How Americans Feel About Affirmative Action In Higher Education
Polls show that Americans broadly support the concept of affirmative action but oppose preferential treatment for minorities in college admissions.
Race
Hundreds Of Black Women Are Running In Federal, State And Local Elections This Year
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Ayanna Pressley, Democratic candidate for Massachusetts' seventh congressional district, about the surge of black women running for office this year.
How Yellow Fever Turned New Orleans Into The 'City Of The Dead'
Some years the virus would wipe out a tenth of the population, earning New Orleans the nickname "Necropolis." The gruesome disease killed thousands, scapegoated immigrants and upheld white supremacy.
Preaching Gospel Of Love And Justice, William Barber Mobilizes Progressive Christians
Barber has been compared to Martin Luther King Jr. He has revived the 1968 Poor People's Campaign while continuing to minister to his small town congregation.
VIDEO: As Elections Approach, NFL Protests Are On These Texans' Minds
By weighing in on the NFL protests, President Trump transformed football fields across America into the front lines of a culture war. Three Texans explain how the debate will inform their votes.
Fact Check: 14th Amendment On Citizenship Cannot Be Overwritten By Executive Order
President Trump is floating a new tactic in his immigration crackdown — he wants to end the right to citizenship for babies born in the U.S. to noncitizens. Few legal experts believe it can be done.
Eli Saslow Traces 'Straight Line' From White Nationalism To Alleged Synagogue Shooter
"In the horrific hierarchy of white nationalist beliefs, they really consider Jews their primary enemy," the journalist says of the suspect in the Pittsburgh shooting Saturday.
Killing Of 2 At Kentucky Supermarket Is Being Investigated As Hate Crime
The police chief of Jeffersontown, Ky., says the attack was racially motivated, and federal prosecutors say they're investigating whether the murders are hate crimes.
Whiteness And Identity Politics
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Nikole Hannah-Jones of The New York Times about identity politics and how the groups we come from affect our point of view.
A Brutal Lynching And A Possible Confession, Decades Later
A recent book recounts the brutal lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955. In it, the woman who accused the boy of assault admits she was lying. The FBI has reopened the murder investigation.