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The Women Behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

We've heard about Rosa Parks and her crucial role in the Montgomery bus boycott. But Parks was just one of many women who organized for years. In this episode, those women tell their own story.

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What internet outrage reveals about race and TikTok's algorithm

Monday, February 14, 2022

While it's good that many called out the overstep in reaction, it also made us think about the ways that these outrage cycles happen, and often get ignored, when people of color are involved.

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How A Graphic Novel Resurrected A Forgotten Chapter In American History

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

In Ghost River: The Fall and Rise of the Conestoga, Native artists retell the events of a brutal massacre in pre-Revolutionary Pennsylvania and bring a painful history to life on the page.

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The Long, Strange Journey Of 'Gung-Ho'

Friday, October 18, 2019

The word "gung-ho" used to mean "industrial cooperative." So, how did it come to describe that overeager middle-schooler taking high school math? On today's edition of Word Watch, we explore.

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Should Black Athletes Go To Black Schools?

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Jemele Hill, a writer at The Atlantic, argues yes. She says doing so could benefit the colleges and the communities around them.

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Should Your Avatar's Skin Match Yours?

Saturday, August 31, 2019

In a video game, you can try on different identities. But the rules of the real world don't always translate to the fantasy world.

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Is 'Race Science' Making A Comeback?

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

We talked to Angela Saini, author of the new book Superior: The Return of Race Science, about how race isn't real (but you know ... still is) and how race science crept its way into the 21st century.

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The Ramadan Podcast Where Muslims Take It Up A Notch From 'Islam 101'

Monday, June 03, 2019

In the KPCC podcast "Tell Them, I Am," host and producer Misha Euceph aims to give Muslims a space to define their identities outside of stereotypes and broad generalizations.

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