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Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., says he'll skip the opening of a Mississippi civil rights museum because President Trump is scheduled to attend.

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African-American Congressmen Will Skip Mississippi Civil Rights Event To Avoid Trump

7:54pm December 07, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

The congressmen say that given the president's record, he is ill-suited to attending the opening of a Mississippi museum dedicated to the history of civil rights.

Wanda and Shalon were so close, "they were like the Gilmore Girls," one friend said.

Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving's Story Explains Why

7:51pm December 07, 2017

Black women are three times more likely to die from complications of childbirth than white women in the U.S. Racism, and the stress it causes, can play a leading role in that disparity.

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Chart: When it comes to discrimination against Asian-American people in America today, which do you think is the bigger problem?

Health & Safety

Poll: Asian-Americans See Individuals' Prejudice As Big Discrimination Problem

1:15am December 06, 2017

by Joe Neel

In an NPR poll looking at experience with discrimination, Asian-Americans told us that individual prejudice is a bigger problem than bias by government or laws.

A man is detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), agents early on October 14, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.

National

For Some Cambodian Refugees, Deportations And A Return To A Country They Fled

6:00pm December 05, 2017

by Kat Chow

Earlier this fall, ICE rounded up more than a hundred Cambodians with deportation orders. After sitting in detention for weeks, more than 70 are expected to be sent to Cambodia.

Karen Attiah, The Washington Post's global opinions editor, says current conversation surrounding sexual harassment largely excludes victims who are women of color.

National

When Black Women's Stories Of Sexual Abuse Are Excluded From The National Narrative

3:31pm December 03, 2017

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Karen Attiah, The Washington Post global opinions editor, about women of color in the #MeToo movement.

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The 2010 census form included separate questions about race and Hispanic origin. The White House has yet to announce its decision on a proposal that would allow race and ethnicity to be asked in a single, combined question on the 2020 census.

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Trump Administration Delays Decision On Race, Ethnicity Data For Census

6:11pm December 02, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

The White House was expected to announce Friday its decision on Obama-era proposals to change how the government collects race and ethnicity information. The delay could impact the 2020 census.

National

How 2 Women Fought To Be Called 'Miss' And 'Ms.'

11:23am December 01, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Mary Hamilton and Sheila Michaels were friends and civil rights activists in the 1960s. Hamilton was black and Michaels was white, and each, in her own way, changed the way women were addressed.

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If the White House approves a proposal to change how the government collects race and ethnicity data, white people in the U.S. may be asked to check off boxes about their ethnic background. But on this 2010 Census form, answering "white" was enough to res

National

2020 Census May Ask White People To Get Specific About Their Ethnicity

6:55pm November 30, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

White people in the U.S. may be asked to check off boxes about their ethnic background if the White House approves a proposal to change how the government collects race and ethnicity data.

The first black British royal? Not so fast.

The Meaning Of Meghan: 'Black' And 'Royal' No Longer An Oxymoron In Britain

6:21pm November 29, 2017

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Whether or not she cares, princess-to-be Meghan Markle has become a symbol of biracial people's coming-of-age, and maybe of the country's collective adulthood on race, writes Karen Grigsby Bates.

National Congress Of American Indians Reacts To Trump's 'Pocahontas' Comment

5:02pm November 28, 2017

At an event on Monday honoring Native American veterans, President Trump mocked Sen. Elizabeth Warren, saying "They call her Pocahontas." NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Jacqueline Pata of the National Congress of American Indians about the reaction in the room.