Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win
Zohran Mamdani's victory in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary triggered a wave of Islamophobic attacks — including from sitting
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“White With Fear” films examines the “white fear industrial complex” in U.S. politics today
A new documentary investigates the long-running efforts by politicians and the media to stoke racial tensions and frame white Americans
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Visiting sites of the blues that influenced the vampire movie “Sinners”
The Warner Brothers movie "Sinners" is introducing to a new generation to the importance of blues and juke joints in
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Homicides in big cities kept declining in Q1 of 2025, stats show
Preliminary data show homicides in the nation's largest cities fell by 21% in the first three months of 2025 from
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Netflix series on the Vietnam War looks at pain across racial lines
A new Netflix-limited series takes a fresh look at the Vietnam War that examines the conflict from the eyes of
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LBJ tied Latinos, civil rights in “Selma” speech 60 years ago
In what some historians consider one of the best political speeches of the 20th century, former President Lyndon B. Johnson,
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Columbia protest leader’s arrest alarms free-speech advocates
Federal agents' arrest of Columbia University protest leader Mahmoud Khalil — a lawful permanent U.S. resident with a green card
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Trump orders database tracking federal police misconduct to close
President Trump has ordered the shutdown of the first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers.Zoom in: The closure,
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Trump’s orders unleash sweeping limits on immigration, asylum
Moments after being sworn in as president for a second time, Donald Trump said he'd declare a national emergency on
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ICE records show Biden administration planned detention expansion months ago
Documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) show that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering proposals
