Race

In a full-issue article on Australia that ran in National Geographic in 1916, aboriginal Australians were called "savages" who "rank lowest in intelligence of all human beings." The magazine examines its history of racist coverage in its April issue.

'National Geographic' Reckons With Its Past: 'For Decades, Our Coverage Was Racist'

8:52pm March 12, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Before it could publish an issue on race, the magazine first had to look at its own history. "Some of what you find in our archives leaves you speechless," writes editor Susan Goldberg.

U.S. Air Force Retired Lt. Col. Floyd J. Carter has died at age 95. One of the last of the Tuskegee Airmen, Carter is seen here signing the tail of a TU-43 plane at the opening of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Tuskegee, Ala., in 2008.

National

Floyd J. Carter, A Tuskegee Airman And NYPD Detective, Dies At 95

2:42pm March 12, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Carter was one of the last of the Tuskegee Airmen, the famous unit that overcame both internal challenges and enemy fire to serve in World War II.

Student Activist On Guns In Schools

8:16am March 11, 2018

Kaila Caffey, a senior at Central High School and activist with the Philadelphia Student Union, works to make schools safe for students of color. She talks with NPR's Renee Montagne.

The Mind Of The Village: Understanding Our Implicit Biases

5:38pm March 09, 2018

A culture of racism can infect us all. On this week's radio show, we discuss the implicit biases we carry that have been forged by the society around us.

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Crime

Officer Charged With Assaulting Black Jaywalking Suspect

11:34am March 09, 2018

by Jonathan Drew, Associated Press

A white police officer whose body camera recorded him beating a black pedestrian he accused of jaywalking has been arrested on assault charges in North Carolina.

"Women are just 32 percent of newsrooms, but the percentage of women of color is even more dire," Cristal Williams Chancellor, director of communications at the Women's Media Center, told NPR.

National

Women Of Color Are Severely Underrepresented In Newsrooms, Study Says

7:05pm March 07, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

They make up just 7.95 percent of U.S. print newsroom staff, 12.6 percent of local TV news staff and 6.2 percent of local radio staff.

The South Cumberland Elementary School mural before it was altered. Cumberland County personnel changed it Monday after the painting was called racist in a social media post Friday.

Elementary School Mural That Seemed To Depict A Lynching Has Been Changed

9:57am March 07, 2018

by Asia Simone Burns

The painting was intended to portray a school rivalry, but critics say the mural was racist.

A customer approaches the window at Saartj, a pop-up food stall in New Orleans running a social experiment. Customers of color are charged the listed $12 price for a meal. White customers are told about the income gap in New Orleans between whites and Afr

Food Stall Serves Up A Social Experiment: Charge White Customers More Than Minorities

10:17pm March 02, 2018

by Maria Godoy

To highlight racial income disparity, a chef in New Orleans opened a food stall, asking whites to pay $30 and people of color to pay $12 for the same meal. How did it play out?

Why Race Should Be Included In The Conversation About Arming Teachers

4:20pm March 02, 2018

President Trump has talked about a plan to arm more teachers as a way to prevent school shootings like the one at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Stephanie Gates, a black teacher in Chicago, about why it's important to include race in the conversation around arming teachers.

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Trump Pick For Sentencing Commission Has History Of Racially Charged Remarks

2:32pm March 02, 2018

by Carrie Johnson

The president has nominated a lawyer who has adopted a tough approach to drug crimes and has a history of making racially charged remarks about punishment to serve on the U.S. Sentencing Commission.