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Baltimore: Then and Now - Peabody Spotlight Series

In commemoration of Black History Month, Peabody Spotlight...

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James Baldwin's 'I Am Not Your Negro' will prepare you for...

Collier Meyerson

FLINT, MI - FEBRUARY 19: People gather in front of a church before participating in a national mile-long march to highlight the push for clean water in Flint February 19, 2016 in Flint, Michigan. The march was organized in part by Rev. Jesse Jackson. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Health

An NYC school has higher levels of lead in some of its water...

Collier Meyerson

President Donald Trump signs an executive order to withdraw the U.S. from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact agreed to under the Obama administration, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Politics

How scared should we be about Trump’s executive orders? A...

Collier Meyerson

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An interview with the guy behind one of the most...

Collier Meyerson

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Taking a closer look at three viral signs about race and...

Collier Meyerson

WASHINGTON - JANUARY 22: Local pro-choice activist Lisa King holds a sign in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as a pro-life activist holds a rose nearby during the annual "March for Life" event January 22, 2009 in Washington, DC. The event was to mark the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v Wade Supreme Court abortion ruling. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Women

The Women’s March on Washington just released an incredibly...

Collier Meyerson

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC - JUNE 19: In this image from the video uplink from the detention center to the courtroom, Dylann Roof appears at Centralized Bond Hearing Court June 19, 2015 in North Charleston, South Carolina. Roof is charged with nine counts of murder and firearms charges in the shooting deaths at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17. (Photo by Grace Beahm-Pool/Getty Images)

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How Dylann Roof's death sentence justifies a shameful history...

Collier Meyerson

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Politics

Jeff Sessions wrongly connects police criticism and rising...

Collier Meyerson

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Entertainment

Viola Davis deserved to win last night, but not for...

Collier Meyerson

U.S. Army Capt. Tejdeep Singh Rattan, center wearing turban, stands with other graduates as they sing "The Army Goes Rolling Along" during a U.S. Army officer basic training graduation ceremony at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio on Monday, March 22, 2010. Capt. Rattan is the first Sikh allowed to complete officer basic training while wearing the traditional turban and full beard since the Army altered the dress code, which had made exceptions for Sikh soldiers, in 1984. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)

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The U.S. Army will finally allow soldiers to wear dreadlocks,...

Collier Meyerson

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Politics

Historically black college defends performing at Trump...

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Philadelphia police officer batters black teen in disturbing...

Collier Meyerson

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Goodbye, Michelle: Remembering her best moments of the past 8...

Collier Meyerson

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Inspiring images from the many, many protests of 2016

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We celebrate black forgiveness but we should also celebrate...

Collier Meyerson

Students walk along a colorful tree-lined sidewalk outside Bascom Hall in fall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Nov. 4, 2016. (Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison)

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Madison lawmakers threaten to cut university funding over...

Collier Meyerson

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5 milestone accomplishments from the year in Black Lives Matter

Collier Meyerson

ERIE, PA - AUGUST 12: Republican candidate for President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally at Erie Insurance Arena on August 12, 2016 in Erie, Pennsylvania, an industrial town in northwestern Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Politics

Trump supporters have a 'yuge' double standard when it comes...

Collier Meyerson

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 19: Richard Spencer is in town for the largest white nationalist and Alt Right conference of the year in Washington, DC on November 18, 2016. Spencer, a 38-year-old Dallas native and graduate of St. Mark's School of Texas prep school, is a key intellectual leader of the alternative right, a label he coined in 2008 to describe the radical conservative movement defined by white nationalism and a fervent resistance to multiculturalism and globalism. Spencer currently resides in the resort town of Whitefish, Montana, in what was described as a "Bavarian-style mansion" in a profile in Mother Jones. He was born in Massachusetts but moved to the Preston Hollow neighborhood of Dallas when he was about 2 years old. "It was a fairly idyllic, suburban childhood," Spencer said with a laugh. "I remember riding bikes around the neighborhood, and so on. I guess you could say I lived in a bubble to a certain extent, like a lot of the kids in that area. But it was very nice." (Photo by Linda Davidson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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A bunch of white nationalists unleashed a barrage of...

