Race

Academic Who Brought Critical Race Theory To Education Says Bills Are Misguided

4:38pm June 22, 2021

Legislators are calling Critical Race Theory divisive and pushing to ban it in classrooms. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Gloria Ladson-Billings, one of the first to apply the theory in education.

National

Michael Paul Williams On His Pulitzer Commentary On Monument Avenue In Richmond, Va.

2:32pm June 22, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Paul Williams from the Richmond Times-Dispatch about his columns on the confederate statues on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va.

Priya Krishna and her mother, Ritu, in their kitchen.

National

VIDEO: Priya Krishna And Her Mom Explore 'Indian-ish' Food

11:28am June 22, 2021

Food writer Priya Krishna and her mother, Ritu Krishna, discuss influences on their Indian cooking. They explore assimilation through food and why recipes like dal represent comfort for their family.

Flora Dillard says the help she received in upgrading her house and cutting her energy bills is "a very good program, especially for people that don't have a lot of income." She has lived in the house for 15 years.

What's The Best Way To Help The Climate And People, Too? Home Improvement

11:01am June 22, 2021

by Dan Charles

President Biden wants to spend $200 billion renovating old homes or building affordable new ones. It's a move that would fight climate change in a way that makes people's lives better.

Books
Arts

Ibram X. Kendi Recommends 6 Books To Help Your Kids Understand Race

5:43pm June 21, 2021

by Steve Inskeep

Ibram X. Kendi has been reading a lot of books about "the human rainbow" to his daughter — so we asked him to recommend some books kids can read to gain a better understanding of race in America.

A bid for tenure by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been opposed by a leading donor of the journalism school, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Publisher Walter Hussman.

Education

UNC Journalism School Tried To Give Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure. A Top Donor Objected

1:09pm June 21, 2021

by David Folkenflik

The star New York Times reporter's bid for a tenured professorship has run aground on racial politics and an approach to journalism that runs counter to the donor whose name adorns the school.

A few years ago Cleveland linked climate policy and social equity. Now the Ohio city is hoping to use federal funding to help achieve its climate action goals.

The White House Wants To Fight Climate Change And Help People. Cleveland Led The Way

11:28am June 21, 2021

by Dan Charles

The White House wants to fight climate change in ways that also remove economic and racial disparities. The city of Cleveland has a plan that describes what that might mean.

The 90-foot tall carving of Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis at Stone Mountain State Park in Georgia was completed in 1972. In recent years, activists have increased calls for the Confederate imagery to be removed.

National

Confederate Imagery On Stone Mountain Is Changing, But Not Fast Enough For Some

6:11am June 21, 2021

by Emil Moffatt

The 90-foot carving on the side of Stone Mountain in Georgia is the largest Confederate monument in the world. As the U.S. undergoes racial reckoning, the monument's future remains in doubt.

Members of the Pan African Rhythm Cooperative perform at Rotary Park in Cape May, N.J., during a celebration of Juneteenth and the town's new Harriet Tubman Museum.

National

Juneteenth Brings Joy, A New Tubman Museum And Questions Of The Future

8:50am June 20, 2021

by Peter Crimmins | WHYY

The Smithsonian magazine had named the small Harriet Tubman Museum in Cape May, N.J., as one to watch in 2020.

Politics & Government

Understanding The Republican Opposition To Critical Race Theory

7:57am June 20, 2021

by Barbara Sprunt

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Barbara Sprunt break down the Republican led efforts in the U.S. to discourage educators from teaching critical race theory in grade-level schools.