On Columbus Day, A Look At The Myth That 'All The Real Indians Died Off'
Two Native American authors tackle the perpetual challenge of combating ignorance, stereotypes and the notion that there's such a thing as a "real" Indian.
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Researchers Find Racial Wage Gap Has Grown
Valerie Wilson of the Economic Policy Institute and Adia Harvey Wingfield of Washington University in St. Louis discuss a new study finding a greater racial wage gap in 2015 than in 1979.
Race And Policing: Treat Black Men And Boys Like Victims, Too
The nation saw an alarming surge in homicides in 2015 — driven largely by hundreds more homicides of black men, who tend to be treated more as perpetrators of violence than as its most likely victims.
Tejano Star Selena Still Draws Sellout Crowd 20 Years After Death
Makeup inspired by the late Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla has drawn lines at stores around the country.
Indigenous Peoples' Day Gains Momentum As A Replacement For Columbus Day
Denver, where Columbus Day was first celebrated about 100 years ago, now permanently recognizes Indigenous Peoples' Day.
'Early School Leavers' Face Dismal Social And Economic Prospects
Forty million young people in the world's largest economies are neither in school, employed nor in any kind of training program. They're called NEETs. Economists say they are a big problem.
Fox News Reporter: Sorry If 'Tongue-In-Cheek' Chinatown Segment Caused Offense
His critics say that instead of lampooning racist bigotry, the segment embodied it. Fox News' Jesse Watters says he is a political humorist and didn't mean for his report to be taken seriously.
In This Campaign, Clinton, Trump Flash Their Racial Credentials
Experts call it "affiliative kinships" and the "opposite of othering;" whatever you call it, when race comes up in presidential race, the candidates feel the need to establish their racial cred.
Police Shootings Are 'More Than A One-Dimensional Crisis' Says Pastor T.D. Jakes
Dallas pastor T.D. Jakes discusses violence between law enforcement and the black community and how his parish and new television show take on the issue.
No, 'You Can't Touch My Hair' And Other Lessons From Comic Phoebe Robinson
In her new book, the stand-up comic and podcast host writes about what it's like to be black and female in America. "Black hair seems to raise a lot of nonblack people's blood pressure," she writes.