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Seeking Oakland's Soul In The 'New Oakland'

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USC Students Allege Racial Profiling By LAPD

The Los Angeles Police Department is under scrutiny again. This time it's for sending almost 80 officers to break up a college house party. Most of the partygoers were African-American students from...

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Black Americans Give Entertainment Options Failing Grades

All this week on Code Switch and on air we've been digging into the findings of a survey of African-American views of their communities, finances and social lives.

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What Would A 2013 Voting Rights Act (Section 4) Look Like?

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What [BLANK] Folks Don't Understand About Rachel Jeantel

Rachel Jeantel. Her hourslong testimony spanned two days of the George Zimmerman trial, and I bet you'll be talking about it with your friends over the weekend. She's the 19-year-old key witness for...

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Comedian Aisha Tyler Talks About Flipping Off Failure

Comedian and actor Aisha Tyler brews beer, plays video games, tells dirty jokes, drinks fancy booze and ... writes books.She has a new one out this week: Self-inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of...

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Why Modern Latinas Are A Challenge To Marketers

Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: Hispanic American are an increasingly important consumer demographic to woo. That's according to a new study from the market research firm Nielsen. The report says that...

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Latinas Drive Hispanic Purchasing Power In The U.S.

Meet Pamela Maria Wright — the "contemporary Latina consumer." She has two kids — Nico and Rita — whom she hopes will be bilingual, as she is. She's a tech-savvy working professional with a master's...

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Summer Of '63: Old Lessons For A New Movement

All this summer, NPR is looking back to civil rights activism of 1963, marking the 50th anniversary of a number of events that changed our society. From the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar...

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'The Muslims Are Coming!' To Middle America

Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: A group of Muslim comics went on tour through parts of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, as well as Arizona. Their mission was to help Americans equate Islam with funny,...

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The Whitest Historically Black College In America

It opened in the late 19th century as the Bluefield Colored Institute, created to educate the children of black coal miners in segregated West Virginia. Although it still receives the federal funding...

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An East L.A. Football Rivalry, Unchanged For 79 Years

An East Los Angeles rivalry has become the largest high school football game west of the Mississippi. The football teams of Garfield High School and Roosevelt High School will meet on the gridiron...

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Honored Puerto Rican Army Unit Made A Name For Itself In Korean War

Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: They fought for the U.S. and countered ethnic stereotypes in the process. Today, President Obama honored the Puerto Rican soldiers of the 65th Infantry Regiment. The...

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In LA, Barbers Cut Hair And Check Blood Pressure

A Los Angeles doctor is training barbers to check their customers for high blood pressure. He's targeting the social hubs for black men because of the health risks associated with hypertension.

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A View On The World Cup, Seen From An LA Bar On A Midweek Morning

Fans of the U.S. soccer team gathered across the country to watch Thursday's World Cup match against Germany. More than a thousand people watched the game at Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C., and many...

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Bathrobes And Baby Carriers: The Stuff Of Manliness?

This summer, All Things Considered is looking at the lives of Men in America and how things have changed — or haven't. Part of that is redefining masculinity, so the show asked me to ask guys about the...

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'Do The Right Thing' Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary

Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing was hotly anticipated when it was released 25 years ago.The film about racial tension reaches a boiling point on a scorching summer day in Brooklyn.All the action takes...

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Summer Camp In State Prison: A Chance To Bond With Dad

On the list of activities for this summer camp: visiting Dad in a maximum security prison. The nonprofit group Hope House runs three camps to keep children connected with incarcerated dads who might...

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How To Be A 21st Century 'Gentleman'

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Black Students Gather At Harvard To Watch 'Dear White People'

Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A new film out this Friday takes on an edgy topic right from the title. It's called "Dear White People." It's...

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