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Byline: Wesley Lowery TULSA - Her mother's scream awoke the 7-year-old girl just moments after she'd drifted off to sleep. 'Vi! Get up, child. If we don't leave right now, [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery Excerpted from 'American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress' by Wesley Lowery, copyright 2023. From Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. Printed by permission. [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery It had been a hectic day in Suite 9100 at the Washington Hilton. Roy Wood Jr. and his team of comedians had expanded the Don Lemon section. [...]

Byline: Brian Howey, Wesley Lowery and Steven Rich The way Kenneth Gilbert Jr. and his father tell the story, it had been a busy morning running errands in east Atlanta [...]

Byline: Hannah Knowles, Wesley Lowery and Mark Berman MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Since her mother vanished in July 1990, Bernice Talley has heard many stories about what happened. In one, her [...]

Byline: Mark Berman, Wesley Lowery and Hannah Knowles Late one night in October 1984, San Diego police on the lookout for a rapist came upon a horrifying scene: In an [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery, Hannah Knowles and Mark Berman Samuel Little guided his car to a stop in a secluded area off Route 27 near Miami and cut the engine. Before [...]

Byline: Malinda Maynor Lowery Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., recently proposed 'saving American history' by refusing to tell the truth about our past. His legislation would limit federal education funds for [...]

Byline: Brian S. Lowery I have received numerous texts and emails from white friends recently - checking in, asking whether I'm OK. I appreciate the concern, and I want everyone [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery and Jacob Bogage LARAMIE, Wyo. - It had been nearly 50 years since the University of Wyoming banished 14 black players from its football team, but the [...]

Byline: Neena Satija, Wesley Lowery and Josh Dawsey The five former inmates assembled on the White House stage weren't scheduled to speak, but President Donald Trump couldn't help himself. 'Where's [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery About U.S. is an initiative by The Washington Post to explore issues of identity in the United States. Sign up for the newsletter . Bigger Long is [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery DENTON, N.C. - The call for violence appeared a week and a half before classes began. A group of students at South Davidson High, a nearly all-white [...]

Byline: Michael Brice-Saddler, Mark Berman and Wesley Lowery DALLAS - In the days since a white former police officer was found guilty of murdering her unarmed black neighbor, unexpected after [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery DURHAM, N.C. - He's been one of the academy's leading authorities on American racial inequity for years, in high demand by Democratic presidential candidates who hope he'll [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery and Emily Davies Five people were killed, and another 21 were injured in the West Texas cities of Odessa and Midland after a gunman fled a traffic [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery and Emily Davies Five people were killed and another 21 were injured in the West Texas cities of Odessa and Midland after a gunman fled a traffic [...]

Byline: Wes Lowery At least five people were killed and 21 injured after a man opened fire near Odessa, Texas. The attack began at a traffic stop, Odessa Police Chief [...]

Byline: Wes Lowery At least five people were killed and 21 injured after a man hijacked a mail truck and began shooting at random in Odessa, Texas, according to the [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery and Candace Buckner Following a January screening of 'Emanuel,' a documentary about the deadly 2015 shooting of nine black worshipers at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery Following a January screening of 'Emanuel,' a documentary about the deadly 2015 shooting of nine black worshipers at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, a throng of [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery FERGUSON, Mo. - Michael Brown was still lying dead in the street when his family gathered in the kitchen of a nearby apartment to hear from Dorian [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery FERGUSON, Mo. - Michael Brown was still lying dead in the street when his family gathered in the kitchen of a nearby apartment to hear from Dorian [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery NEWARK, N.J. - Cory Booker was elected mayor in 2006 on a vow to transform this struggling city. He made tackling crime a top priority, adopted aggressive [...]

