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Black police officers aren’t colorblind – they’re infected by the same anti-Black bias as American society and police in general
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Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble
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How some enslaved Black people stayed in Southern slaveholding states – and found freedom
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Online racial harassment leads to lower academic confidence for Black and Hispanic students
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When Gun Violence Ends Young Lives, These Men Prepare the Graves
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Florida Gov. DeSantis leads the GOP’s national charge against public education that includes lessons on race and sexual orientation
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Unjustified police stops continue in communities of color. I know because it happened to me
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‘We need to see our heroes as human’: A historian connects Shirley Chisholm’s life and politics
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A Sheriff in Louisiana Has Been Destroying Records of Deputies’ Alleged Misconduct for Years
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