Chicago's Red Summer

After nearly 10 years of planning and construction, the Obama Presidential Center is opening on the South Side of Chicago — right across the street from an under-resourced high school, in a segregated neighborhood where home prices have jumped. Who is the Center for, and what wil ...  Show more

A viral video of a young Black man frolicking in an Oregon meadow sent B.A. Parker looking for a deeper answer: what does it take for people of color to feel safe outdoors? We dive into the racist history of what it means to be a Black person outside -- and why that complicates p ...  Show more

In the 1960s, America burned. Black communities’ frustration against racist policies, economic isolation, and police brutality spilled into the stree ...

A tornado outbreak carves a treacherous path across the southern U.S., a former Starbucks manager is awarded $25.6 million in damages by a jury after she said the company fired her for being white in the wake of a racially-charged 2018 incident, the parents of a high school stude ...  Show more

Black Americans being victimized and killed by the police is an epidemic. A truth many Americans are acknowledging since the murder of George Floyd, as protests have occurred in all fifty states calling for justice on his behalf. But this tension between African American communit ...  Show more

The shooting hits at the heart of Boston’s most bitter divisions and reopens a wound around race relations that was just beginning to heal. In 1974, the city was thrown into turmoil when a judge ordered the desegregation of Boston schools. Some parents revolted and attacked schoo ...  Show more