Race

One Playwright's 'Obligation' To Confront Race And Identity In The U.S.

7:35pm February 16, 2015

by Jeff Lunden

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has written a trilogy of provocative and fantastical explorations of race. His latest, based on a 1859 melodrama, pokes fun at conventions while raising difficult questions.

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People of Haitian descent born in the Dominican Republic stand in line to apply for a birth certificate listing them as foreigners in the Dominican Republic. Those who did not meet the Feb. 1 deadline are now stateless.

World News

Haitian's Lynching Renews Protests Against Dominican Citizenship Law

12:03pm February 14, 2015

by Kenya Downs

The killing of a Haitian man sparks debate amid a government initiative to reclassify who is a Dominican citizen.

FBI Director James Comey tackled the topic of race and law enforcement at Georgetown University in Washington on Thursday.

National

FBI Director Faces 'Hard Truths' Of Policing Minority Communities

5:56pm February 12, 2015

by Kenya Downs

James Comey says both systematic and societal factors play a part in disconnect between law enforcement and communities of color.

National

'Community' Actor Ken Jeong Might Be Getting His Own Show

2:12pm February 12, 2015

by Kat Chow

ABC recently green lighted a sitcom starring the doctor-turned-actor Ken Jeong, who will play a frustrated MD in Dr. Ken.

National

FBI Director To Address Law Enforcement's Relationship With Minorities

9:49am February 12, 2015

by Lauren Hodges

James Comey will speak at Georgetown University today about police relations with minority communities.

Yusor Mohammad, 21, and Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, were shot and killed on Tuesday evening in North Carolina. The couple married last December.

National

One Of The Chapel Hill Victims Was Raising Funds To Help Syrian Refugees

3:28pm February 11, 2015

by Kat Chow

Following the shooting at Chapel Hill that left three young Muslims dead, a donation fund created by one of the victims is receiving a flood of contributions.

National

New Report Examines Lynchings And Their Legacy In The United States

9:52am February 11, 2015

The report by the Equal Justice Initiative says that the number of victims in the American South was more than 20 percent higher than was thought, and that the phenomenon was a form of terrorism.

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