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‘A War of Words.’ Why Describing the George Floyd Protests As ‘Riots’ Is So Loaded

September 7, 2025 0 119

As unrest has continued day after day and in town after town in the wake of George...

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Minneapolis Police Department Is Withdrawing From Union Negotiations in Wake of George Floyd’s Death

September 7, 2025 0 128

(MINNEAPOLIS) — The Minneapolis Police Department will withdraw from police union contract negotiations, Chief Medaria Arradondo said...

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George Floyd’s Death and the Long History of Racism in Minneapolis

September 7, 2025 0 156

The May 25 death of George Floyd, 46, marks one more chapter in a long history for...

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The Overlooked Black History of Memorial Day

May 30, 2020 0 164

Nowadays, Memorial Day honors veterans of all wars, but its roots are in America’s deadliest conflict, the...

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As Washington D.C. Weighs Reopening, African Americans in the Nation’s Capital Brace for the Worst

September 9, 2025 0 136

It’s just past 7 a.m. as Tavis Clinton’s sanitation truck pulls to a stop in an alley...

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The Enduring Mystery of Malcolm X’s Assassination

September 7, 2025 0 201

Friday marks 55 years since Malcolm X, one of the 20th century’s most important black figures, was...

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These Overlooked Black Women Shaped Malcolm X’s Life

November 4, 2025 0 141

The anniversary of the Feb. 21, 1965, assassination of Malcolm X was surrounded by a renewed wave...

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How Black Lives Matter Is Changing What Students Learn During Black History Month

October 15, 2025 0 116

Freshman year can make anyone feel lost, but Seattle teen Janelle Gary felt especially lost when she...

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The U.N.’s Tainted Legacy in Haiti

January 8, 2020 0 129

Opinion|The U.N.’s Tainted Legacy in HaitiThe agency’s peacekeepers left a trail of cholera and fatherless children in...

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Looking for Frederick Douglass in Savannah

December 31, 2019 0 153

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Frederick Douglass passed through this elegant Southern city only once, for the briefest of...

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