Social Issues

October 24, 2017 10:40 AM

Poll: Most Americans think their own group faces discrimination

NPR is launching a deep exploration of how Americans experience discrimination in daily life. One key result: The sense that their own group suffers discrimination crosses racial and identity lines.

by Joe Neel

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October 23, 2017 4:00 AM

History shows slavery helped build many U.S. colleges and universities

As more schools begin to confront their participation in slavery, they also consider how to make amends.

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October 22, 2017 2:29 PM

Group kneels at Vikings stadium to protest police brutality

"This isn't about the Vikings," said organizer Mel Reeves. "It's not about the flag, it's not about the anthem, it's simply about trying to bring attention to this national problem."

by Jon Collins

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October 20, 2017 1:42 PM

Do you care if your fish dinner was raised humanely? Animal advocates say you should

Concerns over animal welfare have led to changes in recent years in how livestock are raised. But seafood has been missing from the conversation. One group aims to change that.

by Clare Leschin-Hoar

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October 20, 2017 4:00 AM

APM Reports: College dreamers in Trump's America

President Trump is ending a program that allowed some young, undocumented immigrants to stay and work in the United States. For some, that may mean the end of a dream of going to college.

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October 19, 2017 5:02 PM

White nationalist Spencer drowned out by protesters

Anti-Spencer protesters shouted, "Not in our town! Not in our state! We don't want your Nazi hate!" and "Let's go Gators" during his speech, frustrating the head of the National Policy Institute.

by The Associated Press

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October 19, 2017 4:22 PM

Minnesota Somali-American community raises money, offers support for victims of bombing

Community leaders are hoping to send medical and emergency equipment, personnel and supplies to Mogadishu to help with the recovery.

by Martin Moylan and Laura Yuen

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October 19, 2017 3:35 PM

30-foot border wall prototypes erected in San Diego borderlands

While the mockups are massive, it's anybody's guess whether they'll ever get built.

by John Burnett

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October 19, 2017 2:20 PM

Bush condemns Trump-era America: 'Bigotry seems emboldened'

"We've seen nationalism distorted into nativism, forgotten the dynamism that immigration has always brought to America," Former President George W. Bush said at a New York City conference.

by The Associated Press