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'I See These Conversations As Protective': Talking With Kids About Race

2:20pm June 16, 2020

by Noel King

What does it mean to be anti-racist, and how should adults talk to kids about race and racism? Children's author Renée Watson and anti-racism scholar Ibram X. Kendi suggest starting with books.

Poet Eve Ewing Connects 1919 Chicago To Today's Racial Unrest

1:25pm June 15, 2020

by Terry Gross

Ewing's 1919 looks back on a century-old riot in Chicago, set off after a black teen drowned while being stoned by white people. She says the systemic racism that plagued the U.S. then still exists.

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Cover detail of Collected Poems by William Butler Yeats

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A Long Summer Ahead: What Writers Are Reading As The Pandemic Goes On

7:00am June 15, 2020

Find recommendations for fantasy, poetry, new fiction, old fiction, comics, fairy tales and more, hand-picked by authors Ben Philippe, Jade Chang, Raina Telgemeier, Tess Taylor and Thomas Pierce.

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Robert Gates Discusses His New Book: 'Exercise Of Power'

6:29am June 15, 2020

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to former Defense Secretary Robert Gates about U.S. leadership on the world stage. He talks about the impact of President Trump's foreign policy decisions.

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Stacey Abrams speaks at the unity breakfast on March 1 in Selma, Ala.

Stacey Abrams Calls Georgia's Primary Election 'An Unmitigated Disaster'

6:09pm June 13, 2020

The former candidate for governor, rumored as a possible vice presidential pick for Joe Biden, told NPR: "I speak for anyone who looks like me, wants to become more, and will find themselves blocked."

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Jean Kyoung Frazier On Pizza And Friendship In Her Debut Novel

8:00am June 13, 2020

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Jean Kyoung Frazier about her new novel Pizza Girl.

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Tune In To 'Up All Night' For The Story Of Daniel Schorr And The Birth Of CNN

8:00am June 13, 2020

by Scott Simon

Former Murrow Boy Dan Schorr and "Mouth of the South" Ted Turner seem like an unlikely pairing — but when Turner was launching CNN 40 years ago, the veteran newsman was his first editorial employee.

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All the Things We Never Knew, by Liara Tamani

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'I Want Teens To Recognize Their Own Power': Questions For Liara Tamani

7:00am June 13, 2020

by Petra Mayer

Tamani's new young adult novel follows two high school basketball stars who fall in love at first sight — but then have to deal with their own issues and secrets to build a lasting relationship.

Robert Gates is interviewed for "The Spymasters" on Dec. 15, 2014.

Former Defense Secretary Gates: Pushing Away Peaceful Protesters Was 'A Bad Mistake'

1:44pm June 12, 2020

by Rachel Martin

Gates also told NPR on Thursday that it's time to change the names of Confederate bases. "There comes a moment when things become possible and people ought to seize a moment when it presents itself."

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'Fresh Air' Listens Back To James Baldwin And Documentary Filmmaker Raoul Peck

1:25pm June 12, 2020

by Terry Gross

In 1986, Terry Gross interviewed Baldwin, one of the most influential black writers of the civil rights era. Then, in 2017, she spoke to Peck, director of I Am Not Your Negro, about Baldwin.

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