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Asian-Americans Face Challenges In Reaching Tech Leadership Roles

7:16pm May 16, 2015

A new report on diversity in Silicon Valley shows that Asians and Asian-Americans are underrepresented at the management and executive levels at five large companies. Two Asian-Americans share their experiences.

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Connie and Gerald Renfrow outside their Osage Avenue home.

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What It's Like Living On The Block That Philadelphia Bombed 30 Years Ago

1:20pm May 15, 2015

by Gene Demby

Longtime Philly resident Gerald Renfrow wants you to know that there's more to his block than what happened on May 13, 1985.

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Network's Fall TV Shows Embrace Diverse Casts

7:57am May 15, 2015

by Eric Deggans

The TV industry was in New York to present its new lineup to advertisers. We examine whether the networks have doubled down on diversity after the success of shows like Empire and Jane the Virgin.

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Standards For Child Migrants Could Force Detention Centers To Close

7:26pm May 14, 2015

by Alexandra Starr

The Obama administration has detained thousands of immigrant women and children, but that could soon change. A court case is challenging whether it is ever legal to hold children for long periods.

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NYPD Officer Peter Liang arrives at Kings County Supreme Court in Brooklyn, N.Y., after being indicted for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man while patrolling the darkened stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project last November.

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N.Y. Police Shooting Case Divides City's Asian-Americans

4:00pm May 14, 2015

by Hansi Lo Wang

NYPD officer Peter Liang has been indicted for the death of Akai Gurley. Some in the Asian-American community support holding Liang accountable; others say he is being scapegoated because of his race.

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United States Steel Mon Valley Works Edgar Thomson Plant, 2013, from The Notion of Family (Aperture, 2014).

A Rust Belt Story Retold, Through Portraits Of The Women Who Lived It

3:18pm May 13, 2015

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

LaToya Ruby Frazier's photography tells the story of the black community living in the shadow of Andrew Carnegie's first steel mill through portraits of her grandmother, her mother and herself.

A group of mothers and infants celebrate a recent graduation from the Harlem Children's Zone Baby College program.

Boosting Education For Babies And Their Parents

8:28pm May 11, 2015

by Alexandra Starr

The Harlem Children's Zone Baby College program offers classes and supplies to expectant parents and those with kids up to age 3. It also helps create a vital sense of community.

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New York Governor Pledges Action After Revelations Of Nail Salon Work Conditions

4:36pm May 11, 2015

by Sam Sanders

After The New York Times published a series on exploitative work conditions at nail salons, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has launched a task force to confront the issue.

Maria Hamilton (left) marches in Milwaukee with her sons on April 30 in remembrance of her son Dontre, who was shot and killed by a now-former police officer in a park last year. Hamilton founded Mothers for Justice United, which planned a march on Washin

'Million Moms March' Walks Washington To Protest Police Violence

10:26am May 11, 2015

by Lauren Hodges

Mothers who have lost their children to deadly encounters with law enforcement will march on the nation's capital Saturday to protest police brutality.

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What Happens When A Police Officer Doesn't Shoot?

12:14am May 11, 2015

by Martin Kaste

An officer's body camera captured his decision not to shoot a possibly armed suspect. He was praised for brave self-restraint, but some law enforcement officers say his reluctance was irresponsible.

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