Race Issues

From: UpFront
Are conservatives trying to erase and rewrite US history?
From school curriculum changes to book bans, we examine the roots and effects of the anti-Critical Race Theory movement.
Published On 3 Feb 2023
Black history class revised in US after criticism from right
The revised course for high-school students rolls back references to racial justice movements and LGBTQ issues.
Published On 1 Feb 2023
Activists link death of Tyre Nichols to ‘cowboy’ police culture
Local groups call for greater transparency and accountability following the death of the 29-year-old US father.
Published On 1 Feb 2023
Florida governor backs ban on diversity lessons in state colleges
Republican Ron DeSantis, a possible US presidential candidate, says diversity programmes serve as a ‘political filter’.
Published On 31 Jan 2023

The release of a video showing the killing of Tyre Nichols by police officers has provoked widespread outrage.

US government panel recommends adding box on Census to count people from the Middle East and North Africa region.

Los Angeles police had repeatedly Tasered the cousin of a Black Lives Matter co-founder in the hours before his death.

Essential Middle East explores how public reporting of what’s considered suspicious activity has made Muslims a target.

The unanimous vote awarded Till and his mother, both civil rights icons, the Congressional Gold Medal.

Memos from the head of US justice department take aim at drug policies linked to high rates of Black incarceration.

Social scientist and daughter of Haitian immigrants says the university must ‘engage and be of service to the world’.

Recent remarks by West, now known as Ye, have cost him business deals and led to social media suspensions.

Best-selling author of Heavy: An American Memoir talks to Marc Lamont Hill about the factors that shape Black identity.

Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the mayor of the US city, says the crisis is a consequence of ‘issues of environmental racism’.

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