3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (796+ words) Retailer Target pulled a children's Halloween costume from its shelves Monday after widespread social media backlash, apologizing for selling a garment critics said evoked racist minstrel caricatures. Critics say the costume, along with its promotional image of a Black child…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (923+ words) helps your community explore new worlds and ideas through programs that educate, inform and inspire. Your tax-deductible donation helps make it all possible. Your local PBS station powers PBS News and keeps it free and accessible for everyone in your…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (574+ words) Jason Arday, who was 37 when he became Cambridge's youngest Black professor in 2023, resigned after he came under intense media pressure, with weeks of allegations about plagiarism in his academic work and questions surrounding claims about his athletic and fundraising accomplishments....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1309+ words) Trump's EEOC abandons key tool for combating workplace discrimination Clip: 7/7/2026 | 7m 15sVideo has Closed Captions | CC For more than 60 years, the federal government has relied on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to enforce laws against workplace discrimination. The Department of Justice is…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1133+ words) Black Opera Project celebrates resilience a new generation Black Opera Project celebrates resilience and richness of the Black American experience Clip: 6/26/2026 | 5m 57sVideo has Closed Captions | CC Imagine a world 400 years in the future, where a young woman is forced into exile…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1843+ words) Joanne Lipman discusses the effect of DEI backlash on women in the workplace. Clip: 4/16/2026 | 18m 1sVideo has Closed Captions | CC As the Trump administration slashes DEI initiatives, Joanne Lipman warns that the attacks could reverse decades of progress for gender equality at…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (772+ words) A free press can only endure when it is supported. Sustaining rigorous, trustworthy reporting takes people who believe it matters. The Trump administration's cancellation of more than $100 million in humanities grants to scholars, writers, research groups and other organizations was…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (994+ words) The FCC is ramping up the pressure on ABC and Disney by threatening to strip broadcasters of their station licenses. The FCC says the review of the licenses is tied to Disney’s DEI initiatives, but it’s widely seen as retaliation…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1854+ words) Environmental group vows to keep fighting permit for Hill Country wastewater plant 10/23/2025 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions | CC Randy Neumann, with the Scenic Loop-Helotes Creek Alliance, explains why a fight is not over despite a state agency’s ruling to allow a homebuilder…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1794+ words) Lee Bollinger discusses his new book "University: A Reckoning" and Trump's pressure on universities. After years of turmoil at Columbia, the university has named its new president. The school was a scene to major protests after October 7, 2023. Now Columbia -- alongside…...