As diplomatic relations thaw between the United States and Cuba, a thriving Chris Brown fan base makes itself known in Havana.
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Will the company become a leader in reforming its workforce, or a case study for how the tech industry’s relentless whiteness destroys innovation, too?
Read MoreAfter weeks of racial tension and protest at the University of Missouri, the school’s white community is filled with a mix of compassion, confusion, defiance and delusion.
Read MoreIn a society in which young black people, men and women, have their lives cut short every day by incarceration and violence – state or otherwise – the schools are sanctuaries from a world at war with black bodies.
Read MoreNew Orleans' force, once a national symbol of corruption and dysfunction, has become a model for change.
Read MoreMental illness flooded into New Orleans as the storm waters receded.
Read MoreStill, a full year after Brown’s death, the government is without a reliable system for tracking police use of force.
Read More“It’s causing too much pain,” she said. “I know there’s going to be backlash, but it has to come down.”
Read MoreI explored the toxic combination of racist sentiment, racial tension and unreconciled history that facilitated the killing of nine innocent people in Charleston. One lawmaker told me he believes legislation can stem it, and he has a plan.
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On Sunday evening, hours after Emanuel A.M.E. Church opened its doors for the first service following the killing of nine of its congregants Wednesday, thousands in Charleston took to the streets in a show of support and solidarity.
Read Moreour days after a gunman killed nine inside the basement of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, the doors were once again open to welcome congregants.
Read MoreGiven the tremendous stressors and responsibilities of police work, one would think mental health screening and assessment would be a linchpin of the profession. Surprisingly, it is not.
Read MoreWhat it means to be white in 21st Century America and the role whiteness plays in the current national debate over policing.
Read MoreThe nation’s only historically Black, all-male institution of higher education has taken an innovative approach to fundraising.
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Complex, influential, and far more meaningful than the sum of its social justice-driven hashtags.
Five queer students discuss everything from dating and friendship to homophobia and finding allies at the nation's only all-male historically black college.
Read MoreAn analysis of nationwide police officer instruction and training standards reveals that police officers learn surprisingly little about the law before they're empowered to enforce it.
Read MoreAndre Perry is 32 years old. He's a commercial photographer, lives in Brooklyn, and loves fashion. He's also black. A month ago, Perry was stopped at a subway station by an undercover officer with the New York City Police Department. He was interrogated about his two-finger ring, arrested, and charged with possession of a deadly weapon—"metal knuckles."
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