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Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America — 249 episodes

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Before "Glory": The Black Regiment History Forgot

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WABJ: A Powerful Force for Truth, Representation and Journalism Excellence

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Remembering Cuba:The Story of Roxy Lohuis and her life in Florida

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From Memphis to Washington: Dina Curtis on Memory, Race, and America’s New Struggle

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Seattle’s Leadership Test: Mayor Katie Wilson and Communities of Color

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241 | The Voices That Built Us: Confronting Power, Memory, and the Ancestors We Choose

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240 | Inside the Coverage of Race in America

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239 | Mahogany Books — Joy, Resistance, and the Power of Being Seen

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238 | Victoria Sanchez: Journalism, Identity, and the Responsibility to Tell the Whole Story

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237 | The Noise War How to Find the Truth When Everything Is Lying to You

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236 | 400 Years Forward: Dr. Wanda Tucker’s Journey Home

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The Hate-Symbol Reversal That Shook Up the Military

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Colors Wins the Belva Belva Davis Award from SAG-AFTRA's American Scene Awards

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233 | Targeted at Home: Natasha Ghoneim on Race, Roots, and Resilience

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232 | UNDER THE GUN: The Albany Park Encounter

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231 | Tortured Justice: The Burge Legacy

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230 | Two Classes of Americans: Texas State House Rep. Gene Wu speaks out on Texas SB-17

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229 | "Plain Jayne", Extraordinary Life: A Conversation with Jayne Kennedy - Part Two

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228 | "Plain Jayne", Extraordinary Life: A Conversation with Jayne Kennedy - Part One

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227 | Courts, Treaties, and Power — A Conversation with John Echohawk

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226 | "Reclaiming Roots: Darren Brown’s Journey Home"

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225 | Dr. Dana Williams discusses her new book about Toni Morrison

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224 | Richard Prince, legendary journalist and DEI advocate

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223 | What is... Colors?

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222 | The 5th Anniversary Show

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221 | Dr. Wayne Curtis "Never Judge a book by its cover"

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220 | Status of Race in America

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219 | The State of Race in America in 2025

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218 | Anti-DEI Incident at NSA

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217 | A Call to African American Men

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216 | Remembering Dimitri Sotis

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215 | The Trump Deportation "Round Up"

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214 | The Los Angeles Fires - PART TWO

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213 | The Los Angeles Fires

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212 | Immigrantly Media with Saadia Khan

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211 | Diane Butts: A Portrait of Success

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210 | The election, Kamala Harris and the Black church

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209 | Jimmy Russell, Gospel musician

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208 | The quest for dignity and truth for Fortune, an enslaved African-American man

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207 | The #BlackProstateCancerCheckChallenge

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206 | Tuskegee Airmen | Yvonne Mcgee talks about her life in the organization

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205 | Lead in the water at schools is a big problem -still.

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204 | The Tuskegee Airmen

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203 | Race in America through the eyes of a young Black female journalist

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202 | Race in America and the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

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201 | What to say to people who say stuff like "the earth is flat"?

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200 | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion gains being reversed

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199 | What triggered the violent protests in Kenya and why the U.S needs to pay attention

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198 | Empowering Asian-American women

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197 | Alarming number of Black males dying in Baltimore's senior homes

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196 | Colors is now four years old

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195 | Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh

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194 | Sasa Akil returns with a new book

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193 | Jewish and Palestinian students stand together as campus clashes erupt

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192 | Natasha Ghoneim | International Journalist

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191 | Take Off Your Hoop Earrings Before You Put on Your Gas Mask

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190 | A conversation with the author of "Where River's Part"

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189 | No Box to Check: When the Census Doesn’t Reflect You

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188 | Racism during the 2024 Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament

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187 | Race in Washington, D.C. according to "Matt About Town"

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186 | Exploring the health and community benefits of "Rolling"

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185 | The Magic of Music and Culture with DJ Chicano

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184 | Unpacking the racial reality of Chicago

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183 | The Arab American National Museum

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182 | Did you see Fani Willis on the witness stand? Robin Givhan did and she wrote about it.

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181 | The Amazing Story of John Mills, who helps people find their roots

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180 | The Diary of the Delivery Boys of the Big Apple

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179 | The Story of Merze Tate

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178 | Think "Weed" is harmless? Think again, especially, if you have teens | Part 2

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177 | Think "Weed" is harmless? Think again, especially, if you have teens.

