Tag: Race

President emphasizes the underlying unity of Americans, despite the racially-charged violence. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama: This is not the 1960s

Joel Gehrke · July 9, 2016 5:42 pm

Says client who shot black man was reacting to "the presence of that gun and the display of that gun." (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP)

Attorney: Minnesota officer reacted to gun, not race

Keith Koffler · July 9, 2016 3:58 pm

The president must take his focus off NATO to return to a country divided. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Obama returns from Europe to a nation on edge

Susan Crabtree · July 9, 2016 3:37 pm

Most were peaceful, though there were many confrontations with police. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Anti-police protests continue even after Dallas

Keith Koffler · July 9, 2016 1:38 pm

A report documented in early 2015 the way Dallas Chief David Brown, who is black, had adopted an approach to policing that has resulted in a 64 percent cut in civilian complaints in just five years. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Black and Blue lives matter

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2016 4:01 am

Protesters at the White House Friday were visibly frustrated at the criminal justice system that they say is rigged against African Americans and other minorities. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Black Lives Matter holds White House protest

Robert King · July 9, 2016 12:58 am

FBI Director James Comey will meet with the Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Comey to meet with black lawmakers about deaths of Castile, Sterling

Anna Giaritelli · July 8, 2016 10:50 pm

Two-in-three people say colleges should admit students based on grades, not a person's ethnicity. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Americans want colleges to stop playing the race card

Anna Giaritelli · July 8, 2016 9:43 pm

Kristen Bell told Trump to focus on the issues facing the U.S., mainly the violence of the last two days. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

‘Frozen’ star tells Trump to ‘zip it’

Joshua Axelrod · July 8, 2016 3:49 pm

Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., revealed the advice he gave his 21-year-old grandson about what to do if police stop him at a traffic light. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Here’s what one black congressman told his grandson about police

Kelly Cohen · July 8, 2016 3:24 pm

"We must remember that many US police departments train with the #IsraeliDefenceForces," the group writes on their Facebook page.

National Security

NYU Palestinian activists blame police shootings on Israel

Ariel Cohen · July 8, 2016 2:42 pm

Dallas police chief says suspect wanted to ‘kill white people’

National Security

Dallas police chief says suspect wanted to ‘kill white people’

Kelly Cohen · July 8, 2016 1:10 pm