Race

The Washington Homestead Grays, seen here around 1946, split their home games between Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. The team won the Negro World Series in 1948, the championship's final year.

Museum Head: Baseball's Embrace Of Negro Leagues Is An Atonement, Not A Validation

7:00am June 18, 2021

by Bill Chappell

Baseball's box scores instantly turn human accomplishments into history. But for decades, Negro League players' statistics were kept segregated from other major leagues.

New York City Honors Important Black Americans With New Parks

4:57am June 18, 2021

Just in time for the new federal holiday Juneteenth, New York City is naming 16 parks for prominent Black Americans.

Morning News Brief

4:57am June 18, 2021

Juneteenth has been signed into law as a federal holiday. As U.S. prepares to pull troops out of Afghanistan, allies are left behind in danger. And, Iranians elect a new president.

National

Biden Signs Into Law Bill Making Juneteenth A Federal Holiday

4:57am June 18, 2021

by Brian Naylor

President Biden has signed legislation making Juneteenth, when enslaved people in Texas were told of their freedom in 1865, a federal holiday. It will be commemorated for the first time Friday.

Education

Nikole Hannah-Jones' Tenure Rejection Rocks UNC Campus

4:57am June 18, 2021

by David Folkenflik

The decision highlights the divisions between her view of the mission of journalism and Arkansas newspaper publisher whose name adorns the school.

Patricia McCloskey and her husband Mark McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor crimes on Thursday. They also agreed to forfeit both weapons they used when they confronted protesters in front of their home in June of last year.

National

The Couple Who Waved Guns At BLM Protesters Plead Guilty To Misdemeanors

9:55pm June 17, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

The wealthy duo's defense lawyer told NPR they "understand that what they did is a violation of Missouri law" but if faced with a similar situation, Mark McCloskey would do it again.

President Biden signs the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act in the East Room of the White House on Thursday.

Juneteenth Is Now A Federal Holiday

6:03pm June 17, 2021

by Alana Wise

June 19 is a commemoration of the end of chattel slavery in the United States, marking the day enslaved people in Texas were finally freed — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

National

Juneteenth Is Now A Federal Holiday, Commemorating Slavery's End

4:52pm June 17, 2021

by Adrian Florido

President Biden signed a law Thursday making June 19 a federal holiday. Juneteenth, as the day is known, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.

A Columnist's Reaction To England Men's Soccer Team Taking A Knee

4:46pm June 17, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with writer Nels Abbey about his recent column surrounding fans booing the English men's national soccer team for taking a knee in honor of Black Lives Matter.

With The Eviction Moratorium's End Looming, Black Renters Likely To Be Hit Hard

4:46pm June 17, 2021

by Chris Arnold

Black renters face eviction at twice the rate of white renters in the U.S. and there's evidence the pandemic hit Black renters harder. A federal moratorium on evictions is expiring at the end of June.