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Trump Declines to Apologize for Posting Racist Video Portraying Obamas as Apes

The video clip that President Trump posted in a late-night flurry of social media activity caused an unusually strong and public outcry from members of his own party.

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Trump Deletes Racist Video Portraying the Obamas as Apes

The White House press secretary had dismissed criticism of the clip’s racist content as “fake outrage.” But later Friday, the clip disappeared from the president’s social media feed.

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Nike and Trump’s Supporters Have Been on a Collision Course for Years

The chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has long opposed diversity initiatives like those that Nike embraced.

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Lia Smith Hoped to Start Fresh At Middlebury. In Trump’s America, It Seemed Impossible.

Lia Smith was a senior at Middlebury College, a transgender woman and, for a time, an athlete on the school’s diving team. But she struggled to feel accepted, and in October, she took her own life.

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Robert Nakamura, ‘Godfather’ of Asian American Film, Dies at 88

In his work, he often returned to Manzanar, the camp in which he and his family, along with thousands of other people of Japanese descent, were interned during World War II.

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At Turning Point Fest, Vance Refuses to Take Sides in Fight Over Bigotry

The vice president’s plea for a big-tent coalition at an annual conservative gathering belied the cracks in his party over antisemitism, racism and conspiracy theories.

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