Collier Meyerson

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Black children really suffer when a parent is in prison. And...

Collier Meyerson

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White high school students in Missouri made this appalling...

Collier Meyerson

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Women

A male judge is about to make a huge decision about women in...

Collier Meyerson

As Rep. William Daniel, D-Baton Rouge, left, looks on, Rep. Sharon Weston-Broome, D-Baton Rouge, second from right, is sworn in as Speaker Pro-Tem in the House chamber at the beginning of the legislature, Monday Jan. 12, 2004, in Baton Rouge, La..Her husband Marvin Broome, right, holds the Bible. (AP Photo/Bill Feig, Pool)

Race

In silver lining news: Baton Rouge just elected its first...

Collier Meyerson

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Criminal Justice

'New Jim Crow' author Michelle Alexander has a warning about...

Collier Meyerson

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Health

Trump’s criminal justice policies could make this hidden...

Collier Meyerson

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Elections

Bernie Sanders says being a woman politician is 'not good...

Collier Meyerson

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Sex

Feeling love and loneliness in the time of Trump

Collier Meyerson

LEESBURG, VA - NOVEMBER 07: A protester (C) shouts, "Do you respect women, Donald?" as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally at the Loudoun County Fairgrounds in the early morning hours on November 7, 2016 in Leesburg, Virginia. With less than 48 hours until Election Day in the United States, Trump and his opponent, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, are campaigning in key battleground states that each must win to take the White House. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Elections

Actually, don’t just blame poor white people for Trump

Collier Meyerson

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 3: A group of protestors, comprised mostly of women, rally against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump outside of Trump Tower, November 3, 2016 in New York City. Election Day is less than a week away in the United States, where citizens will choose between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to become the next president. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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How women of color are practicing self-care in a Trump world

Collier Meyerson

FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 12: Demonstrators hold up a Pan-African flag to protest the killing of teenager Michael Brown on August 12, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Ferguson has experienced two days of violent protests since the killing but, tonight's protest was peaceful. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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A black nationalist group wants people to write this on their...

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Women

Nameplate necklaces: This shit is for us

Collier Meyerson

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - DECEMBER 18: A protestor holds a black lives matter t-shirt during a "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" demonstration in front of the San Francisco Hall of Justice on December 18, 2014 in San Francisco, California. Dozens of San Francisco public attorneys and activists staged a "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" demonstration to protest the racial disparities in the criminal justice system following the non-indictments of two white police officers who killed unarmed black men in Missouri and New York. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Elections

Black Lives Matter activists don't love Hillary Clinton, but...

Collier Meyerson

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One of America’s ‘best’ school districts is actually...

Collier Meyerson

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Immigration

Why the future face of the Midwest looks like this Somali...

Collier Meyerson

LAS VEGAS, NV - OCTOBER 19: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during the third U.S. presidential debate at the Thomas & Mack Center on October 19, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tonight is the final debate ahead of Election Day on November 8. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Elections

Donald Trump kept referring to black people as 'they' last night

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Police

Why some Black Lives Matter activists are scared off social...

Collier Meyerson

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These teachers say they were fired for teaching about social...

Collier Meyerson

Nikk "Red Weezil" Dakota (C), from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, celebrates with others from various tribes during Indigenous Peoples' Day events at the Daybreak Star Cultural Center on Oct. 13, 2014 in Seattle, WA.

History

Here’s a map of all the cities and states that celebrate...

Collier Meyerson and Daniel Rivero

CHARLOTTE, NC - SEPTEMBER 25: Demonstrators protest outside of Bank of America Stadium before an NFL football game between the Charlotte Panthers and the Minnesota Vikings September 25, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina.. Protests have disrupted the city since Tuesday night following the shooting of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott at an apartment complex near UNC Charlotte. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

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This U.N. group just said America should pay slavery...

