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America's racial reckoning

The latest news on the protests, boycotts and the fight against systemic racism that is reverberating around the country.


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Almost every Black officer at this Tennessee police department says they’ve experienced discrimination

“If you are a Black officer, you have to work five times harder,” one officer anonymously told an outside review firm.
A Black police officer outside the Knoxville Police Department as a demonstrator speaks.
A Black police officer outside the Knoxville Police Department as a demonstrator speaks.

Philadelphia apologizes for decades of medical experiments on Black inmates that involved a component of Agent Orange

The city allowed a researcher to conduct dermatological, biochemical and pharmaceutical experiments that intentionally exposed inmates to viruses, fungus, asbestos and chemical agents.
Holmesburg Prison, in northeast Philadelphia, in 1970.
Holmesburg Prison, in northeast Philadelphia, in 1970.

Suburban Chicago police officer charged with murder in 2020 fatal shooting of Black man

Prosecutors said it had unsealed grand jury indictments against former Waukegan police Officer Dante Salinas in the shooting that killed Marcellis Stinnette and wounded his girlfriend, Tafara Williams.
Image: Marcellis Stinnette
Image: Marcellis Stinnette

Texas officials approve Texas 1836 Project to counter the 1619 Project

The 15-page draft brochure will outline Texas’ history and contributions.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

Texas board denies posthumous pardon for George Floyd for 2004 arrest

Another request could be submitted again in two years, the board said in a letter. The letter did not specify why the request was denied.
Image: George Floyd Mural
Image: George Floyd Mural

Former AAMCO executive alleges racial pay discrimination and retaliation in lawsuit

Plaintiff Jerome Staley said he was featured in the business' marketing and promotional materials "to emphasize its new diversity" in the wake of George Floyd's death.
AAMCO Logo
AAMCO Logo

St. Louis police oppose civilian oversight efforts. What comes next?

The latest battle highlights a persistent problem: Police often oppose civilian oversight efforts.
Image: St. Louis Police
Image: St. Louis Police

Mississippi grand jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till killing

The decision came more than a month after an unserved arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham was unearthed in the basement of the Leflore County Courthouse.
Carolyn Bryant and Juanita Milam
Carolyn Bryant and Juanita Milam

Father and son sentenced to life in prison, neighbor gets 35 years for federal hate crimes in killing of Ahmaud Arbery

Travis and Greg McMichael and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan must serve their sentences in state prison, a judge ruled.
Image: Travis McMichael
Image: Travis McMichael

4 police officers federally charged with civil rights violations in Breonna Taylor death

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the charges against the current or former officers in the death of Taylor, a 26-year-old Black medical worker, who was killed in a botched raid.
Protests Erupt Across U.S. After Charges In Death Of Breonna Taylor Are Announced
Protests Erupt Across U.S. After Charges In Death Of Breonna Taylor Are Announced

An all-white school board banned diverse books. Black students are still reading them.

Some Black students are launching book clubs and organizing protests to defend books that have been targeted in a national battle against critical race theory.
Members of Panther Anti-Racist Union, a student-led racial justice advocacy group.
Members of Panther Anti-Racist Union, a student-led racial justice advocacy group.