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On a podcast, ESPN anchor Sage Steele called vaccine mandates "sick" and "scary" and questioned why former President Barack Obama identifies as Black even though he was raised by his white mother.

ESPN anchor Sage Steele is off the air after her comments on vaccines and Obama

3:38pm October 06, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

On a podcast, Steele called vaccine mandates "sick" and "scary" and questioned why former President Barack Obama identifies as Black even though he was raised by his white mother.

National

Landmark California bill could help Black families reclaim seized land

8:41am October 06, 2021

by A Martínez

California has returned land to a Black family after it was seized decades ago. The story of Bruce's Beach highlights the loss of generational wealth and property that's happened across the country.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores relationship between his cop father and his activism

4:52pm October 05, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about his new essay, "Black Cop's Kid," on growing up with a police officer as a father and how Black activism in sports has changed since the 1960s.

Senators discuss their proposal that would repair the infrastructure of HBCUS and

4:51pm October 05, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Senators Chris Coons, D-Del., and Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., about their proposed act which would update the infrastructure of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

The Baron de Mackau of France presenting demands to Jean-Pierre Boyer, President of Haiti, in 1825

'The Greatest Heist In History': How Haiti Was Forced To Pay Reparations For Freedom

10:40am October 05, 2021

by Greg Rosalsky

Haiti is one of the poorest nations in the world, and rich countries have their fingerprints all over the nation's stunted development.

Aerial view of rain forest. Daintree River. Daintree National Park. Queensland Australia.

A historic rainforest and other lands have been returned to Indigenous Australians

6:16am October 05, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The Queensland government agreed to return more than 160,000 hectares of land, including the historic Daintree National Park, to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji community.

National

Museum tracing legacy of slavery in America marks moment for 'truth-telling'

6:07pm October 03, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, about the newly expanded "Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration."

Cmdr. Jeanine Menze, stationed at Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in Oahu, Hawaii, in 2006.

National

How the Coast Guard's 1st Black woman pilot helped give the next one her wings

7:14am October 02, 2021

Jeanine Menze was discouraged from pursuing her dream to fly planes when she didn't see any women of color in the field. Then she met La'Shanda Holmes. "When I met you, I saw myself," Menze told her.

Nadine Seiler poses with a piece of artwork that was once displayed on the fence outside the White House. Seiler is working to find new homes for the 700+ signs/artifacts.

She guarded the Black Lives Matter memorial. Now, she's working to protect its art

7:00am October 02, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

Nadine Seiler, one of those who watched over a fence at what became Black Lives Matter Plaza, is working to find homes for more than 700 artifacts that once covered the structure near the White House.

Michelle Zauner (L) of Japanese Breakfast performs with drummer Craig Hendrix at the Intersect music festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on December 07, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

You Are What You Cook

6:00am October 02, 2021

by Alyssa Jeong Perry

In her memoir, Crying In H Mart, released earlier this year, author and musician Michelle Zauner explores how cooking helped her understand her identity as a Korean American after her mother's death.

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