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Fifth Street

January 27, 2022

Jan 27, 2022

Peaks & Pedals founder Holly Priest is the new conscience of outdoor recreation | Tyler Merritt discusses his anti-racism videos and his Vegas upbringing | Media Sommelier: West Elm Caleb and the witch-hunt machine
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World
Josephine Baker poses in Paris in the 1930s.

Josephine Baker is the first Black woman to be inducted into France's Pantheon

Nov 30, 2021
The trailblazing U.S.-born star and civil rights activist was given France's highest honor on Tuesday when she was inducted into the Pantheon. She first achieved fame in Paris in the 1920s.
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Loveland, Colorado Splinters Over Racist Sundown Town Past And Increasingly Diverse Future

Sep 27, 2021

Several moments during the last two years have reflected race-based problems in Loveland — at city council, school and library board meetings, during protests and in Facebook groups. Often, a key point of contention for some residents is whether racism even exists in the Colorado city, or ever did.

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In Nevada, Sundown Town History Has Cultural Impacts For Washoe Tribal Members

Sep 23, 2021

Prior to World War I, Nevada’s Douglas County adopted an ordinance that prohibited Native Americans from being in the towns of Minden or Gardnerville after sunset — at the risk of jail time or worse.

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National
A memorial to missing and murdered Indigenous women is set up in St. Paul, Minn.

Media Fascination With The Petito Mystery Looks Like Racism To Some Native Americans

Sep 21, 2021
Media coverage around the death of 22-year-old Gabrielle Petito looks racist to those who note that murders and disappearances of Native Americans are mostly ignored.
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Despite Its Optics, An Idaho College Town Remains A Complicated Place For People Of Color

Sep 17, 2021

Today, Moscow’s brief history as a probable sundown town seems a continent away. The northern Idaho town of 25,000 saw multiple racial justice protests last year. Black Lives Matter signs line the windows of Moscow’s downtown restaurants and cafes. But some people of color still feel uneasy here.

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National
Marcellus Cadd signing his name in Round Rock, Texas, after finding a cache in all 254 counties in the state.

Geocaching While Black: Outdoor Pastime Reveals Racism And Bias

Jul 11, 2021
One Black geocacher writes about harrowing encounters, such as being called "boy" and finding a cache hidden inside a flagpole flying the Confederate flag.
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Chapter 2: The People From Here

May 25, 2021

In August 2020, an offensively named public agency in a small town near Lake Tahoe voted unanimously to change its name to Olympic Valley Public Service District.

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Shots - Health News
Generally, more education leads to longer and healthier lives — unless you are a Black man in America. Among the contributing factors is the isolation Black men often feel as they rise economically, says Thomas LaVeist, a sociologist and dean of the sc

Education Usually Improves Health. But Racism Sabotages Benefits For Black Men

May 18, 2021
For most people, more education leads to healthier and longer lives. Not so for Black men. Racism's power in harming their health may be more persistent than previously understood, researchers say.
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World
Tareq Alaows stands in front of the Bundestag, Germany's parliament, in Berlin. Alaows came to Germany as an asylum-seeker from Syria in 2015. He launched a campaign to run in Germany's federal election in September for the Green Party but recently withd

Germany Grapples With Racism After Threats Derail Refugee's Candidacy For Parliament

Apr 21, 2021
A Syrian refugee in Germany withdrew his bid for parliament over racist threats last month. The news came in the same week that a German comedian appeared on TV in blackface.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, seen last week at FEMA mass vaccination site in Boston, said Thursday that the CDC is taking steps to address the impact of racism on public health.

CDC Director Declares Racism A 'Serious Public Health Threat'

Apr 08, 2021
"The pandemic illuminated inequities that have existed for generations and revealed for all of America a known, but often unaddressed, epidemic impacting public health: racism," Walensky said.
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Flowers, candles and signs are displayed at a makeshift memorial on Friday, March 19, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Candice Choi)

NPR Standards Need More Clarity Around When To Name A Mass Shooter

Mar 25, 2021
Not glorifying a shooter isn't enough to ensure good journalism
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
The Farmers Co-op Antiques Mall in Redmond, Ore., included, until recently, a vendor selling Nazi memorabilia and racist caricatures.

