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The justices are re-examining decades of precedent allowing affirmative action policies. This time, however, there is every likelihood that the court will overrule some or all of those precedents.
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A new federal program created by the Biden administration to reverse years of economic discrimination against U.S. farmers of color has ground to a halt.
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John Beeson benefitted from the removal of Native Americans from the Rogue Valley, like many white settlers in the mid-19th century. What he did next…
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The Keenest Observers is an occasional segment dealing with difference and inclusion in a place where the vast majority of people are white.This month we…
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From the slave trade to legal segregation, many public policies throughout American history have harmed Black communities.These days African-Americans…
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The recent flaring of concern over racism in our country reminds us that bad days are not that far behind us. Lynchings of black men took place well into…
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The Keenest Observers are often the people who stand outside a group or situation. So that's the name we've given to our occasional explorations of…
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The images of the control rooms in the early days of American space flight--in real life and in the movies--are images of lots of white men. But it took…
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A presidential candidate or two may have whipped up a bit of a frenzy on immigration this year, but it's always a hot topic in America.And it is the focus…
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College campuses are filled with buildings named for pillars of the community in times past. And as times change, so do attitudes about the people once…
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Ugly incidents in any small town can produce an instant reaction: "that can't happen here." But it did: an African-American employee of the Oregon…
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It's hard for most residents of the region to imagine what it's like to live as a person of color. Because there are so very few. And the overwhelming…
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Apartheid ended in South Africa, but it did not end quietly. Violence marked the drawing down of the strict separation of the races that had existed for…
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Aja Monet is probably pleased to know that she is difficult to categorize. She is a poet, songwriter, singer, activist, and much more. And she arrives in…