Race

Books

Nephew Of Robert E. Lee Grapples With Legacy Of American Race Relations In New Book

5:34pm April 13, 2019

Robert W. Lee tells NPR's Michel Martin what it's like to grapple with the legacy of his ancestor, Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He wrote about this in a memoir, "A Sin by Any Other Name."

Jeremy Heimans: How Can We Harness Technology To Fuel Social Change?

2:40pm April 12, 2019

by NPR/TED Staff

In the digital age, the power of the collective has led to movements such as #MeToo and Black Lives Matter. Jeremy Heimans discusses how we can continue to use "new power" to drive activism.

Queue Listen Now

Dolores Huerta: Each Of Us Has A Voice, How Can We Use It For Social Change?

12:07pm April 12, 2019

by NPR/TED Staff

As a lifelong activist, Dolores Huerta has learned how to use her voice to fight for social justice. She discusses the power that all of us have to demand justice and spark movements for change.

Queue Listen Now

Angela Oguntala: How Do We Achieve The Future We Imagine?

12:07pm April 12, 2019

by NPR/TED Staff

How do our present thoughts and actions affect the future? Futurist Angela Oguntala shares ideas on how imagining the future we want to see is the first step toward achieving it.

Queue Listen Now

Ruby Sales: How Do We Maintain Our Courage To Fight For Change?

12:07pm April 12, 2019

by NPR/TED Staff

At 17, Ruby Sales witnessed the shooting of one of her fellow civil rights activists. She explains how despite the trauma, she went on to devote her life to fighting for social and racial justice.

Queue Listen Now

Suspect Arrested In Louisiana Black Church Arson Cases

6:13am April 12, 2019

A suspect has been arrested after fires destroyed three historically black churches over 10 days in St. Landry Parish. Rachel Martin talks to Katie Gagliano, a reporter for The Acadiana Advocate.

Queue Listen Now

Actor Jussie Smollett leaves a courthouse last month in Chicago. On Thursday, the city sued him to recoup costs of a police investigation that followed what the city says was his false report that he'd been attacked.

National

Chicago Files Civil Complaint Against 'Empire' Actor Jussie Smollett

9:06pm April 11, 2019

by Tom Cole

The city maintains that Smollett filed a false police report and is seeking repayment of the costs incurred in investigating it.

NYC Restaurant Comes Under Criticism After Marking Itself as 'Clean Chinese Food'

4:24pm April 11, 2019

A new restaurant in New York City is catching a lot of heat for marketing itself as "clean Chinese food." San Francisco Chronicle restaurant critic Soleil Ho talks about why with NPR's Ailsa Chang.

Freedom's Detective: The Secret Service, the Ku Klux Klan and the Man Who Masterminded America's First War on Terror, by Charles Lane

In 'Freedom's Detective,' A Flawed But Remarkable Hiram Whitley Infiltrates The KKK

11:49am April 11, 2019

by Michael Schaub

Journalist Charles Lane's account is endlessly gripping — and he does an excellent job of placing the operation in historical context, chronicling racism and resentment in the South post-Civil War.

Economy

Johnson Publishing Company Files For Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Protection

6:37am April 10, 2019

by Karen Grigsby Bates

The Chicago publishing giant that launched Ebony and Jet magazines, and made them a touchstone in African-American life, is closing its doors. It plans a court- supervised sale of its assets.