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176 | Saving Mott's market

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God, Guns and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America

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173 | The Israel-Hamas Crisis

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172 | Minneapolis Series: Part Three | Four Young Women Speak

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171 | Minneapolis Series: Part Two | Americans becoming "desensitized" to racial issues

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170 | Minneapolis Series: Part One | The George Floyd Memorial

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169 | The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing 60 years later

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168 | "War Against the Children"

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167 | The 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington

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166 | Where do we stand on race in America and in Montgomery County Maryland?

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165 | Examining the anti-racism movement after George Floyd's death

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164 | Race and Racism: A view from Greece

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163 | Stephanie Bradford: "People often categorize you because of your skin."

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162 | Racism: The View from Italy

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161 | When the Hood Comes Off: Racism and Resistance in the Digital Age

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160 | Sasa Aakil Returns

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159 | What's it like growing up Ethiopian in America?

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158 | A Conversation with Chil Kong

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157 | Allen v. Milligan: The Supreme Court decision and why it's a victory for all

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156 | The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice

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155 | Colors: Third Anniversary Lookback

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154 | Racial perspectives of a Black man in San Francisco

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153 | The battle between racial progress and decline

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152 | Native American issues getting more attention

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151 | Rick "Doc" Walker: Talks about the "lip service" after George Floyd's Death

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150 | Is racism in America hiding itself?

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149 | Sergeant Major of the Army Michael A. Grinston returns to Colors

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148 | Aloha Vietnam

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147 | The History, Meaning and Study of Hip Hop

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145 | Ernie Green of the Little Rock Nine Returns

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144 | Tommy Kha: His art and his life

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143 | Darion Akins, Diplomat-in-Residence shares his experiences

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142 | Lena Sun talks about COVID, grief and racism during the pandemic.

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141 | Listeners sound off on a riveting show!

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140 | Female journalists worldwide threatened online with violence

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139 | The Fight to Ban Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars

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138 | A New Generation of Black Leadership

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COLORS EP 137 | Is there such a thing as a Black utopia?

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136 | Tyre Nichols Commentary + Efforts to Ban "LatinX"

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135 | Racial Progress in America

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134 | My Story: Featuring Mitchell Miller

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133 | Oakland’s NEW Mayor: The remarkable political rise of the Hmong community

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132 | South Sudan, Again on the Brink of War

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EP. 131 | Stop Trying To Cancel Native American Cultures

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EP. 130 | How Blacks interpret racism

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EP. 129 | Racial discrimination trends among children in the United States

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EP. 128 | Colors Listeners Sound Off -Again!

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EP. 128 | Colors Listeners Sound Off -Again!

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EP. 127 | Why diversity in the classroom matters

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EP. 126 | "Who Hears Here?: On Black Music, Pasts and Present"

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EP. 125 | "The Black Athlete Revolt"

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EP. 124 | Colors Listeners Sound Off

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EP. 123 | Voices of Cayuga County

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EP. 122 | Abraham Awolich speaks out

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EP. 121 | Harriet Tubman statue unveiled at the CIA

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EP. 120 | The "American Prophet" - A new musical about Frederick Douglass

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EP. 119 | The 75th Anniversary of the Air Force and the road ahead

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EP. 118 | The connection between The Civil War and slavery; and changing the names military bases

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EP. 117 | Being Asian in America

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EP. 116 |The Mamas: What I Learned about kids, class, and race from moms not like me

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EP. 115 |A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community

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EP. 114 | The battle over race-conscious admissions policies

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EP. 113 | “First and Only: A Black Woman’s Guide to Thriving"

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EP. 112 | "Disheartened" Black Women in the South mobilizing for change.

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EP. 111 | "The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth"

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EP. 110 | Racial equity in schools -does it really exist?

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EP. 109 | Climate change and its devastating impact on communities of color

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EP. 108 | The Reality of Redistricting in Communities of Color

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EP. 107 | The impact of the Supreme Court Abortion Rights Decision on Women of Color

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EP. 106 | Fed up with school shootings, young people take action

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EP. 105 | Why are so many Black staffers leaving the Biden administration?

