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Charleston's City Council approved a resolution apologizing for its "role in regulating, supporting and fostering slavery and the resulting atrocities inflicted" as a result. Tuesday's vote took place in Charleston's City Hall — which was built by slave

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Charleston, Key Port For Slaves In America, Apologizes And Meditates On Racism Today

2:00pm June 20, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The plight of migrant families at the U.S. southern border was also mentioned, amid discussions of exploiting laborers and treating people of a different race as chattel in the slave era.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen takes questions from reporters at the White House on Monday. She acknowledged that the Trump administration changed the way it is enforcing immigration law, resulting in separation of thousands of children from

Defiant Homeland Security Secretary Defends Family Separations

8:18pm June 18, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen went before reporters at the White House to defend the controversial practice, as more Republicans joined Democrats in criticizing the administration.

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The South Korean soccer team poses for a photo prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup match against Sweden at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium on June 18, 2018 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

The Science Behind South Korea's Race-Based World Cup Strategy

7:06pm June 18, 2018

by Art Silverman

South Korea's men's soccer team tried to confuse scouts from Sweden's team by swapping jerseys so their opponent couldn't tell the players apart. But could a strategy like that actually work?

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NYC Mayor On Diversity Problems With City's Elite Public High Schools

6:53am June 18, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio about his proposal to change how students are admitted to the city's specialized high schools.

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Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, photographed at a news conference in 2015, said the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from their families "goes against the values of our nation."

Faith Leaders Oppose Trump's Immigration Policy Of Separating Children From Parents

3:20pm June 16, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

They condemn a border practice of tearing children away from their parents. It is an attempt to "weaponize children," Archbishop of Miami Thomas Wenski tells NPR's Weekend Edition.

A lawsuit accuses Harvard of treating Asian-Americans unfairly in its admissions process.

Harvard Accused Of 'Racial Balancing': Lawsuit Says Asian-Americans Treated Unfairly

3:40pm June 15, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Harvard says it doesn't discriminate — and it notes that the suit is backed by the same activist who challenged the University of Texas' affirmative action policy.

Roxane Gay: What Does It Mean To Identify As A Feminist?

9:36am June 15, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

Roxane Gay is a writer, a Haitian-American, a bisexual, and a feminist — albeit a self-proclaimed bad one. She says her journey to identify as a feminist has evolved over time.

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Taiye Selasi: How Do The Places We Call Home Inform Our Identities?

9:36am June 15, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

Rather than identify with a country, writer Taiye Selasi chooses to identify with localities — local places and cities where her diverse range of experiences have helped shape her many identities.

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As the Mule Train crossed the first state line into Alabama, participants celebrated having made it through Mississippi safely.

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In 1968, Poor Americans Came to D.C. To Protest. Some By Mule

5:00am June 15, 2018

by Walter Ray Watson

The photographer and folklorist documented a caravan of mule-driven wagons that left Mississippi to march on Washington 50 years ago to draw attention to poverty.

Mayor-elect London Breed waves before speaking to reporters on Wednesday outside City Hall in San Francisco.

San Francisco Elects City's First African-American Female Mayor

10:27am June 14, 2018

by Daniella Cheslow

London Breed is a native San Franciscan who grew up in public housing. Her opponent, a former state senator, would have been the city's first openly gay mayor.