Trump Appointee Resigns After Bigoted Comments Surface
Carl Higbie, appointed by President Trump to serve in the agency that runs AmeriCorps, has apologized for remarks that derided black people, Muslims and other groups.
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A Former Neo-Nazi Explains Why Hate Drew Him In — And How He Got Out
Christian Picciolini spent eight years as a member of a violent, white power skinhead group. He eventually withdrew and co-founded a nonprofit to help extremists disengage.
Wes Studi On His Cherokee Nation Childhood And How He Discovered Acting
Studi says he was a Vietnam veteran looking for a rush when he got into community theater and "rediscovered that huge wall of fear." He plays a Cheyenne chief in the new film Hostiles.
Protesting Is Uncomfortable. Should It Be Easier?
This week on Ask Code Switch, a question from a Florida high school student who wants to know how to fight against injustice without antagonizing his teachers.
'Racial Impostor Syndrome': Here Are Your Stories
We got more than 100 letters from our listeners about how y'all feel like fakes. Here are some of our favorites.
What Stories Do You Want From Code Switch In 2018?
New year, new stories. Let us know which topics, stories and notable people you want us to cover in the coming year.
NAACP Honors Memphis Sanitation Workers Who Went On Strike In 1968
Some 1,300 black men from the Memphis Department of Public Works went on strike 50 years ago to protest poor working conditions. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about them a day before his assassination.
The Huddled Masses And The Myth Of America
The United States has always thought of itself as a nation of immigrants. So why has immigration been such a controversial topic throughout our nation's history?
'They Didn't Want Me There': Remembering The Terror Of School Integration
In 1957, three years after the Supreme Court declared segregated schools unconstitutional, Melba Pattillo Beals was one of nine black students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Ark.
Meet The Fearless Cook Who Secretly Fed — And Funded — The Civil Rights Movement
Georgia Gilmore organized black women to cook without raising the suspicions of their white employers, and poured the proceeds into an alternative transportation system for Montgomery bus boycotters.