At least 25 states have taken action to ban the teaching of critical race theory. It comes as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) compared CRT to […]
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Are Race Relations Improving? NBC’s Melvin On Battle Flag, Juneteenth, New Book
As an NBC and MSNBC anchor, Craig Melvin covers a wide range of stories and was on the ground when South Carolina finally took down […]
Continue readingNFL Abandons ‘Race-Norming’, Which Presumed Black Players Have Lower IQs
The NFL has abandoned the use of 'race-norming' in settlements, a policy that presumed Black players have lower IQs. Sports journalist Jemele Hill gives her […]
Continue readingWhy Race In America May Become A Critical 2022 Election Issue
With many Republicans leaning in on culture war issues and racial equality still on the minds of many Americans after the outpouring of Black Lives […]
Continue reading1968 commission reveals why racism in America hasn’t gone away
Fifty-three years ago a government commission investigated civil unrest and racial inequality in America. The results shocked the country but mostly faded into history. Fred […]
Continue readingRemembering The Tulsa Massacre 100 Years Later
MSNBC’s Tiffany Cross, Chair of the Greater Tulsa African-American Affairs Commission Kristi Williams, and author of “The Ground Breaking” Scott Ellsworth join Joy to discuss […]
Continue reading‘There Is A Fight Going On’: Joy Reid On America’s Racial History
Joy says, “too many people want to keep Americans blindly numb to the raw, racial violence in our collective past. They want Americans to just […]
Continue readingWas Corporate America’s Promise To Fight Racial Injustice Just A Fad?
“It seemed many of the central institutions in American corporate life suddenly signed on—at least in word or performance—to a simple but genuinely radical demand […]
Continue readingRemembering The Life Of George Floyd | Craig Melvin | MSNBC
Today marks the one year anniversary of George Floyd’s death. Floyd’s death heavily impacted the world and can be seen reflected through art and imagery […]
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