Race

Canadian MP Wants An Investigation Into Crimes Against Indigenous People

7:01am July 13, 2021

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, a member of the Canadian parliament, about Canada grappling with a history of injustice against Indigenous people.

Arizona Needs To Better Incorporate Spanish Into Its Vaccination Plan, Activists Say

4:25pm July 12, 2021

by Angela Gervasi

Vaccination rates for white people are nearly double those for Latino residents in Arizona. Activists say the state has been slow to incorporate Spanish into its vaccination campaign.

New Survey Shows What Parts Of U.S. History Kids Across America Are Actually Learning

4:25pm July 12, 2021

by Cory Turner

Amidst the heated debate around critical race theory, a new survey of states' U.S. history and civics standards sheds new light on what students are actually learning about race and racism.

Education

Texas Lawmakers Take Aim At Critical Race Theory

5:23pm July 11, 2021

Texas' governor says a new education bill designed to keep critical race theory out of the state's classrooms doesn't go far enough. Texas school districts deny they even teach critical race theory.

Jean Satterfield plays the revolutionary leader of an underground women's army in the 1983 feminist classic Born in Flames.

Arts

This 1983 Feminist Film Was Set In The Dystopian Future, So Basically Right Now

5:23pm July 11, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

Born in Flames was made by pioneering underground filmmaker Lizzie Borden. She vanished from screens for decades, and now her work is being rediscovered.

National

Where Portland, Oregon, Stands A Year After Being A Protest Hotspot

9:36am July 11, 2021

by Jonathan Levinson

Racial justice protests in Portland, Ore., have quieted down since last year. The city is now grappling with whether promises for police accountability will actually take shape in the coming months.

Politics & Government

Latino Voters Are Leaving The Democratic Party

8:50am July 11, 2021

New information about the 2020 election reveals a growing shift among Latino voters away from the Democratic party. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with OpenLabs R&D researcher David Shor about it.

Marcellus Cadd signing his name in Round Rock, Texas, after finding a cache in all 254 counties in the state.

National

Geocaching While Black: Outdoor Pastime Reveals Racism And Bias

8:50am July 11, 2021

by Sarah Kate Kramer

One Black geocacher writes about harrowing encounters, such as being called "boy" and finding a cache hidden inside a flagpole flying the Confederate flag.

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland recently announced the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative in part, "to address the intergenerational impact of Indian boarding schools."

A Federal Probe Into Indian Boarding School Gravesites Seeks To Bring Healing

7:00am July 11, 2021

by Noelle E. C. Evans

The U.S. is about to undertake a national investigation into hundreds of American Indian boarding schools that operated for more than a century and served to "kill the Indian to save the man."

During a special emergency meeting, the Charlottesville City Council unanimously voted to remove another a statue of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Shoshone interpreter Sacagawea.

National

After Removing Two Statues, Charlottesville Officials Vote To Take Down A Third

6:56pm July 10, 2021

by Dave Mistich

First, the city took down statues of confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Then its council voted to remove a statue featuring Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Sacagawea.