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Children pause next to a poster with "The Simpsons" character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon Jr. outside a 7-Eleven Kwik-E-Mart in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
April 10, 2018, 2:39 pm
‘Simpsons’ bashed for response to racism debate
Latest episode has Lisa lamenting that 'something that was applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect'; that's a jab against progress, says comedian-critic
By Russell Contreras
In this September 23, 2015 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, shakes the hand of Miss South South Carolina Daja Dial, after speaking at an event sponsored by the Greater Charleston Business Alliance and the South Carolina African American Chamber of Commerce at the Charleston Area Convention Center in North Charleston, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Mic Smith, File)
March 1, 2018, 1:34 am
Most Americans say Trump is racist, AP poll finds
Survey finds deep race gap in views of US president: 45% of whites approve of his job performance, while 9 in 10 blacks disapprove
By EMILY SWANSON and Russell Contreras
The statue of Confederat Gen. Robert E. Lee stands in the center of Emancipation Park the day after the Unite the Right rally devolved into violence August 13, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
August 14, 2017, 3:41 am
How Robert E. Lee went from hero to racist icon
The transformation of the confederate army general reflects changing moods in US around race, mythology and national reconciliation
By Russell Contreras
A police officer stands outside the Jewish Children's Museum following a bomb threat, Thursday March 9, 2017 in Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP /Bebeto Matthews)
June 29, 2017, 9:02 am
Most hate crimes in US go unreported, figures show
250,000 incidents every year between 2004 and 2015; racial bias and ethnicity seen as top motivating factors behind hate crimes
By SADIE GURMAN and Russell Contreras
This image from a video that was broadcast live on Facebook and later posted on Vidme shows a frame in which a man, right, is assaulted in Chicago. The video shows the man with his mouth taped shut as a woman and other people cut off his shirt and hair with a knife, and someone pushes his head with his or her foot. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, that the victim has mental health challenges, and he called the video 'sickening.' (Vidme via AP)
January 7, 2017, 2:56 am
‘Live’ beating of white man highlights anti-white hate crimes in US
Amid post-election racial strife, data shows crimes against whites are rare; blacks, Jews remain disproportional targets
By Russell Contreras
Donald Trump and Mike Pence at the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 (Eric Cortellessa / Times of Israel)
July 23, 2016, 6:22 pm
Trump speech signals shift to Nixon-style coded race language, critics say
Now billionaire is GOP nominee, observers say he's using more subtle, but tried-and-true words to drum up animosity and fear among white voters
By Russell Contreras and Jesse J. Holland
A protester is removed during a speech by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign event in Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
May 25, 2016, 10:41 pm
Anti-Trump protests turn violent outside New Mexico rally
Several injured as demonstrators throw burning T-shirts, plastic bottles and rocks at police officers who respond with pepper spray and smoke grenades
By Jill Colvin and Russell Contreras
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