Race

'Colored Television' is an ungentle satire set in post-post-racial America

9:00am September 09, 2024

Danzy Senna's new novel is an exhilarating yet poignant riff on the struggling artist as a wannabe middle-aged sellout. The writing is endlessly quotable and meaningfully provocative.

Ex-Memphis officers face trial in death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols

5:00am September 09, 2024

Jury selection begins Monday in the federal civil rights trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in the 2023 beating death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols.

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'I want to write myself into existence,' says 'Colored Television' author

2:26pm September 03, 2024

Danzy Senna was born in 1970, just a few years after Loving v. Virginia legalized interracial marriage. “Just merely existing as a family was a radical statement at that time,” she says.

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LA commision releases findings on history of racial injustice in the city

4:21pm August 30, 2024

by Adrian Florido

A Los Angeles commission report has outlined historical and contemporary racial injustices that Black residents face. The authors hope it will help guide the creation of a reparations program.

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Race

'Colored Television' is an ungentle satire set in post-post-racial America

Ex-Memphis officers face trial in death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols

'I want to write myself into existence,' says 'Colored Television' author

LA commision releases findings on history of racial injustice in the city

The ex-Florida deputy who killed Roger Fortson has been charged with manslaughter

3 more sets of remains tied to the 1921 Tulsa race riots found with gunshot wounds

A statue honoring John Lewis will replace a former Confederate monument in Georgia

10 years later, Michael Brown’s mom asks a global panel to look into her son's death

Roger Fortson's family demands charges against sheriff's deputy who killed him

Biden designates the site of 1908 Springfield, Ill., race riot as a national monument