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How Are You Doing with Sizes?
Obesity in America affects a higher percentage of black people than white people. Roxane Gay talks about being black and being fat with host Ira Glass. Gay is the author of Bad Feminist. (5 minutes)
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Act One: My Black President
The president of the Black Student Union at the University of Utah fights to keep the B in BSU. (30 minutes)
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Mika’s parents, Carissa Heavy Runner and Kevin Howard, share recordings of their interactions with law enforcement. (8 minutes)
Act One: See Something, Slay Something
A middle schooler really wants to trust the adults have her best interests in mind.
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There’s one thing that has been proven to cut the achievement gap between black and white students by half: integration.
129 Cars
One car dealership tries to make its monthly quota: 129 cars. It is way more chaotic than we expected.