Standing (from left): Reporter Karen Grigsby Bates, editor Tasneem Raja, news assistant Leah Donnella, producer Walter Ray Watson, editor Alicia Montgomery. Seated (from left): Reporters and hosts Gene Demby and Shereen Marisol Meraji, reporters Kat Chow and Adrian Florido Matt Roth/NPR hide caption
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Candidate for U.S. Senate Katie McGinty, D-Pa., shakes hands with attendees as she arrives for her roundtable discussion with seniors at the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers in Philadelphia last week. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call Group hide caption
Shiman Shan (left) and Brenda Nguyen canvassed voters for the Bernie Sanders campaign in a New York City neighborhood with a growing Chinese-American community. Hansi Lo Wang/NPR hide caption
In Close Race, 'Unprecedented' Push For Asian-American Voters Comes To N.Y.
In this composite image, a comparison has been made between Nina Simone and actress Zoe Saldana. David Redfern/Frazer Harrison/Redferns/Getty Images for Relativity Media hide caption
In what ways has Obama's presidency altered the landscape of the United States? Laurie Avocado/Flickr Creative Commons hide caption
The website that offers a satirical "solution" for the lack of workplace diversity. Courtesy of Rentaminority.com hide caption
'Rent-A-Minority' Promises A Satirical Solution To Diversity Problems
Pop star and entertainer Michael Jackson performs a concert at the historic Berlin Reichstag on June 19, 1988. He died in 2009. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Studies show that kids' household income seems to be a more important predictor of their risk of becoming overweight and obese than their race or ethnicity. Raleigh News & Observer/MCT via Getty Images hide caption
"For 20 opportunities to celebrate actors of color, actresses of color, to be missed last year is one thing," actor David Oyelowo said Monday. He added, "for that to happen again this year is unforgivable." Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP hide caption
A Birthday Cake for Washington has been the subject of much criticism because it portrays slaves as being happy. Scholastic hide caption