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Editor's note: This is a story about the pervasive nature of racial insensitivity in America and how it persists to this day, and contains terms some might find offensive. In 1991, Texas passed a law to remove the word "Negro" from its place names. But today, over two dozen geographic places in the state — think creeks, valleys and other small features — still have the word in their names. That's because the federal government blocked the name changes. In almost 30 years, only one of the places mentioned in the bill has been renamed, according to an NPR review. And the most vocal advocate...

Texas lawmakers voted to remove the word "Negro" from geographic features in 1991. But a federal board blocked the proposed name changes, and since then, almost none of them have been changed.

With that. i think that's smart. like fred douglas said in politics, you have no permanent friends, you have no permanent enemies, and that's where we are. >> gary bledsoe from the naacp, thank you. by the way, we reached out to the charles koch institute to find out more about last night's forum. we want to know how this epicked the topic and who invited the panel. the event is part of cki's, quote, well-being initiative. last night he did say it, quote, seeks to improve our quality of life for research and dialogue. he also referred us to the institute's communications team and we reached ...

Oriented around libertarian and conservative ideas. for example, the charles koch foundation contracted the economics department at florida state university to select professors through a koch appointed committee. it's not exactly unusual for an institute with the koch name on it to go outside the realm of traditional politics and toward social issues. but will forums like the one last night in texas change the view of the koch brand. senator, thank you for being here. >> my pleasure. >> i don't know if you were able to hear gary bledsoe from the texas naacp, but he talked about working with t...

parliament has given him the right to use troops in the ukraine if necessary, and that there were russian troops in crimea prior to the referendum to join russia. he called the uniformed troops in ukraine now local citizens. one of the people who got to ask questions of mr. putin was none other than edward snowden. we'll have more on that later in the show. the big story at this moment is what the white house should do if not much comes of the current negotiations. ukrainian forces were able to repel pro-russian forces in one eastern city today, leaving at least three attackers dead ...