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Portraying black lives has made the artist known as Childish Gambino a global star
Former employee alleges bank avoided lending in African-American area of New York
A novel charting two boys’ journey into ‘wokeness’ as they encounter a rage-filled white cop
The arrest of two black men in a Philadelphia branch of the chain highlights US companies’ struggle to find the right response to social issues as sensitive as race
The Ghanaian-born author of ‘Homegoing’ talks about the narrative of race in the US and why it is easier for her generation to address the slave trade
The man from Jet who battled Jim Crow
Founder of chain and Trump donor says football players’ feud with president hurt sales
Financial pundit thanks God black people did not settle America in newsletter
Promotion showing black woman changing into white woman sparked social media outrage
Why US sports are seeing the biggest political protests since the days of the Black Power movement
US president is once again stoking national disharmony for political ends
President says football league should sack players who do not stand for national anthem
Democracy is messy, especially in a country that welcomes people from many lands
Tillerson and Ryan among senior Republicans distancing themselves from president
Top economic official ‘reluctant to leave my post’ despite pressure to resign
A trailblazing satirist who battled racial injustice in America
‘I have come under enormous pressure both to resign and to remain’
Events across America show that racism does not belong to the South alone
President renews attacks on media in Phoenix as police confront demonstrators outside
Chief strategist is out but his instincts remain entrenched in the Oval Office
Heated argument over confederate monuments adds volatile new element to state politics
Stance puts him at odds with pundits on Fox News channel run by his father Rupert
Facebook, Google and other groups clamp down on white nationalists
