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Plate tectonics illustration.
Science
Before plate tectonics, the Earth may have been covered by one giant shell
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Arts
Brit Bennett on church, racism and her novel, ‘The Mothers’
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Justice
Michael Brown, one year later: The tragic civil rights moment that ignited a movement
Music
For this hip-hop artist, black lives do matter — and it’s time to take a stand
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Justice
What Ferguson has shown us about race relations in America
People protest against the killing of a homeless man by police outside LAPD headquarters on March 3, 2015.
Justice
The Justice Department wades into the fight against police discrimination
A New York City police officer reacts next to people protesting against the death of Eric Garner during an arrest in July.
Justice
Even the creator of ‘broken windows’ policing thought it could lead to racial problems
People are silhouetted as they pose with mobile devices in front of a screen projected with a Facebook logo
Culture
This is why you should leave racists in your Facebook feed
Protesters demonstrate in Lower Manhattan on December 4, 2014, demanding justice for the death of Eric Garner.
Justice
The Eric Garner case created anger and frustration, but also has protesters ‘really energized’
Riot police block demonstrators during a protest against the 2014 World Cup, in Sao Paulo June 12, 2014.
Justice
How police violence in the US could help spark racial justice in Brazil
A protester in Oakland, California, on December 3, 2014, wears a sign during a demonstration against the decision by a New York City grand jury not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner.
Justice
England abolished grand juries decades ago because they didn’t work
A demonstrator sits in front of a street fire during a demonstration following the grand jury decision in the Ferguson, Missouri shooting of Michael Brown, in Oakland, California on November 25, 2014.
Justice
Just like in Ferguson, police shootings in South Africa prove nothing is ‘post-racial’ just yet
A protester shouts with both his hands in the air while marching through a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, on November 23, 2014.
Conflict
Black communities in England know what Ferguson is going through
A man walks past a burning building during rioting after a grand jury returned no indictment in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
Conflict
A Middle East correspondent sees familiar clashes unfold in Ferguson
Anthony Quintano complete the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, a fundraising campaign that's gone viral around the world and prompted supporters of other causes to create their own versions of the challenge.
Culture
These eight ice bucket challenge spin-offs are boosting causes worldwide
Demonstrators protest against the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on August 18, 2014.
Culture
Here’s why you should care if you don’t have any black friends
Parishioners hold hands during church services at the Greater St. Mark Family Church as the community discusses reactions to the shooting of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on August 17, 2014.
Culture
After Ferguson, one woman urges her fellow African immigrants to see themselves simply as black
A police officer patrols the street as a little girl watches from her doorstep in the Tivoli Gardens neighborhood of Kingston, Jamaica, on May 27, 2010.
Justice
As Ferguson unfolds, a death in Jamaica resurrects the island’s history of police brutality
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Conflict
Actress Anna Deavere Smith, who created a play based on the 1992 LA riots, reflects on modern racial tension in Ferguson
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Justice
A Trinidadian immigrant reflects on her hometown of Ferguson, Missouri
Security forces charge demonstrators after being hit by water bo
Justice
Ferguson shows how America’s racial past haunts the nation’s present
Kevin Fisher-Paulson with his husband Brian and his sons Zane (right) and Aiden.
Lifestyle
How do you have ‘the talk’ with your black child if you’re not black yourself?
A protester picks up a gas canister to throw back towards the police after tear gas was fired at demonstrators during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri.
Justice
Palestinians and Missourians find common cause amidst the tear gas
Demonstrators face off with police after tear gas was fired at protesters reacting to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri August 17, 2014.
Justice
Missouri calls in the National Guard after the ‘most violent’ confrontation yet in Ferguson
French youth take part in a protest against the government's handling of recent urban unrest in France, at Place Saint Michel in Paris, November 16, 2005.
Justice
In France, Ferguson protests stir memories of suburban riots
Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson talks to people during a peaceful demonstration, as communities react to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 14, 2014. Tensions in Ferguson eased after the Highway Patrol relieved St. Louis Cou
Justice
Here’s how police can get protests right instead
A girl from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, rests at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province August 13, 2014.
Global Scan
The US says the crisis for Yazidis in Iraq is over — but the UN disagrees
A police officer holds his riot gun while demonstrators protest the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 13, 2014.
Justice
‘Municipal shock and awe’ comes to the streets of Ferguson
Riot police stand guard as demonstrators protest the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri August 13, 2014.
Conflict
Why are police using military gear in Ferguson and how did they get it?
Police officers watch as demonstrators protest the death of black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri August 12, 2014.
Conflict
As suburban St. Louis boils, the city confronts a difficult history with race
Reverend Al Sharpton speaks before attending the funeral of Eric Garner in New York July 23, 2014.
Justice
Tensions run high after police shoot an unarmed teen in a St. Louis suburb
Arts, Culture & Media
New details about Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, expored in new documentary
Global Politics
A look back at the devastation of Hurricane Katrina