Racism

Despite the efforts of Vermont scholastic officials to prevent it, allegations of racist behavior connected to high school sports continue to emerge. Vermont Public's Mitch Wertlieb spoke with the head of the Vermont Principal’s Association Jay Nichols about what steps have been taken, and what more needs to be done.

The statement lists a community's core values in hopes that all people will feel welcome there. The Vermonters behind the movement are aiming for every municipality to adopt the declaration.

The head of the Los Angeles City Council stripped two members, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Leon, of much of their power Monday to pressure them to resign after a private meeting sparked a scandal.

The action dashes hopes of American Samoans who were seeking birthright citizenship and leaves intact a decision that breathed new life into distinctions between U.S. states and territories.

Host Mikaela Lefrak discusses Prop 2, a ballot measure that would amend the Vermont constitution to clarify that all forms of slavery and indentured servitude are prohibited in the state.

Following the mass shooting that left 10 Black people dead in Buffalo this month, political ads echoing the false theme of "replacement theory" by New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik are drawing closer scrutiny.

The proposed bill seeks to ban public school teachers from promoting any theory that depicts U.S. history or its founding in a negative light, including the idea that the country was founded on racism.

UMass Amherst officials said the university has experienced a jump in racist occurrences targeting African American and Black students.

We take an in-depth look at the battle over critical race theory in K-12 schools.

Joy Banner's family took shelter in a house on a plantation their ancestors helped build. "They were not able to have this kind of house for their own protection when a hurricane hit them," she says.