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Swedish School Attack Highlights Rise In Anti-Immigrant Violence

7:09pm October 27, 2015

NPR's Ari Shapiro interviews Omar Mustafa, head of the Islamic Association of Sweden, about the attack on school children in Sweden, which police say was a hate crime. Mustafa says Sweden has a history of racism, and people are so afraid, some are actually considering leaving Sweden.

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National

Former Police Chief Disputes FBI Director's Remarks On The 'YouTube Effect'

4:58pm October 27, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Ronal Serpas, former police chief in New Orleans and Nashville, about FBI Director James Comey's remarks on the "Ferguson Effect" and the rise in crime in U.S. cities.

National

S.C. High School Arrest Tape Reignites Debate Over Police Brutality

4:58pm October 27, 2015

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Seth Stoughton, a professor at the University Of South Carolina School of Law, about the video of a school police officer attacking a student in a Columbia, S.C., classroom.

Spring Valley High School in Columbia, S.C., was the scene of a disturbing arrest Monday, setting off a flurry of online comments and outrage.

Video Of S.C. Deputy Throwing Student To Ground Prompts Inquiry, Outrage

4:04pm October 27, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Authorities are investigating a classroom incident between a white school resource officer and a black high school student in Columbia in which the deputy flipped the female student's desk backward.

University Of Mississippi Lowers State Flag In Debate Over Confederate Symbols

10:12pm October 26, 2015

by Sandra Knispel

The University of Mississippi took down the state flag from its campus Monday. It follows a debate in the state about removing the Confederate battle flag from Mississippi's official flag.

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'East Los High' Serves Up Sex Ed With Its Teen Drama

7:08pm October 26, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

For three seasons, fans have flocked to Hulu for East Los High. The teen soap follows its characters through the tumult of adolescence and uses a secret weapon to deliver life lessons along the way.

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Daily News

Greensboro Police React To Racial Bias Accusations

5:45pm October 26, 2015

Greensboro police are reacting after an article in the New York Times highlighted the racial disparity in how the department deals with traffic stops.

National

FBI Director Connects Heightened Police Scrutiny To Violent Crime Spike

4:27pm October 26, 2015

by Martin Kaste

FBI Director James Comey told a meeting of police chiefs Monday that increased scrutiny is having an impact on law enforcement. He said he believes police have become more reluctant to aggressively pursue crime since the uproar over the death of Michael Brown and other high-profile cases.

In 2001, voters in Mississippi decisively rejected changing the state flag.

National

University Of Mississippi Orders State Flag Removed

4:04pm October 26, 2015

by Alexandra Starr

Students and faculty had called for removal of the banner, which displays the Confederate battle emblem.

A newspaper advertisement for The Birth of a Race, in its finished form. Much of the initial footage for the film was thrown out; what was finally released was an awkward mishmash of a Bible epic.

Arts

'Birth Of A Race': The Obscure Demise Of A Would-Be Rebuttal To Racism

6:05pm October 25, 2015

by R.H. Greene

The Birth of a Nation, a Ku Klux Klan-glorifying epic, was America's first blockbuster film. It was also the spark for Emmett J. Scott, a black filmmaker who hoped to answer with a vision of his own.