Race

White supremacists march through Charlottesville, Va., the night before the "Unite the Right" rally in August 2017. Federal agents have arrested four men on riot charges connected to the rally.

National

4 California Men Charged With Rioting At Last Year's Rally In Charlottesville, Va.

7:06pm October 02, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The men are said to be linked to a militant white supremacist street-fighting club based in Southern California. "They were essentially serial rioters," said U.S. Attorney Thomas Cullen.

Race, Gender And Sexual Harassment

8:23am September 30, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Kimberlé Crenshaw about the role of race and gender in the Ford-Kavanaugh hearings and how it compares to Anita Hill's testimony. Crenshaw helped Hill's legal team.

National

If We Called Ourselves Yellow

3:13pm September 27, 2018

by Kat Chow

For more than a century, it has been a racial slur. But there's also a movement to reclaim the term. So, what about Yellow?

Derek Black was following in his father's footsteps in the world of white nationalism until he had a change of heart.

How A Rising Star Of White Nationalism Broke Free From The Movement

8:32am September 25, 2018

by Terry Gross

Derek Black once promoted a racist agenda by making speeches, hosting a radio show and starting a website. His change of heart is the subject of a new book, written by journalist Eli Saslow.

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The Dallas Police Department says Officer Amber Guyger's employment has been terminated.

National

Dallas Police Department Fires Amber Guyger, Officer Who Shot Man In His Own Home

5:19pm September 24, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Guyger has said she mistakenly entered the wrong apartment in her complex and shot a man she thought was a burglar. She was later arrested and charged with manslaughter.

Politics & Government

Ex-State Department Diplomat Criticizes Trump's State Department

1:42pm September 24, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to former diplomat Uzra Zeya about what she sees as declining diversity at the State Department. She worked there for 27 years but walked away from her job in the spring.

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Imani Perry, author of Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry

Books
Arts

Lorraine Hansberry: Radiant, Radical — And More Than 'Raisin'

6:28am September 22, 2018

by Karen Grigsby Bates

A new biography of the African-American playwright shows that she was so much more than her most famous work: A Raisin in the Sun.

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The 2nd South Carolina String Band in July, onstage in the main tent of the annual reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg.

The Anthemic Allure Of 'Dixie,' An Enduring Confederate Monument

6:10pm September 20, 2018

by Bilal Qureshi

Despite its origins in the popular music of the North, the song became the unofficial anthem of the Confederacy during the Civil War and still endures as a divisive symbol in modern America.

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National

Documenting The History Of Mob Violence Against African-American Veterans

7:36am September 20, 2018

by Jay Price

A large number of African-American military veterans were murdered by lynching after returning from war. An annual re-enactment of a lynching in Alabama tells one such story.

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Photographer Bill Cunningham outside Skylight Clarkson Sq during New York Fashion Week on July 15, 2015 in New York City.

Books
Arts

Bill Cunningham: A Memoir Of Style On All Levels, High And Low

6:18am September 15, 2018

by Karen Grigsby Bates

"The best fashion show is definitely on the street — always has been and always will be." Bill Cunningham

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