word, nooses and white supremacy stickers
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Which US companies are pulling back on diversity initiatives?
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 6:02 PM CDT, February 21, 2025 A growing number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of…
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‘More than brick and mortar:’ DC begins removing ‘Black Lives Matter’ plaza near the White House
By ASHRAF KHALIL and JACQUELYN MARTIN Updated 4:57 PM CDT, March 10, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Starlette Thomas remembers coming down almost daily to the intersection of 16th and H streets, to protest…
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More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump’s anti-DEI campaign
By COLLIN BINKLEY Updated 5:15 PM CDT, March 14, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign…
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Dozens of People Died in Arizona Sober Living Homes as State Officials Fumbled Medicaid Fraud Response
by Mary Hudetz and Hannah Bassett Jan. 27, 2025, 7 a.m. EST Reporting Highlights At least 40 Native American residents of sober living homes and treatment facilities in the Phoenix area died…
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US settles anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian bias complaint against Emory University
By Kanishka Singh January 16, 2025 5:23 PM CST WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. Education Department on Thursday noted concerns, opens new tab about discrimination against Muslim, Arab and Palestinian students…
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Federal probe of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre says ‘no avenue’ for criminal case in connection to attack
By SEAN MURPHY Updated 4:31 PM CST, January 10, 2025 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The first-ever U.S. Justice Department review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre concluded Friday that while federal prosecution may…
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Trump wants to change colleges nationwide. GOP-led states offer a preview
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JOCELYN GECKER of The Associated Press, WILLIESHA MORRIS of AL.com, and KEVIN RICHERT of Idaho Education News Updated 9:44 AM CST, January 9, 2025 Nearly a decade…
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‘A failure’: How Washington’s cannabis program shut out Black business owners
There are no Black-owned cannabis retailers in the city of Seattle. Now there’s a push underway to change that. Author: PJ Randhawa Published: 7:48 AM PDT October 24, 2022 SEATTLE — Washington…
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Race-motivated assault charges filed against former New Hampshire police officer
By KATHY McCORMACK Updated 8:00 AM CST, October 31, 2024 CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A white former New Hampshire police officer has been accused of race-motivated assault against a Black bank…
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Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress
October 24, 2024 11:57 AM ET By Fred Clasen-Kelly, Renuka Rayasam KINGSTREE, S.C. — One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients.…
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