Symbols Of White Supremacy Confront Oregon Shoppers At Antiques Mall

Feb 14, 2021
Mass protests have brought attention to racism in systems, actions and beliefs. But as 15-year-old Lily Gallentine discovered, hate can also take shape in objects.
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Science
Protestors attempt to block the delivery of toxic PCB waste to a landfill in Warren County, North Carolina, 1982. It was in response to the State's decision to locate a hazardous waste landfill in a low-income, predominantly Black area of Warren County t

Hope And Skepticism As Biden Promises To Address Environmental Racism

Jan 29, 2021
Environmental racism means that people of color experience more air and water pollution than white people, and suffer the health impacts. Can Biden change that?
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January 14, 2021

Jan 14, 2021
War All the Time | Shedding Light on the Moapa Solar Project | After the Capitol Siege, Now What?| Welcome to Inhuman Resources
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Basaksehir team manager Okan Buruk (right) argues with referee Sebastian Coltescu during a Champions League soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir in Paris on Tuesday.

Champions League: Referee's Remark Investigated After Teams Walk Off In Protest

Dec 09, 2020
"Why is the fourth official saying 'negro'?" demanded soccer player Demba Ba. The official, Sebastian Coltescu of Romania, faces a 10-game ban if he's found guilty of making a racist statement.
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Why Clark County Declared Systemic Racism A Public Health Crisis

Nov 10, 2020

Last week, the Clark County Commission declared systemic racism a public health crisis, which has been amplified by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
Disney added a warning on its streaming service to some of its titles with racist depictions, including <em>Dumbo</em>. The crows' appearance and musical number in the movie "pay homage to racist minstrel shows," Disney said.

Disney Warns Viewers Of Racism In Some Classic Movies With Strengthened Label

Oct 16, 2020
Disney strengthened language used to denounce racist depictions in some of its classic properties on the company's streaming service.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
During the Sept. 29 presidential debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden in Cleveland, President Trump declined to denounce white supremacists. Days later he told Fox News that he condemned right-wing hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Proud B

Critics Accuse Trump Of Using Race To Divide Americans

Oct 09, 2020
President Trump's alarming rhetoric on race is a feature of his 2020 campaign. His actions have normalized racist fringe ideologies and encouraged extremists, according to critics.
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Racism Is Always Here, So How Do We Break Through?

Jan 01, 2021

(Editor's note: This discussion originally aired Oct. 1, 2020.)

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Race and Racism
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As LatinX In Nevada Grows, So Do Racial Challenges

Dec 30, 2020

(Editor's note: This discussion originally aired Sept. 3, 2020.)

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Does Minden’s Siren Remember First Responders, Racism or Both?

Aug 27, 2020

For Native American’s in Northern Nevada, a siren that blasts nightly in Minden is a living piece of historical trauma.

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Asian-Americans Driving New Economic Growth In Southern Nevada

Dec 29, 2020

It was some 25 years ago that developer James Chen reasoned he could lure Asian travelers off the Strip with high-quality food prepared as it is in Asia. 

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World
After it became clear that his neighborhood would be targeted as part of a sweeping plan to rid the country of immigrant-heavy areas officially designated as "ghettos," Asif Mehmood and 11 of his neighbors filed a lawsuit against the Danish government.

Facing Eviction, Residents Of Denmark's 'Ghettos' Are Suing The Government

Aug 15, 2020
A sweeping plan to rid the country of immigrant-heavy areas officially designated as "ghettos" is being challenged by residents, as Denmark also begins to grapple with broader questions about racism.
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Being Black In America
A makeshift memorial at the All Black Lives Matter Solidarity March on June 14, in Los Angeles.

Black Activist Burnout: 'You Can't Do This Work If You're Running On Empty'

Aug 10, 2020
National attention on the fight for racial justice may wane, but many protesters are still staging rallies and marches. How do they fight the system while combating their own burnout?

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