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Race

Home Values Fall By Half In Some Places And Black Neighbors Wonder Why

5:45am March 14, 2018

In 2013, hundreds of homes in places like African-American neighborhoods like East Winston were appraised much lower than their original value leaving many feeling angry, confused, and scared.

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'National Geographic' Looks At Its Archives To Reflect On Coverage Of Race

6:19pm March 13, 2018

by Karen Grigsby Bates

National Geographic has released an issue on race. Which, considering the magazine's history on race, is either intriguing or ironic. Maybe both.

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National

For The First Time, 2020 Census Will Ask Black Americans About Their Exact Origins

4:58pm March 13, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

People who mark "Black" for their race on the 2020 census will be asked about their origins. Many black immigrants can cite ties to a specific country, but some U.S.-born African-Americans say they cannot.

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A spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Francisco has resigned, citing disagreements over how to cast the actions of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, who warned against immigration raids last month. The raids prompted a rally outside the ICE

ICE Spokesman Quits Over Leaders' Use Of 'Misleading Facts' To Discuss Calif. Arrests

11:44am March 13, 2018

by Bill Chappell

"I told them that the information was wrong, they asked me to deflect, and I didn't agree with that," said James Schwab, who resigned from his job at the Department of Homeland Security.

In a full-issue article on Australia that ran in National Geographic in 1916, aboriginal Australians were called "savages" who "rank lowest in intelligence of all human beings." The magazine examines its history of racist coverage in its April issue.

'National Geographic' Reckons With Its Past: 'For Decades, Our Coverage Was Racist'

8:52pm March 12, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Before it could publish an issue on race, the magazine first had to look at its own history. "Some of what you find in our archives leaves you speechless," writes editor Susan Goldberg.

U.S. Air Force Retired Lt. Col. Floyd J. Carter has died at age 95. One of the last of the Tuskegee Airmen, Carter is seen here signing the tail of a TU-43 plane at the opening of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Tuskegee, Ala., in 2008.

National

Floyd J. Carter, A Tuskegee Airman And NYPD Detective, Dies At 95

2:42pm March 12, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Carter was one of the last of the Tuskegee Airmen, the famous unit that overcame both internal challenges and enemy fire to serve in World War II.

Student Activist On Guns In Schools

8:16am March 11, 2018

Kaila Caffey, a senior at Central High School and activist with the Philadelphia Student Union, works to make schools safe for students of color. She talks with NPR's Renee Montagne.

The Mind Of The Village: Understanding Our Implicit Biases

5:38pm March 09, 2018

A culture of racism can infect us all. On this week's radio show, we discuss the implicit biases we carry that have been forged by the society around us.

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Crime

Officer Charged With Assaulting Black Jaywalking Suspect

11:34am March 09, 2018

by Jonathan Drew, Associated Press

A white police officer whose body camera recorded him beating a black pedestrian he accused of jaywalking has been arrested on assault charges in North Carolina.

"Women are just 32 percent of newsrooms, but the percentage of women of color is even more dire," Cristal Williams Chancellor, director of communications at the Women's Media Center, told NPR.

National

Women Of Color Are Severely Underrepresented In Newsrooms, Study Says

7:05pm March 07, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

They make up just 7.95 percent of U.S. print newsroom staff, 12.6 percent of local TV news staff and 6.2 percent of local radio staff.