Kat Chow
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Yu & Me Books was a fairly new business when a fire caused substantial damage to the shop. Now, owner Lucy Yu is working to repair not just the physical bookstore but the community around it as well.
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Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: BTS, Sandra Oh and meditations on humor.
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We checked in with authors, poets and great literary minds to see what books they think everyone should read this holiday season.
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With the spate of racist mass violence in recent years, it's helpful to consider past waves of white supremacist activity in the United States and what, exactly, caused those ebbs and flows.
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A lawsuit alleging that Harvard discriminates against Asian-American applicants has brought affirmative action into the news. One group that's paying attention? Asian-American high school seniors.
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For more than a century, it has been a racial slur. But there's also a movement to reclaim the term. So, what about Yellow?
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Gaming conventions generate hype for one of the biggest media industries in the world. One convention in New York targets people of color with a theme of how they can create games that incorporate — and teach others — ideas of politics and race.
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McMath was put on life support in 2013 after a tonsillectomy. Doctors said she had irreversible brain damage, and a coroner issued a death certificate. Her mother never agreed with that assessment.
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Franklin Gebhardt was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 20 years for brutally murdering Timothy Coggins. Prosecutors said Gebhardt killed Coggins for socializing with a white woman.
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The leader of the nudist movement died of prostate cancer Saturday in Nanjemoy, Md. His colleagues describe him as an affable man dedicated to educating others about nudism at every opportunity.