Giving voice to all communities
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We The People Opportunity Farm in Ypsilanti, Michigan, hires formerly incarcerated Americans for a nine-month internship. Not only do they grow vegetables like kale and tomatoes, but also opportunities for brighter futures. Nancy Chen has the details.
Gun owners are growing more diverse as increasing numbers of underrepresented Americans arm up.
Greenville Christian Academy, a small private school built to circumvent desegregation laws, is dominating Mississippi high school football. Now boasting a student body that is 70% Black - the team is all Black - the Delta area school is ranked number one, despite being badly outmanned by larger programs. Jan Crawford has the details.
An ad being run by GOP candidate Glenn Youngkin features a parent upset that the book was being taught to her son, a high school senior.
As companies make plans for workers to return to the office, many Black employees say they are reluctant to do so. CBS MoneyWatch reporter Khristopher Brooks joins CBSN AM to explain why.
For people of color, working from home can offer a refuge from racial slights and a welcome relief from "code-switching."
A new film, "Passing," explores a gray area that some biracial or multiracial Americans have faced when navigating questions of self-identity and social acceptance, in a society where perception is often skin-deep.
Passing can be a gray area that some biracial or multiracial Americans face when navigating questions of identity and social acceptance, while defining the story we tell about ourselves. "CBS Saturday Morning" co-host Michelle Miller talks with Rebecca Hall, Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga, the director and stars of the new film "Passing," and with writers Lise Funderburg and Allyson Hobbs, about the social history of passing, and its impact upon perception and power.
Whether dressing for fun or dressing for success, fashion choices may be more consequential. Dana Jacobson meets with author Richard Thompson Ford who explores the laws of fashion in his book "Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History."
For over a century, London has marked buildings where historic figures lived with a blue plaque. Earlier this month, the lives of two remarkable Americans, William and Ellen Craft, were commemorated by the city. Imtiaz Tyab met with their descendants to hear more.
