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PwC's chair talks about the role U.S. business leaders should play in America's racial reckoning Apr 20, 2021

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Tim Ryan says leaders shouldn't be afraid to speak up against systemic issues: "One of the things that business leaders need is, we need certainty. We need a strong democracy."

Rebecca Carroll talks about her experience as a Black woman being raised by White parents Apr 13, 2021

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The author of "Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir" discusses her Opinions piece on transracial adoption: "Trying to navigate this existence and this identity, it was just exhausting."

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Heather McGhee explains how racism keeps everyone from having nice things Apr 06, 2021

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McGhee discusses her book, “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together," and unpacks one big example of inequality holding everyone back: the large municipal swimming pools of the 1960s.

Sen. Jeff Merkley has been pushing for filibuster reform since 2011. This time, he might get it done Mar 30, 2021

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The Oregon Democrat stares down threats from Mitch McConnell to fix a rule that he says has broken the Senate.

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Rep. Andy Kim talks about the impact of anti-Asian hate: 'I wish I knew what to say to my kids' Mar 23, 2021

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The New Jersey congressman discusses his family’s experiences as Asian Americans and the role he hopes to play in the wake of the Atlanta spa shootings.

Rep. Karen Bass believes now is the time for police reform: 'The stars are aligned right now' Mar 16, 2021

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The former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus discusses the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, vaccine inequality and voter suppression.

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Mae Jemison, the first Black woman in space, is still reaching for the stars Mar 09, 2021

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Jemison talks about the obstacles she faced, as a 16-year-old college student and then a scientist, and gives advice to today's Black Lives Matter activists.

Charles Blow wants Black Americans to move back to the South to gain real political power Mar 02, 2021

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Lee Daniels and Andra Day on the hidden activist life of Billie Holiday Feb 23, 2021

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The director and singer discuss their latest movie “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” and how the FBI’s efforts to stop her from singing “Strange Fruit” turned the jazz singer into a leader in civil rights.

Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain on the 400-year story of Black people in America Feb 16, 2021

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Kendi and Blain edited “Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019,” which tells the story of Black people in America from the perspectives of 90 writers who reflect the community's diversity and lived experience.