Race

National

The Buffalo shooting exposes the city's economic disparities

5:08pm May 22, 2022

by Alana Wise

Buffalo is one of the most segregated cities in the country. Those disparities play out in housing, transportation, education, and even whether there are grocery stores near where people live.

Politics & Government

Immigrant advocates say using the word 'invasion' fuels extremism

8:12am May 22, 2022

by Joel Rose

The alleged Buffalo gunman isn't the first mass shooter to talk about an "invasion" of non-whites. Republicans have denounced the shooting — but not the language he used about immigration.

National

His mom was killed in a racist attack in Charleston. Now he's helping Buffalo

8:12am May 22, 2022

by Victoria Hansen

Chris Singleton's mother was murdered at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston in 2015. He's since made it his mission to root out racism one person at a time.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will speak with survivors of Native American boarding schools as part of a tour called "The Road to Healing." Her department found that between 1819 and 1969, the federal government operated or supported more than 400 school

National

Haaland seeks healing for Native American boarding school survivors

6:00am May 22, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland about her department's Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report.

Flowers are left at a makeshift memorial outside of the Tops market on May 15 in Buffalo, N.Y.

National

The Tops in Buffalo's East Side was a lifeline. Residents wonder if it should reopen

11:35am May 21, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The Tops Friendly Markets grocery store opened on Jefferson Avenue on the East Side of Buffalo in 2003. It was a long road to get there.

Photos of people killed in the mass shooting at Tops grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., are part of a memorial near the store.

National

A 911 dispatcher may be fired for allegedly mishandling a Buffalo shooting call

7:34pm May 20, 2022

by Amina Kilpatrick

A grocery worker whispered into her phone during a 911 call so she wouldn't draw the shooter's attention. She says the dispatcher yelled at her for whispering. The two ended up disconnected.

National

The mass shooting in Buffalo is hitting home for some people in El Paso, Texas

4:35pm May 20, 2022

by Angela Kocherga | KTEP EL Paso

The shooting in Buffalo has stirred up emotions in El Paso. The attack at the Tops supermarket is eerily similar to one three years ago that targeted Latinos at a Walmart in the Texas border city.

People gather at the scene of a mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market at Jefferson Avenue and Riley Street on Monday, May 16, 2022 in Buffalo, NY.

National

The Buffalo shooting suspect's online footprint prompts questions about red flags

10:38am May 20, 2022

by Odette Yousef

A digital log believed to be linked to the accused Buffalo gunman documents six months of planning the terrorist attack. Researchers are looking through it and asking: Were there any red flags?

National

Historic levels of hate crimes are a threat to U.S. democracy, Lipstadt says

8:36am May 20, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Deborah Lipstadt, the Biden administration's special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, about the racism and hatred that motivate violence in America and the world.

Queue Listen Now

Delaware State University says it has filed a complaint to the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday to investigate the women's lacrosse team bus stop and search. Here, the main gate of the Delaware State University campus in Dover in September 2007.

Georgia NAACP is investigating a traffic stop involving a college lacrosse team

10:09pm May 19, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Delaware State University filed a complaint Wednesday to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division calling for an external investigation of the traffic stop.