Race

The National Museum of the American Indian announced its winning design for the National Native American Veterans Memorial.

Smithsonian Reveals Winning Design For New Native American Veterans Memorial

6:26pm June 26, 2018

by Kat Chow

Harvey Pratt's Warriors' Circle of Honor will incorporate a large, upright stainless steel circle above a stone drum and a walkway with intricate carvings of the five military seals.

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President Trump's zero tolerance policy left the CBP struggling to process the number of people it detained — and the agency says it will temporarily stop turning immigrant parents over to prosecutors. Here, a mother migrating from Honduras holds her 1-

National

Customs And Border Agency Halts Many 'Zero Tolerance' Detentions, Citing Workload

1:43pm June 26, 2018

by Bill Chappell

"A much better system would be to keep families together through their immigration proceedings," Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said. "That's what the Obama administration did in 2014."

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When the First Congregational Church of Oakland decided to hang a Black Lives Matter sign, they started a conversation that led them to try to stop calling police, especially on people of color.

Oakland Church Steps Out On Faith And Pledges To Stop Calling Police

12:32pm June 26, 2018

by Sandhya Dirks

In California, members of First Congregational Church of Oakland says it's a reaction to white people using law enforcement as a first resort when interacting with people of color.

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The white clapboard farmhouse where Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote many of the books in her Little House on the Prairie novels still stands in Mansfield, Mo.

Books

Little House On The Controversy: Laura Ingalls Wilder's Name Removed From Book Award

10:36pm June 25, 2018

by Kat Chow

The Association for Library Service to Children voted unanimously to strike Wilder's name from a major children's lit award over concerns about how the author referred to Native Americans and blacks.

News

Study: Deaths Outnumber Births Among Whites In North Carolina

11:32am June 25, 2018

by Sean Bueter

A new demographic study of the U.S. shows deaths are outpacing births among white people in more than half the country's states, including North Carolina.

How Police Killings Lead To Poor Mental Health In The Black Community

5:29pm June 24, 2018

A recent study published in The Lancet Medical journal shows that police killings of unarmed black men leads to poor mental. NPR's Michel Martin talks with study co-author Dr. Atheendar Venkataramani.

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A Richmond School Board Member On Renaming A School

7:55am June 23, 2018

The Richmond School Board voted to remove the name of a Confederate general from a local elementary school, replacing it with Barack Obama. Board member Kenya Gibson talks with Scott Simon.

Arts

Playing Hanafuda With The Hand You're Dealt

5:00am June 23, 2018

by Will Matsuda

As a fourth-generation Japanese American, photographer Will Matsuda tries to unpack some of the liminal spaces of cultural identity in America. He grew up playing hanafuda, a Japanese card game.

National

Remembering Rev. Ralph David Abernathy 50 Years After Resurrection City Came Down

7:39pm June 22, 2018

by Kat Chow

Fifty years ago this month authorities took down a tent city on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., that was part of a protest against poverty. One of the key organizers was the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, a leader of the civil rights movement.

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Police Shootings And Mental Health

5:17am June 22, 2018

by Karen Grigsby Bates

A new study finds that police killings of unarmed black Americans have adverse effects on the mental health of black American adults in the general population.

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