How Shows Like 'Will & Grace' And 'Black-ish' Can Change Your Brain
Go ahead, use this article to justify binge-watching Orange Is the New Black all weekend.
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At Walter Scott's Funeral, An Unexpected Conversation
When Clemson University professor Chenjerai Kumanyika attended the funeral this weekend, he found himself discussing gentrification — and his own role in the changes in North Charleston, S.C.
Motive Still Sought In Fatal Shooting Of Texas Sheriff's Deputy
Authorities have charged 30-year-old Shannon J. Miles in the "execution-style" murder of Deputy Darren Goforth, but investigators have yet to make public any motive for the killing.
Jefferson Davis Statue Comes Down At University of Texas
The larger-than-life sculpture of the president of the Confederacy was removed after an appeal to block the move was rejected last week.
Civil Rights Activist Amelia Boynton Robinson Dies At 104
Civil rights activist Amelia Boynton Robinson has died. Her brutal beating during the 1965 Bloody Sunday march was depicted in the movie Selma.
Black Lives Matter Publishes 'Campaign Zero' Plan To Reduce Police Violence
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks to Brittany Packnett about the campaign to create a policy agenda out of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Alleged Gunman In Virginia Shooting Called Himself 'A Human Powder Keg'
ABC News says a man claiming to be Flanagan sent a fax that arrived after the killings, and that the same person also called to identify himself as the shooter.
Amelia Boynton Robinson, Survivor Of 'Bloody Sunday,' Dies At 104
In 50 years, Amelia Boynton Robinson went from being beaten on a bridge in Selma, Ala., to being pushed across the bridge in a wheelchair alongside the president of the United States.
In South Carolina, Sanders Discusses Race, Courts Black Voters
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who's seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, drew big crowds again this weekend, but they may not be the right kind of crowd if he hopes to win South Carolina's primary.
Black Lives Matter Activist: Hillary Clinton's Racial Justice Record Is 'Abysmal'
NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Daunasia Yancey, the founder of Black Lives Matter in Boston, about the group's discussion with Clinton last week.