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A car burns as looters take to the streets at the intersection of Florence and Normandie avenues — considered the flashpoint of the LA riots — on April 29, 1992.

National

When LA Erupted In Anger: A Look Back At The Rodney King Riots

2:00pm April 26, 2017

by Anjuli Sastry

This week 25 years ago, policemen were acquitted in the savage beating of African-American Rodney King. Five days of riots, arson and looting ensued, fueled by deep-rooted tensions that persist today.

Tops to prescription bottles are pictured inside the Wal-Mart pharmacy.

Cherokee Nation Sues Wal-Mart, CVS, Walgreens Over Tribal Opioid Crisis

8:58pm April 25, 2017

by Nate Hegyi

The tribe says these companies regularly filled large, suspicious prescriptions within the Nation's 14 counties in northeastern Oklahoma, leading to hundreds of tribal members' deaths.

Scenes from Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992.

5 Films Look At The Los Angeles Riots From (Almost) Every Angle

4:22pm April 25, 2017

by Eric Deggans

The documentaries attempt to complete the picture of what transpired in LA in 1992 after Rodney King was beaten by police, showing how the riots affected a wide swath of Angelenos.

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Workers dismantle the Battle of Liberty Place monument on Monday in New Orleans.

National

Under Cover Of Night, New Orleans Begins Dismantling Confederate Monuments

3:52pm April 24, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Following death threats, the contractors wore flak jackets and helmets as they dismantled a monument to members of a white supremacist group who attacked the city's racially integrated police force.

Martin Luther King, Jr. listening to a transistor radio in the front line of the third march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to campaign for proper registration of black voters, March 23, 1965. Ralph Abernathy (second from left), Ralph Bunche (third fr

Black-Jewish Relations Intensified And Tested By Current Political Climate

9:40pm April 23, 2017

by Akinyi Ochieng

Activist ties that go back to the Civil Rights Movement are being strained by divergent viewpoints on the movement for black lives and Israel's position on Palestine.

Arts

LA Riot Documentaries Show Dehumanizing Black People Enables Abuses in Policing

5:53pm April 23, 2017

by Eric Deggans

A slew of new documentaries look back on the Los Angeles riots, 25 years after the city erupted in protest. But why are so many being made and why now?

Left to right: George Fermon (standing), Benjamin F. Fermon (seated, author's grandfather; father of children pictured), Jessie Fermon (standing, back row), Benjamin "Bizzy" Fermon (front row, white romper), Harold Fermon, (grey knee-britches suit), Jessi

Why My Coal Mining Grandfather's Deathbed Advice Applies To Minority Americans

4:31am April 23, 2017

by Amy Alexander

As my grandfather lay dying from Black Lung disease, his eldest children did not question or doubt his advice to them: go out and get educations, and master newer ways of working.

Jose Cedillo, a 41-year-old former restaurant worker from Honduras, struggles to get health care for his diabetes. He often finds himself without a job and homeless on the streets of Baltimore.

Hispanic Men Often Put Off Medical Care, Bringing Bigger Trouble

6:00am April 22, 2017

by Michael Anft

Men are more likely than women to put off going to the doctor. Hispanic men can face complications of culture, language and cost that make that even more likely.

President Trump holds a jersey given to him by New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick (left) alongside members of the team during a ceremony Wednesday at the White House honoring the 2017 Super Bowl champions.

This Week In Race: Guess Who's Not Coming To The White House

2:24pm April 21, 2017

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Karma, man.

Workers' gear hangs inside Lobster Trap's facility in Steuben, Maine.

Maine's Immigrants Boost Workforce Of Whitest, Oldest State In U.S.

10:26am April 21, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

New immigrants are projected to be the main driver of the U.S. workforce over the next 20 years. That trend is already playing out in Maine, which has an aging white population with a low birth rate.

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