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With the last of nine base renamings, the Army helps cast aside the myth of the Confederacy

Caption: Retired Lt. Gen. Arthur J. Gregg stands in front of the newly named Gregg-Adams Club at the former Fort Lee, Virginia in April 2023. The club was off limits to Gregg and other Black Soldiers when he became an officer in 1950. Gregg now shares the new name, Credit: Terrance Bell / U.S. Army

Historians said the renamings – like the removal of many Confederate statues in recent years – are part of a more accurate understanding of the Con...

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After defeating affirmative action at most colleges, activists' next target is military academies

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: New cadets line up at West Point for Reception Day June 26, 2023. The military academy's class of 2027 includes more than 1250 people. , Credit: Eric Bartelt / U.S. Military Academy at West Point

In its June ruling outlawing affirmative action in college admissions, the U.S. Supreme Court excepted the nation's military academies. A new lawsu...

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Black Pills

From: Distillations
Series: Innate

If there is no such thing as biological race, why do we have race-specific drugs?

Confederate names are being removed from bases, but is a KKK image at West Point 'more nuanced'?

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Three bronze panels were mounted on a West Point classroom building in 1965 to display key events in American History. One of the images depicts a hooded Ku Klux Klan member., Credit: Elizabeth V. Woodruff / U.S. Military Academy

The Defense Department is planning to eliminate Confederate names from bases and more than 1100 other things in the military. But it's not clear wh...

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'Little comments, outright inappropriateness': Why minority military families may feel unwelcome off-base

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Karockas Watkins of the Huntsville/Madison Chamber of Commerce talks with the local board and staff of BancorpSouth in Hunstville, Alabama in 2020. Watkins heads the chamber's task force on diversity, equity. and inclusion., Credit: Courtesy Karockas Watkins

A survey found widespread concern from Black, Latino, and Asian military families about inequality in cities where bases are located.

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Amid a 'stark' racial disparity in military academy nominations, should Congress be doing more?

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Members of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2021 take the oath of office to become Marine Corps second lieutenants during their May graduation and commissioning ceremony., Credit: Stacy Godfrey / U.S. Naval Academy

Advocates say more members of Congress should reach out to Black and Latino high school students and make them aware of opportunities at the elite ...

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Why are there so few Black admirals in the Navy? Some blame a culture of discrimination

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Rear Adm. Alvin Holsey (left) speaks with Ensign Dimitri Foster aboard the USS Lake Champlain in 2018. Holsey - one of the Navy's few Black admirals - heads the One Navy Task Force., Credit: Craig Z. Rodarte / U.S. Navy

A Navy Task Force is looking at why only a handful of African Americans reach top jobs. It's also examining discrimination in all aspects of Navy l...

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In a little-discussed program, the VA is helping veterans deal with race-based stress

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: The Department of Veterans Affairs in St. Louis is one of several VA locations that have held small group sessions to help veterans deal with race and mental health., Credit: Department of Veterans Affairs

A group of VA psychologists across the country have formed race-based stress and trauma support groups for veterans of color.

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Bootstraps & Silver Spoons

From: Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Series: Ways & Means "Shorts"

New economic research reveals how difficult it is for some people to gain wealth in America, even when they do everything right.

Cannabis, Spirituality, & Racism (ENCORE)

From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit

Caption: Michael Eric Dyson and Stephen Gray

One of my most popular shows of 2017. Originally produced in April 2017.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS

Rodney Learns to Fly

From: Ari Daniel

Caption: Mr. Hoots is a Eurasian eagle owl, and one of Rodney Stotts' favorite raptors., Credit: Ari Daniel

Rodney grew up selling dope and guns. But he's always loved caring for birds. The drugs landed him in jail. The birds helped set him free.

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Bay Area schools put race on the syllabus

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Beginning next fall, all San Francisco public schools will offer a class called Ethnic Studies. It’s a look at American history and culture from th...

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Between Civil War and Civil Rights -1: How the South (or White Supremacy?) Won the War (1865 - 1877)

From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights

From the founding of the Ku Klux Klan by ex-Confederate officers, through the defeat of Reconstruction: How history is made and remade, with histor...

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