Race

Demonstrators march on June 4, 2020 in Brunswick, Ga., after a court appearance by Gregory and Travis McMichael, two suspects in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery.

National

What you need to know about the start of the trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery

3:07pm October 18, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

Three white men are accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man shot and killed as he was jogging down a residential street after being chased by pickup trucks. Jury selection begins Monday.

Ahmaud Arbrey's Aunt, Theawanza Brooks in front of her home in Brunswick, Ga. "Nobody has the decision to make as far as being the judge, jury and executioner."

National

Georgia murder trial in killing of Ahmaud Arbery seen as test case for racial justice

4:29pm October 17, 2021

Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot and killed as he jogged through a neighborhood near Brunswick, Ga. in 2020. Three white men in pick-up trucks pursued him and then confronted him.

Demonstrators march in the streets on August 26, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. As the city declared a state of emergency curfew, a fourth night of civil unrest occurred after the shooting of Jacob Blake, 29, on August 23.

National

Protester shot by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha is now suing Wisconsin authorities

3:12pm October 17, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

The lawsuit alleges that authorities in Kenosha not only knew that armed vigilantes planned to patrol the protest attended by Black Lives Matter supporters, but also encouraged their participation.

Outside of the Glynn County Courthouse, Ahmaud Arbery's aunt, Thea Brooks, joins a group during a demonstration calling for the conviction of the three men who face charges in the death of Ahmaud Arbery and other county officials they say were complicit i

National

Family of Ahmaud Arbery leads rally ahead of trial of men charged in killing

3:23pm October 16, 2021

Community organizers and Arbery's family hope the momentum for policy changes after his death will continue throughout the trial. Jury selection begins Monday.

United States Border Patrol agents on horseback try to stop Haitian migrants from entering an encampment on the banks of the Río Grande near the Acuña Del Río International Bridge in Del Río, Texas on Sept. 19.

Haiti faces disasters and chaos. Its people are most likely to be denied U.S. asylum

10:48am October 16, 2021

by Marisa Peñaloza

Of 4,202 applications from late 2018 to June 2021 only 194 were granted asylum. Some Haitians say there's been a history of racism and mistreatment by U.S. authorities for more than a century.

Books

Anthology 'The Matter of Black Lives' reflects on America's past to guide its future

5:13pm October 15, 2021

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with writer Jelani Cobb about a new collection of work from The New Yorker, "The Matter of Black Lives." Cobb co-edited it and wrote the introduction.

'We belong here, we have always been here': A conversation on the Latinx identity

5:13pm October 15, 2021

As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to an end, poet Yesika Salgado and Lázaro Lima, a professor at Hunter College, talk about what it means to be Latinx in the United States — and the world — in 2021.

Brunswick, Georgia prepares for the trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery

5:09am October 15, 2021

by Debbie Elliott

Trial starts Monday in Georgia in a killing that sparked racial justice protests. Three white men are accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man shot while jogging down a residential street.

Yolanda López died on Sept. 3 of complications liver cancer. Her first museum solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego was delayed by a year due, in part, to the pandemic.

Arts

Yolanda López's first museum show opens Saturday, just weeks after the artist's death

5:00am October 15, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

The exhibit at San Diego's Museum of Contemporary Art will include 50 of the artist's pieces, including the Virgen de Guadalupe triptych which remains one of López's best known works.

Members of the public view the newly unveiled statue of Mary McLeod Bethune at the News-Journal Center in Daytona Beach on Oct. 12. It's slated to move to the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall early next year.

This statue of Mary McLeod Bethune will soon make history at the U.S. Capitol

7:29pm October 14, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The pioneering educator and civil rights activist will be the first Black person to have a state-commissioned statue in Statuary Hall. The statue was unveiled this week in her home state of Florida.