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Camille Brown performs a solo from Black Girl: Linguistic Play at a 2015 TED talk.

Arts

Black Girlhood Takes Center Stage In A Work That's Serious About 'Play'

12:22pm September 23, 2015

by Neda Ulaby

"Black girls playing; black girl joy" — that's what choreographer Camille Brown says her new show is all about. She's taking Black Girl: Linguistic Play to stages, schools and prisons around the U.S.

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Viola Davis accepts the Emmy for outstanding Best Actress in a Drama series for How to Get Away With Murder at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.

Arts

Roundup: Some Of The Best Writing On Viola Davis' Emmy Win

1:24pm September 22, 2015

by Leah Donnella

Oh, and the musings of a daytime soap star who got a crash course in Black Twitter on Sunday night.

Remembering A'Lelia Walker, Who Made A Ritzy Space For Harlem's Queer Black Artists

11:03am September 22, 2015

by Hugh Ryan

Walker's Hudson River parties played a crucial role in the Harlem Renaissance: They provided a safe, welcoming space for queer black artists at a time when they were often pushed into the shadows.

Mexican and Mexican-American families wait to board Mexico-bound trains in Los Angeles on March 8, 1932. County officials arranged these mass departures as part of "repatriation campaigns," fueled by fears that Mexicans and Mexican-Americans were taking s

Mass Deportation May Sound Unlikely, But It's Happened Before

4:36pm September 21, 2015

by Adrian Florido

During the Great Depression, up to 2 million Mexicans and Mexican-Americans were expelled from the U.S. Research suggests that more than half were U.S.-born citizens.

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People interlock hands on the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge in Charleston, S.C., a few days after nine black churchgoers were killed by a white shooter in June. A new PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds attitudes about opportunities in the U.S. for blacks and whit

How Equal Is American Opportunity? Survey Shows Attitudes Vary By Race

5:38am September 21, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

A majority of Americans agree race relations have deteriorated nationally, and stayed the same locally. But on questions of equality, opinions are sharply split between white and black respondents.

#NPRreads: Ta-Nehisi Coates' Latest Essay And A Profile Of The 'Anti-Redskin'

3:24pm September 18, 2015

by Tracy Wahl

Also this week: How Iran's supreme leader controlled domestic criticism of the nuclear deal, and the parallel to debate over the deal in the U.S.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump listens to a question during a town hall event Thursday at Rochester Recreational Arena in Rochester, N.H.

Trump Does Nothing As Questioner Says Obama Is Muslim

2:48pm September 18, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

"We have a problem in this country," the town hall attendee said. "It's called Muslims. We know our current president is one." Trump's political rivals denounced his response (or lack thereof).

A voter enters a polling place with multilingual instructions in New York City's Chinatown in 2006. Analysts have described the Asian-American political shift as one of the most dramatic swings in recent presidential voting behavior across any demographic

How Asian-American Voters Went From Republican To Democratic

2:30pm September 18, 2015

by Asma Khalid

In the past two decades, the small-but-growing Asian-American vote has shifted dramatically in presidential elections.

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Friend Of Dylann Roof, The Accused Charleston Church Shooter, Is Arrested

7:17am September 18, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

Joey Meek, 21, was arrested Thursday by the FBI. He was notified in August he was under investigation for possible felonies related to his statements to investigators.

Virginia School Suspends Students For Confederate Flag Clothing

8:13pm September 17, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Twenty-four students showed up at the school Thursday morning in attire featuring the Confederate battle flag — a long-standing violation of their high school's dress code.