Australian senator banned for wearing burqa in protest blasted as racist

Senator Pauline Hanson banned from parliament for 7 days for wearing burqa in the chamber to demand they be banned nationally.

• Nov 25

Rep. Jim Clyburn talks political future, more

In 1993, Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn became the ninth African American from South Carolina to serve in Congress, but all eight who came before him were elected in the 19th century. In his new book, he tells the stories of those eight predecessors. Clyburn joins "The Takeout" to discuss this and more.

• Nov 21
• 07:08

4 jailed for assaults in case linked to white supremacist "active clubs"

Swedish authorities say four men who attacked foreigners at random were connected to a club ostensibly for sports, but "with clear racist elements."

• Nov 18

Politico: Young GOP leaders sent racist texts

Thousands of messages shared in a group chat of Young Republicans are revealing some racist thoughts that even they worried about being leaked. The exchanges obtained by Politico are part of a Telegram chat among Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont. Jason Beeferman, New York state politics reporter for Politico, joins with more.

• Oct 14
• 03:30

Outgoing Ford Foundation president on new book

The new book "The Idea of America" hopes to narrow growing divisions among Americans. Author Darren Walker, outgoing president of the Ford Foundation, joins "The Takeout" to discuss how there is more that unites us than divides us.

• Oct 2
• 05:04

Probe into anti-apartheid icon Steve Biko's death reopening 48 years later

South Africa's racist apartheid regime said no one was to blame for activist Steve Biko's death in prison. 48 years later, his family wants the truth to come out.

• Sep 12

U.S. envoy accused of "insulting remarks" in Lebanon faces backlash

U.S. Ambassador Tom Barrack reportedly changed his plans during a visit to Lebanon amid a backlash over remarks deemed demeaning to local journalists.

• Aug 27

Trump orders universities to submit race data

In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled colleges and universities could consider race and life experiences in the admissions process, but that race could not be a determining factor. President Trump has gone a step further, now requiring new data on admissions seemingly aimed at filtering out race as part of the considerations at all. Amalea Smirniotopoulos, senior policy counsel and co-manager of the Legal Defense Fund's Equal Protection Initiative, joins "The Takeout" to discuss.

• Aug 8
• 04:45

Black swimmers teach others to help end history of aquatic segregation

Black people under age 30 are 1.5 times more likely to drown than their White peers, according to the CDC.

• Aug 2

Controversial radio icon Don Imus dies

Don Imus- one of radio’s legendary — and most controversial — figures died Friday at a Texas hospital. One of the original shock-jocks, Imus had a long, ground-breaking career. But it was marred by bouts of alcoholism and drug addiction, and all but ended in disgrace after he made racist comments on air. Jeff Glor reports.

• Dec 28, 2019
• 02:07

Probe into white power hand signs at Army-Navy game

West Point and the Naval Academy have launched investigations into whether cadets flashed a racist hand gesture at the Army-Navy football game. The image was seen on TV. David Martin reports.

• Dec 16, 2019
• 02:00

Miami Marlins join efforts to restore defaced Overtown mural

The Miami Marlins are joining efforts to restore the defaced mural of baseball legends Jackie Robinson and Minnie Miñoso in Miami's Overtown neighborhood, which was marked with racist graffiti last week.

• Jun 12

Mitch Landrieu on racism in the South

Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu helped lead the charge to remove Confederate statues in his city. Now he’s leading an initiative that calls for a reckoning with the legacy of racism. The nonprofit E Pluribus Unum works to achieve social and racial justice in the U.S. Landrieu joins "CBS This Morning" to share findings from the organization's first report, Divided by Design, offering a comprehensive look at race and class issues in the South.

• Oct 30, 2019
• 05:54

Police condemn "hate-fueled acts and mob rule" in Northern Ireland unrest

Northern Ireland police say violence in the town of Ballymena, reportedly fueled by racial tension, have left 32 officers injured.

• Jun 11

Charlottesville Mayor discusses President Trump

The mayor, who took office in January, spoke with Face the Nation a year after deadly violence sparked by white supremacists in Charlottesville.

• Aug 9, 2018
• 00:50

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Barack Obama

In this web exclusive, author Ta-Nehisi Coates ("Between the World and Me") talks of being summoned to the White House to meet with President Barack Obama, and of his mixed feelings over the first African-American president of a nation still suffering the pains of racism.

• Nov 5, 2017
• 03:07

Blackface: A cultural history of a racist art form

With the recent controversy over Megyn Kelly's remarks in which she questioned why wearing blackface on Halloween was offensive, "Sunday Morning" contributor and WCBS anchor Maurice DuBois looks at the long and complex history of white (and even black) performers painting their faces black. For more than 100 years, minstrel shows were a popular form of entertainment on stage and film, reducing an entire race of people to stereotypes. DuBois speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Margo Jefferson, and with Eric Lott, cultural historian and professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, about the complicated history of a racist theatrical form.

• Oct 28, 2018
• 07:57

Traveling with "The Green Book" during the Jim Crow era

Racism was a chilling fact of life that, in 1936, inspired "The Negro Motorist Green Book," a guide to businesses that welcomed African American travelers who faced being turned away or threatened in a time of segregation. Martha Teichner talks with cultural historian Candacy Taylor about the importance of this guide to safe travels in the Jim Crow South.

• Jan 13, 2019
• 09:51

"To Kill a Mockingbird": Lessons for today

Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about racism in the Deep South has been a perennial read in grade school, an Academy Award-winning film, and now a critically-lauded play on Broadway. Tracy Smith talks with the show's star Jeff Daniels and playwright Aaron Sorkin about translating Lee's characters to the stage, and with students who talk about "Mockingbird"'s relevance to today's audience.

• Apr 21, 2019
• 07:10

The Rosewood Massacre

Rosewood was once a thriving black community in north Florida. In 1923, a wild mob of whites, 1000-strong, obliterated Rosewood, killing as many as 40 people. Ed Bradley goes back in time, through eye-witness testimony, to the "Old South" and reconstructs the day that Rosewood died.

• Dec 11, 1983
• 13:22

South Africa

Morley Safer reports on the steady collapse of apartheid in South Africa. He asks Prime Minister P. W. Botha, one of the architects of the apartheid system, "Can you envisage a day in which there will be full equality for blacks in this country?"

• Dec 16, 1984
• 18:30

Oprah

"Oprah has arrived." That's what Mike Wallace proclaims in this profile of Oprah Winfrey, whose television talk show had just become a national sensation. Oprah describes her childhood, her struggles for acceptance in the world of TV news, and her greatest "gift" - an ability to be herself on camera.

• Dec 14, 1986
• 12:46

Vice Versa

Morley Safer visits the traditionally black Alabama State University, now under court order to diversify by setting aside some scholarships for white students. Critics call the scholarships racist, but the school itself considers them a necessary recruiting tool.

• Sep 26, 1999
• 13:20

Dylann Roof letter shows no remorse

A racist Letter from Dylann Roof is in response to an attempt to reform him by former white supremacist Christian Picciolini

• Dec 15, 2017
• 01:19

Danny Glover says "racism" foundation of US

In an interview with CBS News' Major Garrett, actor and activist Danny Glover talks about the role of racism and slavery in the foundation of the United States. On "The Takeout" podcast he said that "we can chart the growth of this country, the wealth of this country" around slavery and that many Americans "have not given up the psychology around that."

• Apr 5, 2018
• 02:53

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