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Should Black Athletes Go To Black Schools?

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Elena Hinestrosa and her ensemble, Integración Pacífica, perform at one of Petronio Alvarez Music Festival's educational panels. Maria Paz Gutierrez hide caption

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Colombia's Big Summer Music Festival Is All About Blackness

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Trans people in the U.S. have turned to underground silicone injections for decades. And it has particularly impacted trans women of color and those living in poverty. Anke Gladnick for NPR hide caption

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Dora The Explorer's Lasting Impact

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Catalina Saenz wipes tears from her face as she visits a makeshift memorial near the scene of a mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas. A list of the people who died in the weekend shooting rampage at the Walmart, shows that most of the victims had Latino surnames and included one German national. John Locher/AP hide caption

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Armed National Guards and African American men standing on a sidewalk during the race riots in Chicago, Illinois, 1919. Jun Fujita/Courtesy of the Chicago History Museum hide caption

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Red Summer In Chicago: 100 Years After The Race Riots

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Opinion: Report On Racism, But Ditch The Labels

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Is 'Race Science' Making A Comeback?

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Primary Season Is Here And 'Hispandering' Is Back

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