Race

Do you believe you have ever personally experienced discrimination because you are Native American when applying for jobs?

National

Poll: Native Americans See Far More Discrimination In Areas Where They Are A Majority

7:30am November 14, 2017

by Joe Neel

Native Americans reported discrimination far more often in employment and in interactions with law enforcement if they lived on tribal lands or areas where the population is mostly Native American.

'The Atlantic': The Making Of An American Nazi

6:13am November 14, 2017

As the founder of the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, Andrew Anglin has been described as the alt-right's most effective propagandist. Steve Inskeep talks to Luke O'Brien who wrote about Anglin.

Wind River Reservation in Ethete, Wyo., is home to two tribes, the Northern Arapaho and the Eastern Shoshone. The tribes have a history of conflict, but recently passed federal legislation called the Tribal Law and Order Act is motivating them to work tog

National

For Native Americans Facing Sexual Assault, Justice Feels Out Of Reach

5:01am November 14, 2017

by Melodie Edwards

Half of American Indians living in majority-Native areas say they or a family member feels he or she has been treated unfairly by the courts, according to an NPR poll.

National

FBI Data Shows The Number Of Hate Crimes Are Rising

4:58pm November 13, 2017

by Ryan Lucas

Data released by the FBI on hate crimes in the U.S. shows that 58 percent of the hate crime incidents last year were motivated by a victim's race. FBI data is based on voluntary reporting from more than 15,000 local law enforcement agencies, but civil rights groups argue the study is flawed because it undercounts the number of hate crimes.

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Univision Names Ilia Calderon As Co-Anchor Of Its Flagship Evening News Program

4:06pm November 10, 2017

by Adrian Florido

Univision has named Ilia Calderon as co-anchor of Noticiero Univision — Spanish-language media's most important evening news show. Calderon is the first Afro-Latina to anchor a national news program

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Arts

Titus Kaphar: How Can We Address Centuries of Racism In Art?

9:22am November 10, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

Western art contains countless paintings and sculptures that reveal a painful history of racism. We can't erase that history, but artist Titus Kaphar has begun the long and hard work of amending it.

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Books
Arts

Joe Ide: Creating A Complicated Hero From the Hood

6:00am November 10, 2017

Joe Ide and his brothers hung out almost exclusively with the neighborhood kids in South Los Angeles. Years later, the city's old haunts and characters worked their way into his books.

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