DIVIDED AMERICA: Minorities hopeful, whites sour on future
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and SCOTT BAUER Consider two women in their 70s, both residents of the Kansas City area. One is white and affluent; the other is black and working…
Race and ethnicity
New Smithsonian museum chronicling black history opens
By JESSE J. HOLLAND and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Centuries of struggles and strife, decades of planning and pain, and years of hoping for a place that African-American history can call home…
Poll: Support for Black Lives Matter grows among white youth
By JESSE J. HOLLAND and EMILY SWANSON Support for the Black Lives Matter movement has increased among young white adults, according to a poll that suggests a majority of white,…
Blacks question Trump outreach delivered to white audiences
By BILL BARROW and ERRIN HAINES WHACK Black Republicans cheer Donald Trump for a newfound outreach to African-Americans, but say the GOP presidential nominee must take his message beyond arenas…
Trump calls on GOP to improve African-American outreach
Trump calls on GOP to improve African-American outreach By JILL COLVIN Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Saturday that his party must do a better job appealing to African-American voters…
1 person shot in Milwaukee protest but no repeat of riots
By TODD RICHMOND One person was shot and wounded during a second night of violent unrest in Milwaukee to protest the fatal shooting of a black man by police, but…
Poll: Young Americans overwhelmingly favor LGBT rights
By SARAH GRACE TAYLOR and EMILY SWANSON Young people in America overwhelmingly support LGBT rights when it comes to policies on employment, health care and adoption, according to a new…
Young Americans fear US, foreign-inspired extremists
By MELINDA DESLATTE The threat of violence by people inspired by foreign extremists invokes fear in a majority of young Americans across racial groups. But for young people of color,…