Race in America

An Asian American couple in New York City says they were verbally attacked by a stranger who told them to “go back to China” over the weekend.

A coalition called Desegregate Connecticut that originally started with a Zoom call among architects, planners and attorneys is hoping to pass legislation to address housing inequities in the state, both racially and economically. The coalition of more than 60 organizations has compiled a package of zoning-related changes for lawmakers to consider in a legislative session marked by debate over how…

TikTok’s latest challenge may be finding you a new home. Some savvy real estate agents are taking advantage of the massively popular app to show off their listings—and sometimes renting them out based on nothing but the video. Alexander Zakharin of GZB Realty in New York City has been posting virtual apartment tours on TikTok during the pandemic and tells...

Adrian Solis has worked for months advising on the new Black and Latino history curriculum that was recently approved by the Connecticut State Board of Education. “It’s exciting but it’s also like, well now the real work begins,” said Solis, a social studies teacher at Henry Abbott Technical High School in Danbury. He says now he and other teachers...

Connecticut is now the first state in the country to offer a statewide Black and Latino curriculum. We got the chance to hear from some of the students who helped develop the course.

Connecticut has become the first state in the nation to require all high schools to offer courses on African-American, Black, Puerto Rican, and Latino studies, according to the governor’s office. Gov. Ned Lamont’s office said a law signed last year – Public Act 19-12 – directs all regional and local boards of education to include an elective course of studies…

Two students sat down with NBC Connecticut to talk about the diversity in teaching they’ve had throughout their educational experience.

Residents in a close-knit neighborhood in Westchester County are alarmed by the number of white supremacist and hateful stickers that have been placed on their Black Lives Matter signs and on random road signs. One of the hateful stickers causing neighbors in New Rochelle to be concerned for their safety states, “White children are already a minority. Take back our…

Protesters demonstrated outside Rochester’s police headquarters naked except for “spit hoods” in reference to the killing of Daniel Prude.

Gov. Ned Lamont and several other elected officials gathered in Manchester on Wednesday to condemn hate crimes and racial slurs after incidents reported throughout the state and beyond. “Hate, racism and discrimination are not welcome in our state,” Lamont said. He said the state is dealing with two public health crises– racism and COVID-19 and we’re never going to...