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EP. 104 | How to help children through the trauma of a shooting

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EP. 103 | Guns, Rhetoric and Mass Casualties: A dangerous time for Black and Brown people in America

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EP. 102 | The Buffalo murder of 10 African Americans: She warned us

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EP. 101 |WACIF provides economic opportunity in underserved neighborhoods

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EP. 100 | Confronting Internalized Racism

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EP. 99 | Young children facing hair discrimination fight back

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EP. 98 | Hispanic woman on death row in Texas receives a stay of execution. Is race a factor?

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EP. 97 | Ukraine: Are we watching genocide unfold?

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EP. 96 | Leading the U.S. Mission to the UN during a critical time

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EP. 95 | Life in America for a professional, mixed race woman

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EP. 94 | Escaping Ukraine. Yes, there are reports of racial discrimination

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EP. 93 | Aimee Cho

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EP. 92 | The "China Initiative" is scrapped by the Justice Department

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EP. 91 | Senator takes on Florida's, "Don't Say Gay", Abortion and Black History legislation

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EP. 90 | Police Chief speaks speaks out against public complacency towards crime

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EP. 89 | The demographics of America’s Black population are in the middle of a major shift.

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EP. 88 | The American Diplomat: A film about African American diplomats serving during the Cold War.

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EP. 87 | The NFL is under a microscope because of racism allegations. An insider says some hard conversations are happening now.

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EP. 86 | A conversation with three Suburban women who saw a problem and did something about it.

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EP. 85 | The controversial Dept. of Justice "China Initiative" accused of unfairly targeting Asians as espionage threats

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EP. 84 | The world view of race relations in America

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EP. 83 | The status of MLK'S Dream in America

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EP. 82 | "Critical Race Theory". Some people in America are really upset over it. What's driving the anger?

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EP. 81 | The Suburban Women Problem. It's America's problem

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EP. 80 | Transracial Adoption: The Quiet Internal Struggle

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EP. 79 | A serial, child killer tried to abduct a little indigenous girl. She escaped, grew up and is now fighting for others at risk.

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EP. 78 | A student, a gun, a racist threat and a parent who complained, told to be quiet.

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EP. 77 | What Black Women Want From The Media

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EP. 76 | State Dept's Chief of Diversity & Inclusion plans to "break some China"

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EP. 75 | Part Two of "Black Indian" A Memoir by Shonda Buchanan

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EP. 74 | "Black Indian" A Memoir by Shonda Buchanan

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EP. 73 | What Drives a White Supremacist?

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EP. 72 |Darren Brown and the search for his Native American birth parents

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Ep. 71 | Marvin and Linda Worthy push "Purple" agenda in Chambersburg Mayor's race

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Ep. 70 | Understanding Vietnamese Culture in the U.S.

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Ep. 69 | COVID Conspiracy: Foreign disinformation driving American vaccine resistance

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Ep. 68 | Backlash

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Ep. 67 | The JEB Stuart High to Justice High name change: A lesson for America

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Ep. 66 |The Georgetown Butcher

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Ep. 65 | Refugees being settled in the U.S. face challenges. Racism is one of them. But they all deal with it differently.

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Ep. 65 | Refugees being settled in the U.S. face challenges. Racism is one of them. But they all deal with it differently.

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Ep. 64 | Racism can leave you Lonely

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Ep. 63 | Challenges for Minority Women Working in the U.S. Government

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Ep. 62 | Small Town vs Big Business: Dirt Roads, Old Cemeteries and African American Heritage at Stake

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Ep. 61 | The United Nations calls out the world's racist behavior, including that in the U.S.

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Ep. 60 | She's Black. He's White. They're Married. She thinks he's become "a racist". Now what?

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Ep. 59 | Diversity in local TV and Radio staffing and stories: After a year of racial and social justice protests, where do we stand?

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Ep. 58 | Enough is enough: WTOP’s GM addresses racist letter written to staffer

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Ep. 57 | Featuring NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green

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Ep. 56 | The complexities of racism faced by the Latin X community

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SPECIAL PRESENTATON | The Colors Documentary: Part 1 - How We Got Here

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Ep. 55 | Being an Asian American journalist during this last tumultuous year in the U.S.

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COLORS SPECIAL EDITION | The Supreme Court NCAA Ruling And Its Impact On Race

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Ep. 54 | Re-imagining policing to address racial and community issues

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Ep. 53 | The Karla Reyes Story: From 17 year old janitor to 24 year old executive

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Ep. 52 | What does the world think of America's racial problems?

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Ep. 51 | St. Petersburg struggles with gentrification questions.

