Race

Cheryl Dunye's 1996 debut, The Watermelon Woman, is being added to the Criterion Collection. It's a long overdue honor for the filmmaker who shaped how Black LGBTQ+ stories are told.

Arts

Some advice from filmmaker Cheryl Dunye: 'Keep putting yourself out where you belong'

5:00am July 08, 2023

by Allyson McCabe

Dunye's 1996 debut, The Watermelon Woman, is being added to the Criterion Collection. It's a long overdue honor for the filmmaker who shaped how Black LGBTQ+ stories are told.

National

The Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action may impact workplace hiring practices

4:23pm July 07, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Harvard law professor Noah Feldman on the implications the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action will have on businesses.

The rates of death for pregnant Black women have doubled the last 20 years

4:23pm July 07, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with nurse midwife Karen Sheffield-Abdullah about Black maternal health.

French President Emmanuel Macron the violent clashes that erupted after a teen was shot dead by police last week have been influenced, at least in part, by violent video games.

After days of destruction, Macron blames a familiar bogeyman: video games

10:31am July 07, 2023

by Vanessa Romo

Violence has erupted across France after the fatal police shooting of a teen. President Macron has, in part, blamed video games, adding him to the list of leaders who have cited the debunked theory.

National

Colorado's new alert system is helping to locate missing Indigenous people

5:02am July 07, 2023

by Matt Bloom

The system is meant to alert the public when someone from the Indigenous community goes missing, but advocates are frustrated by delays in getting alerts out. (Story aired on ATC on July 3, 2023.

American anthem 'We're a Winner' was one of the first hits centered on Black pride

5:23pm July 06, 2023

by Eric Deggans

R&B legend Curtis Mayfield's 1967 hit "We're a Winner" broke ground as one of the first commercial hits centered on Black pride during the civil rights movement.

With affirmative action over, legacy college admissions should go too, advocates say

4:37pm July 06, 2023

by Elissa Nadworny

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on affirmative action renewed calls for elite institutions to eliminate "legacy" admissions — or granting advantages to the children of people who attended.

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A new short story collection showcases the diversity of the Black Muslim experience

4:26pm July 05, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with author Aaliyah Bilal about her new book Temple Folk, which tells the stories of dozens of Black Muslims over the course of several decades.

National

Frederick Douglass' descendants read 'What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?'

4:10pm July 04, 2023

Descendants of Frederick Douglass read excerpts from one of his most famous speeches: "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" Douglass gave this speech to a group of abolitionists 170 years ago.

National

Examining a line from the Declaration of Independence: All men are created equal

8:09am July 04, 2023

by Steve Inskeep

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning historians discuss the history of the Declaration of Independence, and its founding principle that "all men are created equal."

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