race relations

The Center for Cultural Power board member Jeff Chang is breaking down the ‘Cultural New Deal’ which involves an investment in arts and cultural ecosystems to help combat the racial inequities that exist for black people, indigenous peoples and people of color.

Trailblazer Jane Elliot looks back on her “Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes” lesson in empathy that taught young children about being judged over factors they couldn’t control.

NBC 5’s Community Conversations: Call for Change aren’t the only conversations happening right now. The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum is hosting a series called Crucial Conversations About Race and Racism in Our Community. NBC 5’s Vince Sims talked with Kamilah Collins, President of Collins Collaborations and the museum’s president Mary Pat Higgins about the series they are...

Sports leagues are stepping up in the fight against social injustice and two North Texas pro basketball teams are actively involved. NBC 5’s Paul Jones reports the Wings and Mavericks are very aware of what’s going outside their “bubbles.”

A photo and video essay that showcases seven North Texas children is called ‘The Magic of Children’. It’s mean to spark a discussion among adults.

Some young North Texas children are teaching us all a lesson about how to get along. NBC 5’s Noelle Walker reports they are part of a project conceived by two mothers who want them to grow up in a world where everyone is treated equally.

We live in a country where it is written there should be justice for all, but continued evidence of police misconduct has a bright light on that very statement.

Rochelle Riley has dedicated much of her life to finding and writing about the truth.

Rochelle Riley has dedicated much of her life to finding and writing about the truth, NBC 5’s Laura Harris reports.

We live in a country where it is written there should be justice for all, but continued evidence of police misconduct has a bright light on that very statement.

Rayshard Brooks, the man who was shot and killed by police last week at an Atlanta, Georgia, drive-through, gave an interview in February about the inequalities of the U.S. criminal justice system. Brooks’ interview was conducted by Reconnect as part of a project about individuals on probation or parole.

TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine experts discuss having difficult conversations with children about systemic racism and police violence.

The twelfth day of protests continued in cities around the U.S on Saturday to decry the killing of George Floyd. Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, sparking international demonstrations condemning police brutality.

At a press conference on Friday to praise declines in U.S. unemployment rates, President Donald Trump briefly highlighted his plans to address the country’s widespread protests against police brutality, saying, “Our country is so strong and that’s what my plan is: we’re going to have the strongest economy in the world.”

One North Texas school superintendent says it’s time for schools to take an active role in combatting race relations, and right the wrongs their students face.

The former Vice President made remarks about the death of George Floyd on Friday, asking Americans to “face a deep open wound we have in this nation.”

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested. Chauvin was seen on camera with his knee in the neck of George Floyd who later died.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday addressed the escalation of protests into rioting Thursday night, after a police officer was recorded kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, an unarmed African American man who died in police custody after saying he couldn’t breathe. Protests have spread throughout the state and into cities across the U.S.

Former Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald said Sunday he’s a whistleblower who was fired within hours of meeting with the FBI about city hall corruption.

The city of Fort Worth is taking race relations head on. A task force appointed by the Fort Worth City Council met Friday in the first of a series of discussions to help bridge what some are calling a divide.