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Colombia's Big Summer Music Festival Is All About Blackness

Elena Hinestrosa and her ensemble, Integración Pacífica, perform at one of Petronio Alvarez Music Festival's educational panels. Maria Paz Gutierrez hide caption

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Colombia's Big Summer Music Festival Is All About Blackness

September 5, 2019 • The Petronio Alvarez festival is the big event of the summer — five days of music and food and fashion. More than 100,000 people travel to celebrate Afro-Colombian culture.

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VIDEO: Housing Segregation In Everything

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VIDEO: Housing Segregation In Everything

April 11, 2018 • In 1968, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act, which made it illegal to discriminate in housing. Gene Demby of NPR's Code Switch explains why neighborhoods are still so segregated today.

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Why Shouldn't We Pay Student-Athletes?

March 23, 2018 • The NCAA men's basketball tournament will bring in about $770 million in revenue this year. A writer argues that paying black student-athletes might have unforeseen consequences.

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(Legally) Selling Weed While Black

September 22, 2017 • As Oakland's legal cannabis industry grows, the biggest players seem to have two things in common: They're white, and they have lots of money.

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How Time Off — And Surfing — Influenced Fleet Foxes' 'Crack-Up'

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How Time Off — And Surfing — Influenced Fleet Foxes' 'Crack-Up'

August 19, 2017 • In 2011, the band put its career on hold at the height of its success. Singer and songwriter Robin Pecknold says he needed to turn his attention back to other parts of his life to grow as an artist.

How Time Off — And Surfing — Influenced Fleet Foxes' 'Crack-Up'

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Detroit 1967: There's Still A Debate Over What To Call It

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Detroit 1967: There's Still A Debate Over What To Call It

July 28, 2017 • The unrest in the Motor City a half-century ago this summer left 43 dead. It was one of the most devastating episodes of civil conflict in the 20th century. But was it a riot or a rebellion?