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Fighting for the future in Germany

Conflict & Justice

In recent years, as the far-right party, AfD, has gained support in Germany, historians there have broadened their work educating about the Holocaust to include efforts against present-day racism and xenophobia.

Juneteenth offers a ‘window into the complexity’ of US history with slavery, says author

History
A woman's photo is superimposed on an illustrated image of the Brooklyn Bridge

Author Mira Jacobs reflects on raising a brown boy in America today

Books
Supporters cheer at a Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore campaign rally in Midland City, Alabama.

Alabama’s deep racial divisions increasingly plague the rest of America

Global Politics
White nationalists carry torches on the grounds of the University of Virginia, on the eve of a planned Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, US August 11, 2017. Picture taken August 11, 2017.

How often have you dealt with racism? Her friends’ answers surprised her.

Culture
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Author Scaachi Koul was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta and is a culture writer at BuzzFeed.

White privilege in brown Canada

Culture

BuzzFeed writer Scaachi Koul discusses how white privilege affects her family and how racism is institutionalized in Canada.

The host of The Daily Show Trevor Noah's new memoir is called Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood.

Trevor Noah gets personal

Books

The South African comedian talks to The World about race, family, and his new memoir, “Born a Crime.”

Thu MacKenzie and Madison Bau are freshmen at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire.

Racist taunts tested their friendship, but this Clinton supporter and her Trump-backer pal are in it for the long haul

Conflict

These Wisconsin college buddies don’t see eye to eye on presidential politics. And that never seemed to get in the way until a Trump rally on their campus last week ratcheted up tensions.

Negin Farsad's new book is called "How To Make White People Laugh."

This Iranian American comic is facing down some of her toughest critics: Fellow Muslims

Books

“We actually never think of Muslims as funny and … I’m trying to just subtly change that.”

Dylann Roof at his bond hearing

America has no monopoly on racism, it’s just ‘more lethal’

Justice

After the Charleston shootings, gun control remains the “gigantic elephant in the room,” says journalist Gary Younge. FBI data show that African Americans are targeted 16 times more often than whites for hate crimes.

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