Race

Politics & Government

Biden Administration Aims To Advance Racial Equity With Executive Actions

6:55am January 27, 2021

by Carrie Johnson

President Biden has signed executive orders designed to promote equity in housing, phase out some private prisons and promote respect for Native American and Asian American communities.

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News Brief: Vaccine Doses, Executive Orders, Biden-Putin Call

6:02am January 27, 2021

The Biden administration is working to secure 200 million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Biden signed executive actions to address systemic racism, and had his first call with Russia's leader.

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Some Advocates Worry Biden's Executive Actions On Racial Justice Are Too Weak

4:22pm January 26, 2021

by Ayesha Rascoe

President Biden signed four executive actions intended to make good on his campaign promises on racial justice. But some advocates are concerned they don't go far enough.

Susan Rice, President Biden's domestic policy adviser, discusses his racial equity agenda Tuesday at the White House.

Politics & Government

Biden White House Aims To Advance Racial Equity With Executive Actions

3:48pm January 26, 2021

by Brian Naylor

President Biden on Tuesday signed four executive actions aimed at upholding one of his key campaign themes.

The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto by Charles M. Blow

Charles Blow's 'The Devil You Know' Is A Black Power Manifesto For Our Time

12:21pm January 26, 2021

by Hope Wabuke

Blow's book is a call to action for Black Americans to reconsider their Great Migration North and imagine new possibilities of Black political might.

Religion

90-Year-Old Auschwitz Survivor Shares Her Story

9:10am January 26, 2021

by Lisa Weiner

Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday, we hear from Ruth Cohen, an Auschwitz survivor, about her message to young people about the importance of the phrase: never forget.

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Supporters rally outside the U.S. Treasury Department in 2019 to demand that American abolitionist Harriet Tubman's image be put on the $20 bill.

Biden Administration Will 'Speed Up' Efforts To Put Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill

4:27pm January 25, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

Press secretary Jen Psaki said it's important that "our money ... reflect the history and diversity of our country." The effort to redesign the $20 bill foundered during the Trump administration.

'Throughline': The Rise Of The Modern White Power Movement

6:21am January 25, 2021

NPR's history podcast Throughline examines the evolution of the modern white power movement, starting at the end of the Vietnam War.

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Understanding Multiracial Whiteness And Trump Supporters

7:59am January 24, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Cristina Beltran, professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University, about the phenomenon of "multi-racial whiteness."

Health & Safety

New York City's Vaccine Outreach Aims To Dispel Mistrust Among Communities Of Color

8:46am January 23, 2021

by Fred Mogul

New York City is trying to build trust for coronavirus vaccines by doing pop-up food banks and flu vaccine clinics at churches and community centers in minority neighborhoods.

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