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David Gilkey / NPR

7:30pm Jul 15, 2020

Health & Safety Health & Safety

Doctors Without Borders Responds To Charges Of 'Racism' From Its Staff

by Nurith Aizenman

The concerns range from condescending attitudes toward people of color to inequities of pay between international and local workers. The aid group's leaders have pledged to address the issues.
Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

3:55pm Jul 08, 2020

Education Education

We Are Repeating The Discrimination Experiment Every Day, Says Educator Jane Elliott

Elliott created the blue-eyes/brown-eyes classroom exercise in 1968 to teach students about racism. Today, she says, it's still playing out as the U.S. reckons with racial injustice.

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John Minchillo / AP

6:26pm Jul 06, 2020

West Point Graduates' Letter Calls For Academy To Address Racism

by Heidi Glenn

Retired Capt. Mary Tobin, a West Point graduate, is mentor to some recent alumni who wrote an open letter to academy leaders. They're part of a long legacy of Black cadets addressing systemic racism.

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Quraishia Ford

7:00am Jul 01, 2020

Science Science Health & Safety

To Be Young, A Doctor And Black: Overcoming Racial Barriers In Medical Training

by Yuki Noguchi

Young African American doctors say they hope to change the lack of access to medicine in underserved communities. But many say the system that trains them also alienates them.
Steve Helber / AP

12:20pm Jun 22, 2020

Sports Sports National

Noose Left In Black NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace's Garage Stall At Racetrack

by Mark Katkov

The symbol of violent white racism was found in Bubba Wallace's stall. The only Black driver in the top stock car racing circuit, he had led the campaign to ban Confederate flags from NASCAR events.
Donald King / AP

3:50pm Jun 17, 2020

National National

Aunt Jemima Will Change Name, Image As Brands Confront Racial Stereotypes

by Alina Selyukh

Quaker Foods is retiring the name and logo of its 130-year-old pancake and syrup brand. Uncle Ben's and Mrs. Butterworth's also plan to change their packaging and marketing.
David Ryder / Getty Images

5:00am Jun 16, 2020

Science Science Health & Safety

Racism, Hazing And Other Abuse Taints Medical Training, Students Say

by Mara Gordon

More than 35% of students surveyed experienced mistreatment in a U.S. medical school. "There's a direct link between this abuse and how some ... health care disparities play out," a black doctor says.
Michel Euler / AP

4:46pm Jun 12, 2020

World News World News

'We're Not Racist': French Police Say They're Being Unfairly Criticized

by Eleanor Beardsley

Earlier this week, police gathered in front of precincts across France and threw down their handcuffs in a symbolic gesture.
11:57am Jun 12, 2020

Race Race Courts Crime

35 Years After Wrongful Conviction, Darryl Hunt’s Legacy Of Hope Remains

by David Ford

With thousands of young demonstrators marching in Winston-Salem to protest the police killing of George Floyd, an older generation in Winston-Salem is looking back.

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12:34pm Jun 05, 2020

Race Race

Young Activists Lead Sixth Night of Winston-Salem Protest Marches

by David Ford

On Thursday afternoon, more than 100 people began gathering at Winston-Salem’s Central YMCA to protest recent police killings.
LA Johnson / NPR

7:00am Jun 03, 2020

Education Education

The Winners Of The NPR Student Podcast Challenge

With entries from 46 states and Washington, D.C., two winners emerge from more than 2,200 podcasts to win this year's NPR Student Podcast Challenge.
Jack Rodolico / New Hampshire Public Radio

5:15pm Feb 15, 2020

National National Books

Early Novel Written By Free Black Woman Called Out Racism Among Abolitionists

by Jack Rodolico

In 1859, Harriet E. Wilson published a book about life as an indentured servant in New Hampshire. It remains an obscure classic because it challenges white ideals about racism in the North.