Racial Bias

Shelly Tochluk’s book “Witnessing Whiteness” is a tool white St. Louisans have used for more than a decade to explore white racial identity and racism’s impacts. Tochluk discusses the purpose of her newest book, “Being White Today.”

An Illinois study of racial profiling in police stops is set to expire in July. State lawmakers are considering whether to keep collecting data.

When Washington University student Teddy Washington and nine other black incoming freshmen were stopped by Clayton police officers in early July, the…

Studies indicate children are aware of gender stereotypes by age 3 and of many racial stereotypes by 4 or 5. Yet only a portion of the population is…

Updated June 1 with "St. Louis on the Air" segment – St. Louis Public Radio reporter Ashley Lisenby joined the show to talk about her locally focused…

The anti-bias training that closed Starbucks stores across the U.S. for a few hours Tuesday is over. Will it change anything?That’s what one St. Louisan…

In April, the arrest of two black men at a Starbucks store in Philadelphia sparked outrage across the U.S. The incident prompted the company’s…

Starbucks stores across the country will be closed on Tuesday afternoon. The company announced it would use the half day to “conduct racial-bias education…

Kirkwood High School freshmen Devin Corley and Lily Dayan decided they were going to make a change, starting with themselves and other local teens.At…

Dozens of people visited a mobile museum dedicated to educating the public about unconscious bias at the Express Scripts headquarters in north St. Louis…