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News Articles: Series: America Reckons With Racial Injustice

A man on a bike rides past a city truck on fire outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., during protests following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, on Sunday.

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  • Law

Wisconsin Deploys National Guard After Shooting Of Black Man Sparks Protests

A video that appears to show police shooting a man several times at close range has been met with outrage. Gov. Tony Evers on Monday has deployed the state's National Guard.

August 24, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker and
  • Emma Bowman
Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said her office will be reviewing a 2011 police shooting of a Black man that was ruled an accident.

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  • National

Massachusetts Prosecutor To Review 2011 Probe Into Shooting Of Black Man By Police

Eurie Stamps was killed during a drug raid at his home. Police were reportedly looking for his stepson and another man. Prosecutors said the shooting was accidental and the officer wasn't charged.

August 21, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
The former Chattahoochee Brick Company in Atlanta used forced convict labor to churn out hundreds of thousands of bricks a day at the turn of the 20th century. Racial justice advocates want to turn the site into a memorial.

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  • Race

Amid Debates About Memorials, Advocates Push To Remember Atlanta's Forced Laborers

A brick factory that was key to building post-Civil War Atlanta used unpaid convict laborers. Now, some hope to block industrial development at the site and instead memorialize those mistreated there.

August 21, 2020
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By:
  • Molly Samuel
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott unveiled a plan that would freeze any city from raising property taxes on residents if police departments are defunded.

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  • National

Texas Governor Floats Plan To Freeze Tax Hikes In Cities That Defund Police

After Austin cut millions from its police department, Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing to make cities pay a price for tightening law enforcement budgets.

August 19, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
"I think it's OK to have different views as long as you can come together and talk to each other with love," Devon Gilfillian says. "Me and my friend agreed to come together and have that conversation."

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  • New Music

Devon Gilfillian Thinks The Pandemic Has Exposed The 'Cracks In The Ceiling'

The soul singer talks about his entry for the Morning Edition Song Project which considers how the pandemic created space for a national dialogue on race after pausing many aspects of regular life.

August 19, 2020
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By:
  • David Greene and
  • Vince Pearson
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks during a news conference, Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Louisville, Ky.

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  • National

Members Of Louisville City Council Draft A Measure Calling On Mayor To Resign

The council's Republican Caucus is calling for Democratic Mayor Greg Fischer to step down. The caucus cites Fischer's handling of probes into the Breonna Taylor and David McAtee deaths as reasons.

August 18, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Members of the National Organization for Women participate in the Women's March in January in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

NOW President Resigns Amid Allegations Of Creating Toxic Work Environment

Toni Van Pelt cites health concerns in stepping down from leading the National Organization for Women. An internal investigation found evidence of "governance issues" but not racial discrimination.

August 18, 2020
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Mark and Patricia McCloskey of St. Louis, who brandished firearms outside their home in June as protesters walked by, have been invited to speak at the Republican National Convention, their lawyers confirm.

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  • Politics

St. Louis Couple Who Waved Guns At Black Lives Matter Protesters To Speak At RNC

Attorneys for Mark and Patricia McCloskey say they'll speak at next week's nominating convention for President Trump. They both face a felony charge for waving guns at protesters in June.

August 18, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Jason Wright, pictured in 2009 when he was with the Arizona Cardinals, will lead the organization's business divisions, including operations, finance, sales, and marketing, as team president.

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  • Sports

Washington Makes NFL History, Hires First Black Team President Jason Wright

"Hopefully, having not grown up in [Washington's] front office allows me to bring some catalytic thinking," Wright said. The former running back takes up his leadership role next week.

August 17, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Former state Trooper Jacob Gordon Thompson has been charged with felony murder and aggravated assault in the killing of Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis, a 60-year-old Black man.

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  • National

Georgia State Trooper Faces Felony Murder Charges In Traffic Stop Shooting

Former Georgia state Trooper Jacob Thompson faces felony murder and aggravated assault charges stemming from the killing this month of Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis.

August 17, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Protesters march in downtown Brooklyn over the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis Police officer on June 5, 2020 in New York City.

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  • Race

Summer Of Racial Reckoning: The Match Lit

In Part 1 of a three-part special, NPR examines how George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery became part of a rallying cry that has led the U.S. to confront the racism of its past and present.

August 16, 2020
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By:
  • Ailsa Chang,
  • Rachel Martin,
  • and 1 more
People are reflected in a window near a flower arrangement that includes the acronym for Black Lives Matter as they wait in line to attend the public viewing for George Floyd at the Fountain of Praise church on June 8, 2020 in Houston.

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  • National

Protests May Prompt Dialogue On Racism, But 'It's Going To Be Uncomfortable'

Protests across the country in the wake of the killing of George Floyd amplified racial divisiveness and prejudice, but that pushed some to try and have hard conversations.

August 16, 2020
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By:
  • Marisa Peñaloza
Photographer Nadiya Nacorda's siblings Khaya (left) and Thandiswa whispering at at fence.

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  • Photography

Sharing Black Joy: Photographer Documents Sibling Bond

Photographer Nadiya Nacorda captured the bond between her younger siblings in her new book, "A Special Kind of Double." One goal was to create an archive for Black youth to see themselves in images.

August 15, 2020
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By:
  • Emily Bogle
Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin is seen struggling to force George Floyd into the back seat of a police SUV in newly released body camera video recorded by Officer Tou Thao. Both Chauvin and Thao were fired, along with two other officers involved in Floyd's death on Memorial Day. All four former officers are facing charges.

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  • National

Body Camera Video Of George Floyd And Police Offers New Details Of Deadly Encounter

In the police video, Officer Tou Thao seems to get increasingly agitated as the crowd becomes more vocal, with onlookers repeatedly asking him why Floyd's vital signs aren't being checked.

August 14, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Dolly Parton expressed her support for Black Lives Matter in an interview with Billboard.

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  • Race

'Of Course Black Lives Matter,' Dolly Parton Tells Billboard

"Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter? No!" the singer, songwriter, philanthropist and businesswoman told the music magazine.

August 14, 2020
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
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