Race

A new multi-story residential building (left) and an older style one-story space sit side by side on 12th Street in the East Austin neighborhood of Austin, Texas. The neighborhood has experienced a strong wave of gentrification which often pushes people o

Once A Bustling Black Enclave, East Austin Residents Make A Suburban Exodus

5:34pm July 12, 2017

by Audrey Mcglinchy

The community "doesn't really exist anymore as it did," one former resident of East Austin said. Even the local pastor, who served for 30 years, says he's been pushed out by rising home prices.

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Newark, N.J., Lives With Aftermath Of Race Riots 50 Years Later

4:35pm July 12, 2017

by Alexandra Hill

Fifty years after Newark, N.J., erupted in response to police treatment of an African-American resident, the city still lives with the aftermath.

"For nearly half a century, I've tracked Hollywood's Arabs and Muslims. Almost always I found that they've appeared as villains," Jack Shaheen said in a talk at the National Press Club in March 2017.

A Powerful Voice Against Arab Stereotyping, Jack Shaheen, Dies

6:32pm July 10, 2017

by Kat Chow

Shaheen, an author and critic, spent his life battling stereotypes of Muslims and Arab-Americans in popular culture. He died Sunday in South Carolina.

Activist Bree Newsome scaled a flagpole and removed the Confederate flag from a monument at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C following a deadly shooting at a historically black church in Charleston. The flag was officially removed from the grounds days lat

National

2 Years After S.C.'s Flag Came Down, Cities Grapple With Confederate Symbols

11:28am July 10, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

A Confederate flag came down at the South Carolina statehouse weeks after the murders of nine people at a historically black church. Such symbols continue to generate controversy.

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Protesters gesture at a man wearing a Confederate flag before a KKK rally in Charlottesville on Saturday.

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Protesters Surround KKK Gathering In Charlottesville

4:25pm July 09, 2017

by James Doubek

A few dozen Ku Klux Klan members rallied to protest the removal of a Confederate statue in a park in Charlottesville, Va. But about 1,000 people showed up to oppose them.

Science

Young Black Girls Face 'Adultification'

8:14am July 09, 2017

A new study shows that black girls are viewed as less innocent and in need of less protection than white girls. A Martinez speaks to two authors of the study: Rebecca Epstein and Dr. Jamilia Blake.

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Rick Najera, Jeff Yang Talk Hollywood's Racial Wage Gap

6:07pm July 08, 2017

After two Asian-American actors say they quit CBS's Hawaii Five-O over unequal pay, NPR's Michel Martin talks with writer Rick Najera and podcast host Jeff Yang about Hollywood's racial wage gap.

The Frederick Douglass Statue in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol in 2013. On July 3, the National Archives hosted a reading of Douglass' essay about the Fourth of July.

'What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?' Frederick Douglass, Revisited

3:23pm July 05, 2017

by Abigail Censky

Two readings, 165 years apart, addressed to a nation at a precarious political moment. Why Frederick Douglass' famous 1852 anti-slavery speech is still read — and still resonates — in 2017.

Elise Tries purikura, the original Snapchat.

Video: Japan's 'Purikura' Photo Booths Offer Snapchat-Like Filters

1:59pm July 03, 2017

by Elise Hu

In NPR's Elise Tries series, correspondent Elise Hu tries out new experiences in East Asia. In Tokyo, she checks out Japanese purikura photo booths, which produce selfies to decorate and print out.

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The Code Switch podcast is celebrating its first anniversary.

From Mourning to 'Moonlight': A Year In Race, As Told By Code Switch

11:36am June 29, 2017

by Leah Donnella

As we light a candle on the Code Switch podcast's birthday cake, our team looks back on the stories that mattered.

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