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Ep. 50 | Racism in America: A Palestinian's View

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Ep. 49 | A District Attorney stood up against racism and paid a price, but that didn't stop him.

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Ep. 48 | A white policeman in the deep south took the Derek Chauvin verdict personally

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Ep. 47 | They called her the "N" word in Burlington, Vermont? Yes, even there!

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Ep. 46 | Derek Chauvin is guilty. So now what?

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Ep. 45 | Stop Asian Hate! Here's How.

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Ep. 44 | Big banks, what are they doing to address racial and economic injustices?

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Ep. 43 | Reparations. Evanston, Illinois becomes the 1st city in America to do it. But are they doing it the right way?

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Ep. 42 | Should corporations use Native American names for products and sports teams?

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Ep. 41 | British Royal racism? Kehinde Andrews, author of The New Age of Empire calls it like he sees it.

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Ep. 40 | Jamie Stockwell of The New York Times pulls no punches.

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Ep. 39 | Shelby Steele: African-Americans, "stop wasting time protesting racism". Whites dealing with "white guilt, grow up."

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Ep. 38 | Black farmers fight back against economic racism. Their struggle is getting nationwide attention.

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Ep. 37 | Imagine being adopted by a family of another race and discovering later your sibling's spouses are racist.

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Ep. 36 | How will a new President impact immigration to and life in the U.S. for the Latinx community?

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Ep. 35 | African American History Month: Courtland Cox tells us how we got here

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Ep. 34 | Hank Aaron: He did just as much for civil rights as he did for baseball

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Ep. 33 | Security: The Capitol Riot vs BLM at Lafayette Sq. in Washington D.C.

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COLORS –Ep. 32 | Black Girls Matter Too

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COLORS –Ep. 31 | Capitol Hill Chaos and the BLM Double Standard

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COLORS –Ep. 30 | Black and Brown people... Get the COVID-19 vaccine!

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COLORS –Ep. 29 | The Best Episodes of 2020

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COLORS –Ep. 28 | Big Banks start effort to help minority businesses

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COLORS –Ep. 27 | CNN's Amara Walker details a string of racial insults aimed at her at the airport in New Orleans.

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COLORS –Ep. 26 | Have U.S. race relations improved since George Floyd's death?

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COLORS –Ep. 25 | Reparations. Should African Americans be compensated for slavery?

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COLORS –Ep. 24 | Racism declared "public health crisis" in Florida County

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COLORS –Ep. 23 | Teenager discusses her campaign to fight racism

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COLORS –Ep. 22 | The impact of race on the 2020 Election

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COLORS –Ep. 21 | Race and the 2020 Election

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COLORS –Ep. 20 | She's Black and a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson's grandfather...oh, and there's more.

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COLORS –Ep. 19 | The racial challenges facing the Latin-X community in the U.S.

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COLORS –Ep. 18 | He hired her because she was Black. But listen to what else he said that made this brilliant journalist stay on.

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COLORS –Ep. 17 | White Supremacists allegedly infiltrate US police departments

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COLORS –Ep. 16 | The real reason why Congress doesn't look like America

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COLORS –Ep. 15 | Questions and Answers About Race

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COLORS –Ep. 14 |Portland's Protest Moms: Thrilling and Troubling

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COLORS –Ep. 13 | "Driving While Black" MotorTrend's controversial new article

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COLORS –Ep. 12 | Dr. Anthony Fauci breaks down the COVID-19 "double whammy" on African-Americans

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COLORS –Ep. 11 | Asian-Americans speak out against racism

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COLORS –Ep. 10 | Is Milwaukee really America's most racist city?

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COLORS –Ep. 9 | The Army's Sergeant Major, Michael Grinston, discusses racial identity struggles and the Army's changes.

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COLORS –Ep. 8 | Super Bowl Champion Rick Walker discusses how to beat racism.

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COLORS –Ep. 7 | The legendary Ernie Green of the Little Rock Nine speaks

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COLORS –Ep. 6 | What's Colin Kaepernick thinking after George Floyd's death?

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COLORS –Ep. 5 | Should police departments be "defunded" to address police brutality?

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COLORS –Ep. 4 | Racism: Past, present, but not in the future

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COLORS –Ep. 3 | America course corrects on race

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COLORS –Ep. 2 | This is America's moment to get race right.

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COLORS –Ep. 1 | Setting the table for "A Dialogue on Race in America"

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