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Sesame Street muppets Ernie and Bert at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. (Larry Downing/Reuters)

Sesame Street Surrenders to Racial-Identity Thinking Monday, Apr. 19, 2021

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Getty/The Boston Globe/Stan Grossfeld Customers and cashiers wear face masks at a supermarket in Quincy, Massachusetts, on March 13, 2020.

The Economic Status of Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Thursday, Mar. 25, 2021

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People attend a vigil in solidarity with the Asian-American community in Philadelphia, Pa., March 17, 2021. (Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters)

The Misleading Narrative about Anti-Asian Racism Thursday, Mar. 25, 2021

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Jesus Estrella outside Young’s Asian Massage in Acworth, Georgia, on Wednesday. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

Latino Man Who Escaped Atlanta Spa Shooting Handcuffed for Two Hours While Wife Died Inside Thursday, Mar. 25, 2021

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Image Credits: Kuda

Kuda raises $25M more led by Valar to become the neobank for ‘every African on the planet’ Thursday, Mar. 25, 2021

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Why This Wave of Anti-Asian Racism Feels Different Thursday, Mar. 25, 2021

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Aromatherapy Spa, one of three locations where deadly shootings happened at day spas near Atlanta on March 16, 2021 // Chris Aluka Berry for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Asian Women Are Hypersexualized, So Don’t Tell Me The Killings In Atlanta Aren’t About Race Thursday, Mar. 25, 2021

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S Telemachus Street in New Orleans is flooded after flash floods struck the area early on July 10, 2019.

Redlined US homes face higher flood risks from climate change, new study finds Thursday, Mar. 25, 2021

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Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination center established at the Hilton Chicago O’Hare Airport Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, on March 5, 2021. Kamil Krzaczynski | AFP | Getty Images

J&J Covid vaccine distribution in poor, Black communities raises race questions Thursday, Mar. 25, 2021

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The vast Fairgrounds Park pool in St. Louis, in an undated photo. It closed in 1956.

A drained swimming pool shows how racism harms White people, too Thursday, Mar. 25, 2021

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