90-year-old former Senator: Fighting racism relies on White people

History Refocused: In 2021, Fred Harris, the last surviving member of the "Kerner Report," reflected on what the US can still learn from a 1967 commission that sent shockwaves across the country after an investigation into civil unrest and racial inequality in America.

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Can a formula be racist? She says one put her health at risk

History Refocused: Race correction in medicine has pitted students against their teachers, caught the attention of Congress and led to a lawsuit against the NFL. In late 2021, a joint task force of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) outlined a new race-free approach to diagnose kidney disease.

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This 15-year-old was the original Rosa Parks

History Refocused: Meet Claudette Colvin, a Civil Rights hero whose story was mostly ignored by history books. In 2021, 66 years after she was arrested for refusing to give her bus seat to a White person, her record was expunged.

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See China's military response after Pelosi's Taiwan visit

CNN's Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr explains China's actions following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

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Dr. Fauci: I was unaware of the monkeypox stigma

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, says he was "unaware" of the stigma that is causing some lab technicians to refuse drawing blood from people suspected of having monkeypox. Dr. Fauci tells CNN's Erica Hill that the concerns of David Harvey, executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors, are "absolutely justified."

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