The power of names
An excerpt from Ten Thousand Things, a podcast about modern-day artifacts of Asian American life.
Race
The Tulsa Race Massacre is recounted through family memories in 'Built from the Fire'
One family, the Goodwins, was forever changed by the attacks in Oklahoma more than a century ago and worked to ensure Tulsa acknowledged the truth about what happened.
Many teens don't know how to swim. A grassroots organization is trying to change that
First Strokes, a nonprofit based in New York City, is helping students learn water safety skills and how to swim. They offer free swimming lessons for teens — taught by other teens.
A woman remembers visiting her grandmother, a member of the Shoshone Nation in Utah
Growing up in the 1950s, Gwen Timbimboo Davis, a Native American, spent most summers visiting the reservation where her grandmother lived. She talks to her daughter about her memories.
In a surprise decision, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the 1965 Voting Rights Act
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court stepped back from the brink of totally gutting the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act, reaffirmed the precedent interpreting how legislative districts must be drawn.
'The Talk' is an epic portrait of an artist making his way through hardships
Despite its weighty, multi-tiered approach — this is not, on multiple levels, an easy read — Darrin Bell's debut graphic memoir is difficult to put down.
Study: Most textbooks don't include key events in U.S. history that involve Latinos
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Viviana López Green, senior director of the racial equity initiative at UnidosUS, about the lack of Latino history in high school textbooks.
Black immigrants to the U.S. are growing in numbers, but they don't feel understood
Tennessee's Black immigrant population is increasing. Many of those immigrants are pushing to raise awareness of their cultures and histories.
Gun deaths hit their highest level ever in 2021, with 1 person dead every 11 minutes
A new report released by Johns Hopkins University shows that gun homicides rose 7.6% from 2020, a year that set a previous U.S. record. Firearms are the leading cause of death for those under age 25.
Federal Indian boarding schools still exist, but what's inside may be surprising
The schools were tools of the U.S. government's attempts to erase tribal culture. But the few that remain have become places Native families want their children to attend.