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One of the US's largest racial-justice organizations is slashing its budget and laying off staff after overspending on lavish perks

Documents and interviews show Color of Change spent millions on consultants, flashy offices, events…

Sean Campbell   


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For Google's head of diversity and inclusion, marking Juneteenth is more difficult this year following recent mass shootings

Google's chief diversity officer, Melonie Parker, said that the liberties of Black Americans are th…

Marguerite Ward   


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I've taught a racial justice unit at a Christian college in Florida for 12 years. Now an angry parent might get me fired.

Sam Joeckel says he can't sleep or eat after a parent complained to his university president that h…

Yelena Dzhanova   


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It's been two years since the murder of George Floyd. Here's how policing in the country has changed.

Last year police murdered 1,144 people, according to Mapping Police Violence, 48 more people than i…

DeArbea Walker   


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Justice Sonia Sotomayor says Supreme Court is 'entrenching racial inequality in education' by striking down affirmative action

In her dissent, Sotomayor argued that America remains a racially unequal society, arguing that cons…

Bryan Metzger   


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Delayed justice for Kevin Strickland, the Groveland 4 highlight a racial reckoning in criminal justice

Kevin Strickland was released from prison days after the Groveland four were exonerated. Experts se…

DeArbea Walker   


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Missouri prosecutor declines to charge white man who fatally shot his Black neighbor

Activists say that Missouri chronically fails to bring charges against those who kill Black men, ci…

Gwen Aviles   


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Family, advocates of Emmett Till are 'not going to give up' after DOJ closed its investigation into his murder

Advocates are calling on the US Senate to pass the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act and for everyone t…

DeArbea Walker   


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Black Mississippi farm workers file suit alleging that growers are passing them over for white South Africans and paying them more

The American workers allege in the suit that they were being paid $7.25-$9 an hour while white Sout…

DeArbea Walker   


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A civil rights trailblazer who refused to give up her bus seat before Rosa Parks has her record cleared

"My name was cleared, and I'm no longer a juvenile delinquent at 82," Colvin told CBS News after he…

DeArbea Walker   


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Ari Lennox accused Amsterdam airport officials of profiling her. For many Black tourists, racism abroad is a harsh reality

The singer accused Amsterdam airport officials of racial profiling. The backlash has tourists shari…

Dana Givens   


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Police need to stop classifying missing Black people as 'runaways,' subjects of HBO's 'Black and Missing' say

"We have so many cases that come through us where children are classified as runaways and it's so f…

Kelsey Vlamis   


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In most states, racial disparities lead to lower quality of healthcare for communities of color, new study finds

The report looked at factors driving the US healthcare system and found white people fared the best…

DeArbea Walker   


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The Rev. Al Sharpton calls out the defense team for trying to limit Black pastors attending the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial

The Rev. Al Sharpton, who was in the courtroom Thursday, says the move is "beyond defending your cl…

DeArbea Walker   


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Black author told to stay in his 'hood' says he's gotten death threats. Does gentrification put lives at risk?

A Black author told in a viral video to go back to his hood at a Brooklyn dog park says gentrificat…

Gwen Aviles   


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Apple just announced a $30 million investment in racial equity with a special focus on Hispanic inclusion

Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, said there is still an urgent need to advance equality in America.

Marguerite Ward   


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Police officers are trained to frame their police reports to deceive, former cop turned academic says

Recent police killings highlight inconsistencies between police reports and the facts. One former l…

Haven Orecchio-Egresitz   


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Florida Republicans want to limit diversity training at work. That movement just hit a legal roadblock.

Republican lawmakers put employers in the Sunshine State on notice about diversity training. But a …

Marguerite Ward