The changes are the latest signal of the powerful cultural moment unleashed by the Black Lives Matter protests.
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Panel recommends ways for Mills to address racial disparities in Maine
The state commission is urging several steps, including using federal CARES Act funding to support a response to the COVID-19 pandemic for minority populations in the state.
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Juneteenth celebrates ‘a moment of indescribable joy’: Slavery’s end in Texas – 2 years after Proclamation
In Texas, more than 250,000 enslaved black people received news on June 19, 1865 – more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation – that they were free.
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The Latest: Top State Department official resigns in protest of Trump’s response to racial tensions
The latest on protests against racism and police brutality around the country and the world. WASHINGTON — A senior State Department official who has served in the Trump administration since its first day is resigning over President Donald Trump’s recent handling of racial tensions across the country – saying that the president’s actions “cut sharply […]
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As protests spread to small-town America, militia groups respond with online threats and armed intimidation
Activists spearheading unlikely assemblies in rural and conservative corners of the country have faced fierce online backlash and armed intimidation, sometimes with the support of local law enforcement.
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Black creators sue YouTube, alleging racial discrimination
The suit is the latest in a series of allegations that YouTube’s software discriminates against certain people, such as LGBT groups.
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A look at competing policing proposals to be considered by Congress
Democrats and Republicans have introduced separate legislation to reform policing in America, and they diverge on some issues.
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Black filmmakers and executives get honest about their experiences in Hollywood
The entertainment industry’s long history of failures when it comes to race continues to weigh on the minds of many of the black filmmakers, executives and others.
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Bates College vows to intensify its anti-racism efforts
College President Clayton Spencer responded this week to critics who complained of structural racism with a plan to combat the problem.
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Atlanta officer charged with murder, 10 other crimes for shooting Rayshard Brooks
The black man was shot twice in the back last Friday night after fleeing and pointing a stun gun in the officer’s direction.