Race

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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News

North Carolina A&T Staffer Finds Noose Hanging In University Building

4:02pm November 08, 2017

by Sean Bueter

A university contractor has been fired after a noose was found in a North Carolina A&T facility. The incident was first reported Tuesday.

The U.S. Air Force Academy has completed its investigation into an incident of racist graffiti on campus. The school's terrazzo and chapel are seen here in Colorado Springs, Colo., this summer.

Air Force Academy Cadet Wrote Slur Outside His Own Door, School Says

10:56am November 08, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The epithet was written on message boards outside the rooms of five black cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy's preparatory school in September.

National

More Than Half Of Latinos Surveyed Say Applying To College Wasn't Discussed With Them

6:17pm November 07, 2017

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

A poll asked: When you were growing up, were you encouraged to apply to college, discouraged from applying or was this never discussed?

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Chart of Latinos experiencing negative comments or assumptions.

There's An Immigration Gap In How Latinos Perceive Discrimination

9:29pm November 05, 2017

by Adrian Florido

A new survey found that Latinos born in the U.S. were nearly twice as likely as immigrant Latinos to say that someone had made negative assumptions about them because of their race or ethnicity.

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Workers pull pipes from an oil well in 2016 near Crescent, Okla. The oil industry wants to attract a new, more diverse generation of workers, but a history of racism and sexism makes that difficult.

Big Oil Has A Diversity Problem

7:50am November 05, 2017

by Jeff Brady

The business wants to attract more women and minorities, but a history of racism and sexism makes that difficult.

Why Is The Opioid Epidemic Overwhelmingly White?

6:07pm November 04, 2017

The opioid epidemic is ravaging large parts of the American population. But some races are being hit harder than others. Dr. Andrew Kolodny, a drug abuse expert, explains why that might be the case.

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In her San Francisco home, NeDina Brocks-Capla has made a shrine filled with memories of son Kareem Jones, who died of sickle cell disease in 2013.

Health & Safety

Sickle Cell Patients Endure Discrimination, Poor Care And Shortened Lives

2:18pm November 04, 2017

by Jenny Gold

About 100,000 people in the United States have sickle cell disease, and most of them are African-American. While there is effective care for the disease, it's difficult for patients to obtain.

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