Race

National

California's reparations task force will meet in person for the first time in a year

5:03am April 13, 2022

by Sara Hossaini

California's first-in-the-nation Reparations Task Force is determining exactly how Black residents have been harmed by the legacy of slavery. The two-day event begins Wednesday.

Rev. Amos Brown, senior pastor of Third Baptist Church, San Francisco, Calif., speaks is 2012. California's first-in-the-nation reparations task force meets in person Wednesday for the first time since its inaugural meeting nearly a year ago.

National

California reparations panel ready for first face-to-face meeting

2:16am April 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

The meeting comes ahead of a June report showing how the institution of slavery continues to reverberate throughout California.

Miya Ponsetto has made a plea deal after she falsely accused a Black teen of stealing her phone and then attacking him in 2020.

National

Woman pleads guilty to hate crime for falsely accusing Black teen of taking her phone

7:48am April 12, 2022

by Ayana Archie

The family of the teen has filed a lawsuit against a 23-year-old woman and the hotel, alleging racial profiling.

Politics & Government

After 232 years, Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman on the Supreme Court

8:22am April 10, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe asks Biden administration strategist Minyon Moore about Biden's successful nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

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Women's health advocate Tanya Leake, photographed at her home on March 1, 2022. Leake founded numerous initiatives to help raise awareness about uterine fibroids after experiencing them herself.

Health & Safety

Facing invasive treatments for uterine fibroids, Black women advocate for better care

5:00am April 10, 2022

by Akilah Wise

Black women are more likely to get the noncancerous growths, at a younger age, and have higher rates of hysterectomy. A growing movement calls for more compassionate care.

National

Judge Jackson is the 1st, but hopefully not last, Black woman Supreme Court Justice

4:53pm April 08, 2022

A day after her Supreme Court confirmation, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson paid tribute to the path-breaking Black Americans who she said did the heavy lifting which made this moment possible.

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Arts

Sara Jones: What stories are missing from the the transracial adoption narrative?

8:37am April 08, 2022

What information is missing from our family narratives? For transracial adoptee Sara Jones, her Korean cultural roots were hidden until she sought answers on her own.

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Arts
Race

Amplify Black Voices Festival uses theater to talk about racial equity

6:00am April 08, 2022

by Eddie Garcia

The Amplify Black Voices Festival of Greater Greensboro is a new month-long theater celebration that's

Judge Jackson's journey to the Supreme Court has been a personal moment for many

5:05am April 08, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dara Ferguson, incoming president of the Harvard Black Law Students Association, about the Senate confirming judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

Beauford Delaney's last known self-portrait. The then-70-year-old Delaney portrays himself as wide-eyed, lithe and youthful, and clad in African attire not unlike that of a Maasai warrior. It is the only known self-portrait canvas in which Delaney present

Arts

Knoxville and Paris make plans for Beauford Delaney's art to get its due

10:19am April 05, 2022

by Ambriehl Crutchfield

Knoxville, Tenn. is building a museum for the works of Beauford and Joseph Delaney.

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