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Takeaways From The Federal Report On Deadly Force By Philadelphia Cops

4:02pm September 12, 2015

by Gene Demby

The Justice Department crunched years of data after Charles Ramsey, the city's police commissioner, requested that it look into how and when his officers used deadly force.

NYPD Releases Video Of Officer Throwing Tennis Star James Blake To The Ground

6:47pm September 11, 2015

by Laura Wagner

The arresting officer, James Frascatore, has a history of excessive-force allegations and is named in two civil rights lawsuits.

Ravi Patel and his sister, Geeta, worked together on the documentary Meet the Patels, in which Ravi struggles to find a partner both he and his parents love.

'Meet The Patels': One Man's Quest To Find Love, The Old-School Indian Way

6:43pm September 11, 2015

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Ravi Patel had tried and failed to find "The One." So he reluctantly let his parents arrange for him to meet dozens of prospects. And his sister has filmed the whole thing — for our viewing pleasure.

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A Doctor Reflects On Race And Medicine In 'Black Man In A White Coat'

4:25pm September 11, 2015

Black Man in a White Coat is Damon Tweedy's memoir of his experience as a young black doctor. NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks to him about how the medical field addresses race.

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America's Forgotten History Of Mexican-American 'Repatriation'

1:11pm September 10, 2015

With a scarcity of jobs during the Depression, more than a million people of Mexican descent were sent to Mexico. Author Francisco Balderrama estimates that 60 percent were American citizens.

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Margo Jefferson is a writing professor at Columbia University. In 1994, she won a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for her work at The New York Times.

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Privilege And Pressure: A Memoir Of Growing Up Black And Elite In 'Negroland'

10:59am September 10, 2015

In her memoir, Negroland, Margo Jefferson describes growing up black and affluent in 1950s Chicago. Jefferson tells Fresh Air it was a world of sophistication — and snobbery.

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Cover art from Black Man in a White Coat, by Damon Tweedy.

A Physician Asks: Is Being Black Bad For Your Health?

10:57am September 10, 2015

Damon Tweedy discusses race and medicine in his new memoir Black Man in a White Coat. "There's been a long history of African-Americans being mistreated by the health care system," he says.

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An open letter on immigration from conservative Latino group The Libre Initiative.

Conservative Latino Group Pens Letter Opposing GOP Immigration Rhetoric

11:45am September 09, 2015

by Asma Khalid

In a letter obtained by NPR, the Libre Initiative criticized calls made by some of the presidential candidates for mass deportation and ending birthright citizenship.

Tech companies are trying to curb the influence of implicit bias in the workplace.

How Startups Are Using Tech To Try And Fight Workplace Bias

11:30am September 08, 2015

by Yuki Noguchi

The idea that everyone makes automatic, subconscious associations about people is not new. But now some companies are trying to reduce the impact of such biases in the workplace.

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A caption from the exhibit: "Black cowboy at work on U.S. Sugar Corporation land near Clewiston, Florida, about 1947."

National

The Black Cowboys Of Florida

9:59am September 08, 2015

by Linton Weeks

For many Floridians, the tradition of African-American cattle ranchers is an integral part of the state's rich story.