Alana Wise
Stories
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Race & Identity
A quarter of U.S. adults fear being attacked in their neighborhood, a poll finds
Americans of color were more likely than their white counterparts to say they feared being physically attacked, the NPR/Harvard study shows.
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Politics
More than a quarter of U.S. adults say they fear being attacked in their neighborhood
A new Harvard/NPR poll notes that fear is a rising reality among people of color. Americans of color were more likely than white Americans to say they feared being threatened or physically attacked.
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Race & Identity
Black gun owners have mixed feelings about the Supreme Court's concealed-carry ruling
The United States has often been hostile toward Black gun ownership, but African Americans are the fastest growing demographic of armed weapons buyers in the country.
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Race & Identity
On 2nd anniversary of George Floyd's killing, Black Buffalo residents feel the weight
The shooting at a Tops grocery store, which authorities say was motivated by racist hate, brought into sharper focus the weight of being a target.
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Race & Identity
Journalist who wrote about gun violence was killed in mass shooting in Buffalo
The Challenger is a Black-owned, woman-owned newspaper in Buffalo, N.Y. One of its journalists, Katherine Massey, was killed in the grocery store attack this month that left 10 African Americans dead.
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Race & Identity
The Buffalo shooting exposes the city's economic disparities
Buffalo is one of the most segregated cities in the country. Those disparities play out in housing, transportation, education, and even whether there are grocery stores near where people live.
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Race & Identity
After the Buffalo slayings, parents struggle through talks with their children
Some of the children want to know how someone could do something so horrible. Others are too young to fully comprehend. Parents say there are no easy answers to the questions the children ask.
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Race & Identity
Montpelier's fight with descendants of the enslaved brings employee firings
Problems at Montpelier, years in the making, reached a boiling point this week when a number of employees who had supported descendants of the enslaved were fired.
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Pop Culture
Jada Pinkett Smith calls for healing after hair joke, Oscars slap
The "Red Table Talk" host broke her silence on Tuesday, calling for healing after an insensitive hair joke saw her husband slap a Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars on Sunday night.
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Race & Identity
Chris Rock, Will Smith, and the long history of Black hair in America
Will Smith smacked Chris Rock over an insensitive joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's hair.