Violence That Doesn’t Go Viral
We've talked a lot on this show about people — usually Black people — who have been killed by police officers. Trying to give context to these deaths is one…
Community responds to Aurora, Denver police violence
AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — Less than 24 hours after the Aurora Police Department released body camera footage of an officer strangling and pistol-whipping a suspect in an arrest, community activists are…
First community in Massachusetts adopts plan to pay reparations to descendants of slavery
AMHERST, Mass. — The tragic death of George Floyd ignited calls for racial justice last year just as the pandemic revealed harsh disparities in health care and economic security. Now…
Recognizing America’s greatest sins — and repaying its greatest debts
The only way to make Black people — with their partial, conditional, fractured citizenship — whole is to return their dispossessed wealth and opportunity. Help us celebrate MSNBC’s first 25…
UN rights boss urges ‘wide range’ of reparations over racism
BERLIN — The UN human rights chief on Monday urged countries to “fully fund comprehensive processes” and take “a wide range of reparations measures” to address the legacies of slavery,…
Iowa City doesn’t want a real Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Commissioners are being required to do the kind of work other city commissions have paid staff do for them On Tuesday, the Iowa City Council once again demonstrated that they…
Iowa City Council seems reluctant to give Truth and Reconciliation commissioners monthly pay
The Iowa City Council started considering the proposed budget for the Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation commission Tuesday, including a request for a $1,000 monthly stipend for its nine members. With…
New Lafayette Square marker highlights role of slavery in building White House
The unveiling ceremony on the north side of Lafayette Square on Wednesday wasn’t large and it didn’t last long, but history was made. Or rather, history was recognized. Finally. Fifty…
Widow Marcy Jacobs, left, stands with her daughter, Jaclyn Winer, under flags bearing names of people, including her husband, Keith Jacobs, who have died from COVID-19, outside the First Congressional Church, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Holliston, Mass. The flags are part of the COVID Art and Remembrance project spearheaded by Jaclyn. “Don’t expect us to move on without giving us a place to grieve,” Marcy Jacobs said, recalling her husband as kind, uncomplaining and simple. “Is it a stone for everyone? I don’t know." (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
US memorials to victims of COVID-19 pandemic taking shape
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — Ohio has planted a memorial grove of native trees to remember people who died of COVID-19, and governors and state lawmakers nationwide are considering their own…
‘We were once alive’: 100-year-old portraits from rural Sweden
A new book showcases self-taught photographer John Alinder’s extraordinary and compelling portraits, discovered in the 1980s, of his Swedish neighbours – revealing their humanity and his artistic brilliance
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