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A dirt road cuts through a sprawling Doctors Without Borders camp in South Sudan. In a letter, 1,000 current and former employees are accusing the aid group of racism and white supremacy.

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

Jul 15, 2020
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.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

Some UNR Alumni, Students Push For Kaepernick Statue At Mackay Stadium

Jul 15, 2020

Four years ago, 

DC Blog
Bulletin Board

Every Voice: Race, Protest, and Power in Las Vegas

Jul 13, 2020

Highlights from our July 9 roundtable on racial justice in Southern Nevada

KNPR
Newscast headlines

UNLV Creates Anti-Racism Task Force

Jul 08, 2020

UNLV has formed the anti-black racism task force to look at making some changes on campus. 

UNLV president, Marta Meana and provost, Chris Heavey sent an email this morning to students and faculty about the formation of UNLV's anti-black racism task force. 

DC Blog
Bulletin Board

Every Voice: Race, Protest, and Power in Las Vegas

Jul 07, 2020

Join us for a roundtable discussion on racial justice with policymakers, protest organizers, and professors

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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
Stands remain empty as family members of United States Military Academy graduating cadets are restricted from attending commencement ceremonies on June 13 in West Point, N.Y

West Point Graduates' Letter Calls For Academy To Address Racism

Jul 06, 2020
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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Shots - Health News
Dr. Danielle Hairston, a psychiatry residency director at Howard University in Washington, D.C., trains and mentors young black doctors.

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

Jul 01, 2020
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.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

Juneteenth March Extends Black Lives Matter Protests Into Week 3

Jun 22, 2020

Last Friday’s march for the Black Lives Matter movement marked th

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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
The only Black driver in the top stock car racing circuit, Bubba Wallace had led the campaign to ban Confederate flags from NASCAR events.

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

Jun 21, 2020
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.
DC Blog
Micropinion

The Curious Incident of Michele Fiore in the Spotlight

Jun 18, 2020

Michele Fiore claims to despise political correctness in favor of "being real." But we're all politically correct now -- and Fiore's rhetoric increasingly looks like a relic

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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
"We recognize Aunt Jemima's origins are based on a racial stereotype," parent company Quaker Foods says, announcing plans to change the brand's logo and name.

Aunt Jemima Will Change Name, Image; Uncle Ben's Also Plans Brand Shift

Jun 17, 2020
"Aunt Jemima's origins are based on a racial stereotype," Quaker Foods says overhauling its 130-year-old pancake and syrup brand. And Uncle Ben's says "now is the right time to evolve" its own brand.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

Rally Organizer: 'This Time Feels Different'

Jun 16, 2020

Stretch Sanders spearheaded the June 5 rally and prayer vigil titled,

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Shots - Health News
Health workers and others rallied in Seattle during a Doctors For Justice event on June 6, protesting police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death. Medical training needs a hard look too, doctors say: Students of color and LGBTQ people often bear

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

Jun 16, 2020
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.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
French police unionists fire blue flares as they demonstrate with a banner reading" No police, no peace" down the Champs-Élysées in Paris on Friday.

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

Jun 12, 2020
Earlier this week, police gathered in front of precincts across France and threw down their handcuffs in a symbolic gesture.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

Police Reforms: Does Nevada Need Them? Will They Work?

Jun 10, 2020

Congress seems uniquely united that something needs to be done about policing throughout the country.

But will a ban on chokeholds or a national review board be the solutions needed?

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Simon Says
Demonstrators gather on 16th St. near Lafayette Park during a peaceful protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, on June 5, 2020 in Washington, DC.

OPINION: In the Shadow of Protests, Turn to Ralph Ellison

Jun 06, 2020
WIth protests continuing across the country in the wake of police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Scott Simon turns to Ralph Ellison's classic novel "Invisible Man" for wisdom.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

Two Days After The Protest Shootings: What Now?

Jun 03, 2020
Another protest is planned tonight. 
 
Maybe less than a protest and more of a vigil.
 
Because it’s been almost two days since separate shootings Monday n
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Newscast headlines

Latino Group Holds Protest Against Racism

Jun 02, 2020

The Latino advocacy group Make the Road Nevada held small, peaceful protests in the Las Vegas Valley Monday.

The protesters condemned racism and asked for support for the Latino community as Nevada reopens, KLAS-TV reports.

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National
JerriAnne Boggis, executive director of the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, poses with a monument that was erected in Harriet E. Wilson's honor. Boggis says when she read Wilson's book, she felt as if it was written the book just for her.

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

Feb 15, 2020
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.
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Sports

Canadians, Increasingly Diverse, Wonder If Hockey Can Shift To Match

Nov 29, 2019
The suspension of a NHL coach for a past use of a racist slur is raising questions in Canada about the sport's ability to reflect the nation's increasingly multicultural makeup.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

Campus Hate Speech Challenges UNR Administration

Oct 28, 2019

UNR was thrust into an uncomfortable spotlight in 2017 when one of its students was photographed at the violent white supremacist

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Shots - Health News
A recent study looked at funding rates for <a href="https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/r01.htm">R01 grant</a> applications, which are designed to support "health-related research and development based on the mission of the NIH." In general, population

What's Behind The Research Funding Gap For Black Scientists?

Oct 18, 2019
Black scientists more often seek grants for community health studies, but molecular-level research proposals win more funding. More diversity throughout the process could help close the gap, says NIH.
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Goats and Soda
A month after Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas, Sherrine Petit Homme LaFrance gets a hug from husband Ferrier Petit Homme. The storm destroyed their home on Grand Abaco Island. They are now living with China Laguerre in Nassau.

PHOTOS: After The Storm, Haitians In The Bahamas Depend On The Kindness Of Strangers

Oct 12, 2019
One woman turned her home into an ad hoc shelter for Haitians displaced by the storm and facing discrimination.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

Hatred In Nevada: Getting Worse?

Aug 15, 2019

Nevada isn't free of the racial and cultural divisions plaguing the entire country.

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Book Reviews
<em>How To Be An Antiracist,</em> by Ibram X. Kendi

Ibram X. Kendi Says No One Is 'Not Racist.' So What Should We Do?

Aug 15, 2019
His new book 'How To Be Antiractist' is a manual to follow; the author writes that "being an antiracist requires persistent self-awareness, constant self-criticism, and regular self-examination."

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