Race

Examining the many birth disparities in Mississippi, health center CEO says

6:45am May 09, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Getty Israel, founder and CEO of Sisters in Birth, about what's driving the high rate of abortion among Black women in conservative states like Mississippi.

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The cover of Mothercoin next to the author.

In 'Mothercoin', the labor of love transcends borders

12:41pm May 08, 2022

by Diba Mohtasham

Mothercoin, by Elizabeth Cummins Muñoz, takes an intimate look at the lives of immigrant nannies in Houston, and how their work in private homes affects their relationship with their own children.

National

Alaska appoints investigator dedicated to missing and murdered Indigenous people

8:02am May 08, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Anne Sears, a former Alaska State Trooper, who was recently appointed Alaska's first dedicated investigator of missing and murdered Indigenous people.

A mural of Ahmaud Arbery is on display in Brunswick, Ga., where he was shot and killed in 2020.

National

One of the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery spoke with the DA several times

3:57pm May 07, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

The day after the shooting, then-District Attorney Jackie Johnson placed a call to Greg McMichael, a retired investigator for her office.

An appeals court reinstates portions of Florida's new election law

8:25am May 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

A federal appeals court granted Florida's request to reinstate parts of the state's election law while it appeals a lower court's decision that the law was aimed at suppressing Black voters.

Models pose in pieces from Homme + Femme's latest collaboration with Churchill Downs for this year's Kentucky Derby race.

Homme + Femme's collection pays homage to the Black horsemen of the Kentucky Derby

7:00am May 07, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The collection includes several items all with unique designs honoring the first Black jockeys of the Derby.

Economy

Latino homebuyers are most likely to use risky financing, survey finds

5:33pm May 06, 2022

by A Martínez

More than a third of the Latino households surveyed by the Pew Research Center said they'd used something other than a traditional mortgage. Alternative financing can come with high costs and risks.

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A migrant family stands waiting to be processed on Thursday in Roma, Texas.

Texas governor says the state may contest a Supreme Court ruling on migrant education

5:19pm May 06, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Gov. Greg Abbott says the court's ruling in 1982 has imposed an unfair burden on Texas.

National

Tulsa Race Massacre reparations lawsuit can proceed

4:42pm May 06, 2022

by Chris Polansky

The last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre learned a lawsuit against the city of Tulsa can move forward. The plaintiffs said the government was partly to blame for the massacre.

Katie Wright (center) stands beside activist Toshira Garraway and her son, Damik Bryant, during a news conference on Thursday outside a police station in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Katie Wright, the mother of Daunte Wright, said she was injured while she was

National

Daunte Wright's mother was detained after recording a traffic stop

2:06pm May 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

Daunte Wright was fatally shot last year by a suburban Minneapolis police officer. Katie Wright says she was injured while she was briefly detained this week by one of the same department's officers.