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CHARLOTTE, NC - SEPTEMBER 22: The North Carolina National Guard stands at their post in Uptown Charlotte on September 22, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. As activists continue to protest the death of Keith Scott, police prepare for another round of possible unrest. Scott, 43, was shot and killed by police officers at an apartment complex near UNC Charlotte. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

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Has the National Guard gone from protecting black...

Collier Meyerson

Protesters surround the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, as residents and activists protest the death of Keith Lamont Scott on Sept. 21, 2016, in Charlotte, NC.

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Why some Charlotte protesters don't believe a black cop...

Collier Meyerson

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Art

10 quotes from new MacArthur 'genius' Claudia Rankine on...

Collier Meyerson

Applicants line up to speak to prospective employers at a job fair on June 11, 2012 in New York City.

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What it’s like to be in the job market with a...

Collier Meyerson

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Religion

Expecting women to change seats for ultra-Orthodox Jewish men...

Collier Meyerson

DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 19: Quarterback Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ers walks in the tunnel with teammates as he prepares to face the Denver Broncos in a game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on October 19, 2014 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)

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5 things that prove America's national anthem isn't our only...

Collier Meyerson and Daniel Rivero

CNBC EVENTS -- Pictured: Donald Trump, 2016 presidential election candidate, in an interview with CNBC's John Harwood on September 29, 2015 -- (Photo by: Adam Jeffery/CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

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No, Donald Trump isn't actually trying to win the black vote

Collier Meyerson

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Blame Donald Trump and the internet for all those racist...

Collier Meyerson

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If America's richest black women had equal pay, they'd be...

Collier Meyerson

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 12: (BROADCAST - OUT) Swimmer, Ryan Lochte of the United States poses for a photo with his gold medal on the Today show set on Copacabana Beach on August 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

Sports

How Ryan Lochte got white-boy wasted and repeated America's...

Collier Meyerson

BATON ROUGE, LA -JULY 08: Protesters face off with Baton Rouge police in riot gear across the street from the police department on July 8, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Alton Sterling was shot by a police officer in front of the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge on July 5th, leading the Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

Criminal Justice

Sending cops to prison for killing black people isn’t...

Collier Meyerson

BALTIMORE, MD - MAY 03: People hold hands during a rally lead by faith leaders in front of city hall calling for justice in response to the death of Freddie Gray on May 3, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray later died in custody; the Maryland state attorney announced on Friday that charges would be brought against the six police officers who arrested Gray. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Civil Rights

Black people already know police departments are racist. Now...

Collier Meyerson

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How our racist child support laws hurt poor, black fathers...

Collier Meyerson

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America's other first black president is also leaving his post

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Say her name: Why Korryn Gaines is just as important as...

Collier Meyerson

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - DECEMBER 18: A protestor holds a black lives matter t-shirt during a "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" demonstration in front of the San Francisco Hall of Justice on December 18, 2014 in San Francisco, California. Dozens of San Francisco public attorneys and activists staged a "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" demonstration to protest the racial disparities in the criminal justice system following the non-indictments of two white police officers who killed unarmed black men in Missouri and New York. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Black Lives Matter did something huge today

Collier Meyerson

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 17: A woman holds a Black Lives Matter placard aloft as Australian police offcers look on during a rally to support the Black Lives Matter movement on July 17, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. The rallies were organised in support of the Black Lives Matter following a spate of police shootings of African American people in the United States last week. The rallies are also aimed at highlighting Indigenous Australian deaths in custody. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

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Dear White Friends: Here's how to support BLM without making...

Collier Meyerson

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So we counted all the women and people of color at the DNC...

Collier Meyerson

CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 18: Melania Trump, wife of Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, waves to the crowd after delivering a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicks off on July 18. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Politics

Melania Trump's speech is more than a gaffe—it's a racist...

Collier Meyerson

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'We knew him as Cheddar': Philando Castile's childhood friend...

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