Race

Mansoor Shams stands in downtown Denver with his sign, "I'm A Muslim U.S. Marine Ask Anything." He is traveling the country in an effort to dispel misconceptions about Muslims.

Muslim Marine Answers Questions In Effort To Fight Islamophobia

1:00pm January 25, 2017

by NPR Staff

Mansoor Shams has been standing on street corners around the country with a sign saying, "I'm A Muslim U.S. Marine Ask Anything." It's exhausting, "but I feel like it's almost become my mission."

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The Alma Mater statue on the Columbia University campus in New York City. The university has released an initial report on its historical ties to slavery in America.

National

Columbia University Reveals Details Of Its Ties With Slavery

3:18pm January 24, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

Research by faculty and students found that leaders of King's College, which later became Columbia, owned slaves and that the institution raised money from those who owned enslaved people.

Though Donald Trump's policies may not help his voters economically, sociologist Arlie Hochschild says he is speaking to them on a deeper level: meeting their emotional needs.

Strangers in Their Own Land: The 'Deep Story' of Trump Supporters

9:42am January 24, 2017

Millions of Americans seem to ignore their own interests when it comes to how they vote. Sociologist Arlie Hochschild thinks we might be turning to politics to meet emotional needs, not economic ones.

Examining Obama's Legacy On Race Relations, And What To Expect From Trump

8:05am January 22, 2017

Journalist Debra Dickerson, GQ columnist Damon Young and Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Riley address questions of race after President Obama and looking forward to President Trump.

Demonstrators protest during the Women's March on Washington in D.C.

National

Race And Feminism: Women's March Recalls The Touchy History

9:22pm January 21, 2017

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Even as the march's diversity was being celebrated, it was also causing tension. "Historically, the term "woman" has implicitly meant white women," says a gender and Asian-American studies professor.

Intersectional Feminism: Representation In Saturday's Women's Marches

6:31pm January 21, 2017

by Karen Grigsby Bates

The Women's March on Washington is seen as a march for women's unity. But the often-fractious relationship between white feminists and women of color is giving rise to tensions.

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Thomas Eickes of Norfolk, Va., wanted his 8-year-old son Tommy to witness the "peaceful change of power" at Trump's inauguration.

There Were Hopes And Dreams Aplenty At Trump's Inauguaration, But Whose?

4:17pm January 21, 2017

by Keith Woods

I went to Donald Trump's inauguration to see if people there felt the same pride and promise that I did four years earlier. We met at a common intersection, then went very separate ways.

Supporters react on the National Mall to the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC.

As Trump Is Sworn In, Supporters Debate His Role In Healing Racial Wounds

8:26pm January 20, 2017

Fans of the new president say he could do some good in improving race relations in America. But they say the solution can't be left to him alone.

Politics & Government

Novelist Still Sees The Election Through The Lens Of Race

6:14am January 20, 2017

The morning after the presidential election, African-American novelist Attica Locke said she was "awake to what my country is telling me." How is she preparing for four years of Trump's presidency?

Obama's blackness raised the stakes of his success, exposed the constraints of his office, and made the whiteness at the center of American politics permanently visible.

Obama's Racial Legacy: Some Last Words On The First Black President

3:56am January 20, 2017

by Gene Demby

For Obama, race shaped both support and dissent, exposed the constraints of his office, and made the whiteness at the center of American politics permanently visible.