Race

Minnesota housing program aims to mend years of economic damage in black neighborhood

4:30pm September 22, 2023

by Matt Sepic

A housing program in St. Paul aims to reverse the economic damage caused by the construction of a highway that ran through and decimated a Black neighborhood.

Michael Harriot's 'Black AF History' could hardly come at a better time

3:13pm September 22, 2023

by Ericka Taylor

This engaging, well-researched, and frequently laugh-out-loud funny history places the Black experience at center stage with stories that should have already been part of our collective memory.

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell (left) along with NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson (right) signed an agreement this week outlining ways in which the two organizations will work together to center equity in disaster preparedness and response efforts.

NAACP signs agreement with FEMA to advance equity in disaster resilience

2:46pm September 22, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

As part of the collaborative effort, the NAACP's Emergency Management Task Force will regularly meet with FEMA to advance its progress on equity within disaster preparedness.

Darryl George, a 17-year-old junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, has been suspended for not cutting his hair.

A Black Texas student's suspension over his hair renews focus on the CROWN Act

5:07am September 22, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

The high school student has been suspended for more than two weeks for wearing a natural hairstyle that officials say violated a dress code. So far, 24 states have signed the CROWN Act into law.

Carl Day is a pastor at Culture Changing Christians in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood.

Philly's 'pastor of the hood' Carl Day weighs in on the 2024 election

4:15pm September 20, 2023

by Kai McNamee

Carl Day joined NPR to weigh in on the Biden campaign in 2020. We caught up with him to hear what he's thinking heading into 2024.

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Neglected diseases like noma, the impact of diaspora money, artificial intelligence and the promotion of locally grown foods are four topics proposed by our authors for discussion at the U.N.'s General Assembly.

Dear U.N.: Could you add these 4 overlooked items to the General Assembly agenda?

11:13am September 20, 2023

A physician from Nigeria and a scientist from Kenya propose ideas for the United Nations to consider — issues important in Africa and other regions that are often neglected by global bodies.

West Point graduating cadets are seen during commencement ceremonies at Plain Parade Field at the United States Military Academy on June 13, 2020, in West Point, N.Y.

Education

Group sues West Point, seeking to ban affirmative action in admissions

6:17pm September 19, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The military has long maintained that the nation's security depends on having a diverse officer corps that is ready to lead an increasingly diverse fighting force.

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Anti-affirmative action group sues West Point over considering race in admissions

4:50pm September 19, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

Students for Fair Admission, the conservative group that won a Supreme Court ban on affirmative action programs, is suing West Point to eliminate all racial considerations in the academy's admissions.

Fallout continues after a Sikh activist was murdered on Canadian soil

4:38pm September 19, 2023

by Jackie Northam

Canada and India are engaging in an escalating war of words and tit for tat diplomatic expulsions, as the fallout over the murder of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil continues.

Pop culture criticized again for excluding achievements of women, people of color

5:09am September 19, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to culture critic Nelson George about racism and sexism among the gatekeepers of pop culture. An interview by Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner set off the latest firestorm.