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Man who shot and killed Ahmaud Arbery took the stand to face cross-examination

4:23pm November 18, 2021

by Debbie Elliott

The man who shot and killed Ahmaud Arbery returned to the stand to testify in his own defense for a second day. Travis McMichael says he feared for his life after confronting Arbery.

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The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended this month that Julius Jones' death sentence be commuted to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

Okla. governor grants clemency to Julius Jones hours before he was set to be executed

4:12pm November 18, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted the death sentence of Julius Jones after a public outcry. Jones, who maintains he was wrongly convicted of a 1999 murder, now faces life in prison without parole.

Four centuries of Black American history are told in new Kronos Quartet performance

10:07am November 18, 2021

by Tim Greiving

Deep in the heart of Texas, the Kronos Quartet reflects on race relations and social unrest with At War with Ourselves – 400 Years of You, by composer Michael Abels and poet Nikky Finney.

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Frida Kahlo self-portrait breaks records by selling for $34.9 million

5:11pm November 17, 2021

by Mia Estrada

A 1949 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo broke records when it sold for $34.9 million this week. It's now the highest price paid for Latin American artwork. It was sold in just under two minutes.

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Democratic congressional candidate Rochelle Garza speaks with voters in Brownsville, Texas, in September. Many Latino voters in South Texas turned against Democrats during last year's presidential election — and winning them back could prove critical to

Politics & Government

House Democrats have a new strategy to engage voters of color in the midterm elections

4:44pm November 17, 2021

by Juana Summers

The new, multimillion-dollar Democratic push to mobilize voters of color in 2022 includes voter protection and combating disinformation. Republicans had some gains with nonwhite voters in 2020.

While digging through local laws concerning backyard chickens, Selders found a racially restrictive covenant prohibiting homeowners from selling to Black people.

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Racial covenants, a relic of the past, are still on the books across the country

2:42pm November 17, 2021

Racial covenants made it illegal for Black people to live in white neighborhoods. Now they're illegal, but you might still have one on your home's deed. And they're hard to remove.

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Nikole Hannah-Jones won a MacArthur "Genius" Grant in 2017. She is a tenured faculty member at Howard University.

'1619 Project' journalist says Black people shouldn't be an asterisk in U.S. history

1:25pm November 17, 2021

by Arun Venugopal

Nikole Hannah-Jones says the contributions of Black people are often left out of the American story. Her mission is to reframe U.S. history through the lens of slavery.

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A leadership change is coming to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

7:50am November 17, 2021

Sherrilyn Ifill is stepping down and Janai Nelson will be the next director. The change is coming at a time when restrictions on voting rights and racial tensions are on the rise in the country.

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A new focus on the women who helped end discrimination on interstate buses

5:50am November 17, 2021

by Jay Price

Nearly seven decades ago two Black women, bound together by military service, helped end discrimination on interstate buses. Their often overlooked story in civil rights history is getting attention.

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Adoptees say it's been hard to express their feelings about race during social unrest

4:52pm November 16, 2021

In recent years, conversations around race and social justice have come to the fore. Trans-racial and trans-national adoptees share how it can be hard to express their thoughts about these issues.