Byline: Amy B Wang and Wesley Lowery SOUTH BEND, Ind. - More than a week after a police officer fatally shot her son in a dark parking lot, and days [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery SOUTH BEND, Ind. - In recent weeks, Pete Buttigieg had emerged as the surprise success of the 2020 presidential campaign. Polls showed him surging in key states, [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery More than 300 furious people poured into the streets and, soon, the scene in the Frayser neighborhood of northern Memphis on Wednesday night echoed those from various [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery NEW YORK - Gwen Carr was on break at her job as an MTA train operator that Thursday afternoon when her phone suddenly lit up with text [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery and Matt Zapotosky WASHINGTON - House Democrats on Tuesday issued a sweeping request for documents related to the Justice Department's oversight of local police departments to assess [...]

Byline: Neena Satija, Wesley Lowery and Beth Reinhard Last summer, Maureen Costello, a senior leader at the Southern Poverty Law Center, decided that she had had enough. Several interactions over [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery;Kevin Armstrong;Deanna Paul JERSEY CITY -- The JC Kosher Supermarket sits on a block that appears the portrait of the American cultural melting pot. Across the street is [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery About US is an initiative by The Washington Post to explore issues of identity in the United States. Sign up for the newsletter. Bigger Long is one [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery DENTON, N.C. -- The call for violence appeared a week and a half before classes began. A group of students at South Davidson High, a nearly all-white [...]

Byline: Michael Brice-Saddler;Mark Berman;Wesley Lowery DALLAS -- In the days since a white former police officer was found guilty of murdering her unarmed black neighbor, unexpected after effects have inflamed [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery At least 5 people were killed and 21 injured after a man hijacked a mail truck and began shooting at random in Odessa, Texas, according to the [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery;Emily Davies Five people were killed and 21 were injured in the West Texas cities of Odessa and Midland after a gunman fled a traffic stop, hijacked a [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery;Candace Buckner Following a January screening of 'Emanuel,' a documentary about the deadly 2015 shooting of nine black worshipers at a church in Charleston, S.C., a throng of [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery Following a January screening of 'Emanuel,' a documentary about the deadly 2015 shooting of nine black worshipers at a church in Charleston, S.C., a throng of Howard [...]

Byline: Amy B Wang;Wesley Lowery SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- More than a week after a police officer fatally shot her son in a dark parking lot, and days after she [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- In recent weeks, Pete Buttigieg had emerged as the surprise success of the 2020 presidential campaign. Polls showed him surging in key states, [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery More than 300 furious people poured into the streets and, soon, the scene in the Frayser neighborhood of northern Memphis on Wednesday night echoed those from various [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery NEW YORK -- Gwen Carr was on break at her job as an MTA train operator that Thursday afternoon when her phone suddenly lit up with text [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery;Matt Zapotosky House Democrats on Tuesday issued a sweeping request for documents related to the Justice Department's oversight of local police departments to assess the extent to which [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery;Matt Zapotosky House Democrats on Tuesday issued a sweeping request for documents related to the Justice Department's oversight of local police departments to assess the extent to which [...]

Byline: Neena Satija;Wesley Lowery;Beth Reinhard Last summer, Maureen Costello, a senior leader at the Southern Poverty Law Center, decided that she had had enough. Several interactions over the years with [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery, Steven Rich and Salwan GeorgesBALTIMORE - Daphne Alston used to go to every funeral.A co-founder of Mothers of Murdered Sons and Daughters United, Alston has worked with [...]

Byline: Wesley Lowery, Kimberly Kindy and Andrew Ba Tran As a Republican, Mitchell Adkins complained of feeling like an outcast at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. "Hardcore liberals" made fun [...]

Byline: Moriah Balingit, Kristine Phillips, Amy B Wang, Deanna Paul, Wesley Lowery and Kellie B. Gormly They were the synagogue's most faithful. Two brothers who'd walked to services each week [...]

Byline: Katie Zezima and Wesley Lowery Robert Bowers, who authorities said attacked a Pittsburgh synagogue during Saturday morning services, appears to have targeted Jewish people on a social media account [...]

Byline: Katie Zezima and Wesley Lowery Robert Bowers, who authorities said attacked a Pittsburgh synagogue during Saturday morning services, appears to have targeted Jewish people on a social media account [...]