Race

During the Sept. 29 presidential debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden in Cleveland, President Trump declined to denounce white supremacists. Days later he told Fox News that he condemned right-wing hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Proud Bo

Critics Accuse Trump Of Using Race To Divide Americans

4:40pm October 09, 2020

by Leila Fadel

President Trump's alarming rhetoric on race is a feature of his 2020 campaign. His actions have normalized racist fringe ideologies and encouraged extremists, according to critics.

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Music & Culture

How Law Enforcement Has Historically Targeted Hip-Hop Artists

7:03am October 09, 2020

NPR's new podcast Louder Than A Riot looks at the interconnected rise of hip-hop and mass incarceration.

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, pictured in March 2019, told NPR the threat posed by individuals subscribing to extremist ideology is a nationwide problem.

National

Michigan AG Says White Supremacist Groups Behind Plot To Kidnap Gov. Whitmer

9:56pm October 08, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

"This effort to have a mass uprising nationally is something that we should be very concerned about because, again, it's not just a Michigan problem, this is an American problem," Dana Neseel said.

National

Louisville Police Release Internal Report Into Breonna Taylor Shooting

10:18am October 08, 2020

by Eleanor Klibanoff

In the long-awaited internal report, authorities laid out their investigation about what led up to, and happened the night that police fatally shot Breonna Taylor in her home.

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National

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin Is Released On $1 Million Bail Bond

2:10pm October 07, 2020

by Bill Chappell

The charges against Chauvin in the death of George Floyd include murder in the third degree, which his release notice describes as "perpetrating eminently dangerous act and evincing depraved mind."

Let My People Vote: My Battle to Restore the Civil Rights of Returning Citizens, by Desmond Meade

'Let My People Vote' Tells Of One Man's Journey To Getting 1.4 Million Back A Voice

8:34am October 07, 2020

by Martha Anne Toll

Desmond Meade rose from addiction, homelessness, and prison to run a campaign to re-enfranchise more than one million Florida voters; it's a tale of hope, persistence, and the power of organizing.

"The government chooses to persecute us for doing no more than exercising our right to defend ourselves, our home, our property and our family," said Mark McCloskey, alongside his wife Patricia on Tuesday outside the Carnahan Courthouse.

National

White Gun-Wielding St. Louis Couple Reportedly Indicted By Grand Jury

9:48pm October 06, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

"I've been told they've been charged with exhibiting a firearm and tampering with evidence," Joel Schwartz, who represents Mark and Patricia McCloskey told NPR.

A man waits to cross the street in the largely Latino neighborhood of East Los Angeles on Aug. 7. California has implemented a new health equity metric to help address the outsize effect of coronavirus on the state's communities of color.

To Tackle Racial Disparities In COVID-19, California Enacts New Metric For Reopening

6:24pm October 06, 2020

Dr. Mark Ghaly, California's health secretary, discusses a new health equity metric that requires larger counties to reduce coronavirus rates in minority communities before businesses can reopen.

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How The America's Racial Justice Protests Have Affected A Port City Across The Ocean

5:06pm October 06, 2020

Two weeks after George Floyd's killing, protesters in Bristol, England, brought down the statue of a slave trader. NPR follows the ripples of America's racial justice protests across the Atlantic.

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The MacArthur 'Genius Grant' winners for 2020.

Amidst Global Troubles, MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Winners 'Provoke And Inspire'

4:11pm October 06, 2020

by Petra Mayer

This year's MacArthur Fellows — recipients of what's commonly called the Genius Grant — include artists, scientists, dancers and more. They'll each receive a no-strings-attached $625,000 award.