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Young, white, affluent — and learning about race

by Phoebe Unterman and Kai Ryssdal
Sep 12, 2018
A new book looks at the "conundrum of privilege" in a Midwest suburb.
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What's the return on investment for bias trainings?

by Lizzie O'Leary
May 25, 2018
We look into how bias trainings work and how companies measure their effectiveness.
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Unilever threatens to pull ads from Google and Facebook

by Andy Uhler
Feb 13, 2018
Unilever’s head of marketing, Keith Weed, told an advertising conference in California that digital platforms had become “swamps” of fake news, racism and sexism. What will this mean for advertising on social media? Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 
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How federal policy from the 1930s continues to harm Philadelphia and other cities

by David Brancaccio
Jan 11, 2018
Real estate appraisers would negatively evaluate areas if people of color lived there.
A man walks into a heroin encampment in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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America needs more than jobs to fix racial inequality

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 17, 2017
Dorothy A. Brown, a scholar specializing in tax policy, race and class, shares her perspective on President Trump's assertion that good jobs will "have a huge, positive impact on race relations."
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at American Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti, Michigan on March 15, 2017.
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Do viewers want film and TV to directly confront racism?

by Kai Ryssdal and Emily Henderson
Aug 16, 2017
New York Times culture critic Wesley Morris discusses the way race and culture intersect in the aftermath of Charlottesville.
Hundreds of people gather Sunday for a vigil on the spot where 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed when a car plowed into a crowd of people protesting against the white supremacist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Let's talk about the real monster in 'Get Out'

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 15, 2017
The horror film about racism is drawing a wide audience, earning more than $110 million.
From left, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Allison Williams, Betty Gabriel and Daniel Kaluuyain in "Get Out."
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Riding while black is a disadvantage, a new study finds

by Lewis Wallace
Oct 31, 2016
Researchers tested hundreds of requests for ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft.
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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How The Deck Is Stacked

The Edelmans: 50 years of fighting for equality

by Kai Ryssdal and Tommy Andres
Jul 21, 2016
The couple who met on Kennedy's Delta tour and have carried on his torch for change.
 Marian Wright Edelman (foreground, right) escorts Robert Kennedy (center with back to camera) on his historic tour of the Mississippi Delta.
Courtesy of James Lucas Estate
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Shelf Life

Why segregation lingers in Chicago and the rest of America

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 14, 2016
Natalie Moore on her new book “The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation”
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