6 books to help young readers learn about Black history
Five authors, librarians and book shop owners suggest turning to literature to help teach kids about Black history, culture and themes for this Black History Month.
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Newly released recordings reveal what officers said after Tyre Nichols' fatal beating
About 21 hours of newly released video and audio are revealing more about what first responders in Memphis, Tenn., did and said the night Nichols was pulled over and mortally injured.
Why the American Museum of Natural History is closing some Native American exhibits
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Sean Decatur, president of the American Museum of Natural History, about why some Native American exhibits are closing under a law requiring consent from Native tribes.
An Alabama engineer says a major defense contractor fired him for speaking Hindi
An engineer in Huntsville, Ala. is suing the defense contractor Parsons Corporation for discrimination, arguing he was fired for speaking his native Hindi language at work.
What a Jim Crow-era asylum can teach us about mental health today
NBC journalist Antonia Hylton spent more than a decade piecing together the history of Maryland's first segregated asylum, where Black patients were forced into manual labor. Her new book is Madness.
Biden aims for another strong showing in South Carolina's Democratic primary
The Biden campaign wants to replicate the success they had in South Carolina's primary four years ago. Black voters in the state make up much of the Democratic party electorate.
Biden wins N.H. primary following a grassroots effort to organize write-in campaign
African Americans make up a small percentage of New Hampshire's voters. NPR's Michel Martin talks to James McKim, president of the Manchester Branch of the NAACP, about the Democratic primary results.
Trump is spreading birtherism falsehoods again — this time about Nikki Haley
Trump's fire is concentrated on Nikki Haley's Indian heritage to try to undermine her candidacy and stoke concern about her legitimacy for the presidency.
Following in her mom's footsteps, a doctor fights to make medicine more inclusive
Dr. Uché Blackstock says that the 2023 SCOTUS ruling against affirmative action will have a long-term, negative impact on both Black doctors and patients. Her book is Legacy.
The effort behind getting the Blackfeet language taught on the tribe's reservation
When Lily Gladstone became the first Indigenous person to win a best actress Golden Globe, she said some words in Blackfeet. Her mother was behind efforts to get the language taught in classes.