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Evanston, Ill., Has A Reparations Plan
On NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday, Evanston, Illinois Alderwoman Robin Rue Simmons describes the town’s plan to use a portion of the taxes collected on the sale of recreational marijuana to help African American residents who are being priced out of…
Read MoreThe real history of the first Thanksgiving
On the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, for some Native people, it’s a Day of Mourning. On Radio Times, Historian DAVID SILVERMAN tells the story of contact between the Wampanoag and the Plymouth colonists from the Indian perspective in…
Read MoreReclaiming the bodies of children who died at Carlisle Indian School
Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Jeff Gammage tells Annette John-Hall, co-host of The Why, the history of the Carlisle Indian School, the efforts of tribes to have the remains of children who died at the school returned to them, and the on-going…
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter: The State of Activism Five Years After Eric Garner’s Death
Five years after the death of Eric Garner at the hands of NYC police, Tanzina Vega, host of The Takeaway, conducts a roundtable discussion on how the Black Lives Matter movement has evolved. Participants include Wesley Lowery, a national reporter…
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