Race

White Supremacists Trying To Recruit On College Campuses

8:06am April 08, 2017

White supremacists are stepping up recruitment efforts on college campuses. NPR's Scott Simon asks Emerson College President Lee Pelton how he's responded to racist fliers and emails on his campus.

Detail of cover of America #2, by Gabby Rivera and Joe Quinones, starring America Chavez, Marvel's lesbian Latina superhero.

Books
Arts

Beyond The Pale (Male): Marvel, Diversity And A Changing Comics Readership

8:06am April 08, 2017

by Glen Weldon

Comments about diversity in superhero comics made last week by a Marvel executive unleashed an online firestorm. But heroes who look more like the growing comics readership are here to stay.

The Nuyorican Poets Cafe remains a wildly diverse venue influenced by its mostly Puerto Rican founders who claimed it as a site of artistry and resistance in 1973.

The Nuyorican Poets Café, A Cauldron for Poetry And Politics

4:01am April 08, 2017

by Manuel Betancourt

It embodies the belief that anyone can take the stage and interpret one of the most accessible art forms and "reveal poetry as a living art."

Social media postings showing parents "disciplining" their children, including (from left) LaToya Graham, ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Tavis Sellers, went viral.

Health & Safety

The Perils And False Rewards Of Parenting In The Era Of 'Digi-Discipline'

1:01pm April 07, 2017

by Denene Millner

In a society where black people have power, beating children and posting it on social media is just as much about performing respectability as it is punishing wrongdoing.

Black-and white-keffiyeh like the one pictured above, have been long associated with Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian resistance. This week, fast-fashion Brit emporium Top Shop, used similar fabric for a "scarf playsuit."

National

This Week In Race: Pepsi Challenged; Appropriation Nation; Black Twitter Explained

4:31am April 07, 2017

by Karen Grigsby Bates

California's Senate votes to limit the cooperation police can give immigration authorities, while research shows fear of deportation can make people sick. And, Pepsi's unity message backfires.

Talvin Singh at the rehearsal for the "Cleveland Watkiss at 50" concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall on Nov. 19, 2009 during the London Jazz Festival.

A Look Back As The Asian Underground Turns 20

2:25pm April 06, 2017

by Adwait Patil

This new sound became "trendy" in Great Britain. The mainstream media lapped it, and Billboard declared "British Asian Scene on Brink of Mainstream," as it tried to normalize the movement.

Starsky Robotics is retrofitting large trucks to make them driverless. The startup hopes that by the end of the year, it will be able to operate a truck without a person physically sitting in the vehicle.

How Driverless Vehicles Could Harm Professional Drivers Of Color

4:32pm April 05, 2017

by Vignesh Ramachandran

African-American professional drivers earn a median annual wage nearly $2,500 higher than in nondriving jobs. For Hispanic drivers it's a $5,800 premium, and Native American drivers earn $2,000 more.

Comics and graphic novels have become a flourishing space for explorations of race and identity. But what are the compromises they have to make to reach and please wide audiences?

Changing Colors In Comics

4:14pm April 05, 2017

by Gene Demby

Gene Demby and guest host Glen Weldon (our play cousin from Pop Culture Happy Hour) explore how comics are used as spaces for mapping race and identity.

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Advertisers are beginning to pull their commercials from Fox News star Bill O'Reilly's flagship broadcast as allegations of sexual harassment continue to grow.

National

As Scandals Crest, Fox News Once More Under Siege

11:10am April 05, 2017

by David Folkenflik

Advertisers are beginning to pull their commercials from Fox News star Bill O'Reilly's flagship broadcast as allegations of sexual harassment continue to grow.

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Hit-and-run accidents in California decreased by as much as 10 percent after the state passed a law in 2013 granting driver's licenses to unauthorized immigrants, say researchers at Stanford University.

How Offering Driver's Licenses To Immigrants Here Illegally Makes Roads Safer

4:58pm April 04, 2017

by Adrian Florido

A 2013 California law that granted driver's licenses to immigrants in the country illegally reduced hit-and-run accidents by 7 to 10 percent in 2015, meaning roughly 4,000 fewer hit-and-runs.