Racism

For decades, the school was represented by a rebel mascot, a symbol school board members retired last year for its racist past.

A panel of community members asked to review more than 100 training videos is recommending that the department remove more than half from the curriculum.

A professor points to a history of “white riot,” aimed at overturning democracy perceived to be in the interest of Black people.

A county judge is under investigation for defacing the sign that was preserved as evidence of the area’s segregationist past.

From a pandemic to a reckoning with racial justice, KUT takes a look back on the biggest news events of 2020 by talking with those closest to the stories.

COVID-19 killed hundreds of thousands in the U.S., and millions lost their jobs. KUT asked people what they grieved in 2020 and what helped them get through it.

Texas lawmakers voted to remove the word "Negro" from geographic features in 1991. But a federal board blocked the proposed name changes, and since then, almost none of them have been changed.

The residents of Choate Road in Southeast Dallas have seen the rise of Shingle Mountain, a more than 70,000-ton toxic waste dump that was created by a recycling company. Now, they hope the city keeps its promise to tear it down.

Officer Daniel Castelline, who has worked for APD since 2017, sent the offensive group texts while he was off duty.

Lee esta hisoria en español. Leander ISD officials publicly denounced the actions of students caught on video over the summer removing Black Lives Matter…