Race

Racial Tensions Flare In Baton Rouge After Police Fatally Shoot A Black Man

7:50am July 07, 2016

From Louisiana, Albert Samuels, a professor at Southern University, talks about the racial make-up and history between Baton Rouge's African-American community and police. David Greene reports.

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National

Justice Department Investigates Baton Rouge Police Shooting

7:50am July 07, 2016

by Martin Kaste

A day after police shot and killed Anton Sterling, local authorities turned the criminal probe over to federal officials. That most likely wouldn't have happened before the age of Black Lives Matter.

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Tuskegee Airman Roscoe Brown poses during the publicity tour for the 2012 movie, Red Tails. The film was based on their experiences during World War II.

National

Remembering Tuskegee Airman Roscoe Brown, Educator And Civil Rights Trailblazer

3:26pm July 06, 2016

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Brown was one of the last surviving "Red Tail" pilots of the famed Tuskegee Airmen. These African-American pilots served in World War II, laying the foundation for integrating the U.S. armed forces.

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At a recent anti-Donald Trump protest in Anaheim, California, this couple said they saved the U.S. flag from a Trump supporter who was trying to get Latinos to trample it. Nervous about giving their full names, he said his was Anthony, and she said she wa

The Code Switch Podcast, Episode 7: You're A Grand Old Flag

2:28pm July 06, 2016

by Ericka Cruz Guevarra

Who is the American flag for? And what does it mean when people of color choose to wave it — or not wave it? Gene and Adrian dig in.

World News

Number Of Hate Crimes Rising In The U.K.

5:02pm July 03, 2016

Police forces say the number of hate crimes reported in the U.K. has increased dramatically in the week since the "Brexit" vote. Esmat Jeraj of Citizens UK talks about the recent racial tension.

New Census Bureau estimates show that babies of color now outnumber non-Hispanic white babies who are 12 months old or younger.

Babies Of Color Are Now The Majority, Census Says

4:59pm July 01, 2016

by Kendra Yoshinaga

Today's generation of schoolchildren looks much different than one just a few decades ago.

President Obama is interviewed by NPR's Steve Inskeep at the White House on Monday.

President Obama Defends His Record On Race

3:00pm July 01, 2016

by Alicia Montgomery

In an interview with NPR, Obama answers critics among people of color who say that, despite their overwhelming support at the ballot box, he hasn't delivered enough results for their communities.

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Suki Kim is the author of Without You, There Is No Us.

Mislabeled As A Memoirist, Author Asks: Whose Work Gets To Be Journalism?

1:38pm July 01, 2016

by NPR Staff

Suki Kim wrote Without You, There Is No Us after working undercover as a teacher in North Korea. She says the response to her book is also a response to her identity as Korean and a woman.

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Wilson Ramos got a tattoo of his brother's name, Jose "Cheo" Maldonado, inked on his right forearm in memory of Maldonado, who died after a police officer shot him with a stun gun inside a jail cell in East Hartford, Conn.

National

Who Gets Tased? First Statewide Study Reveals Racial Disparities

6:34pm June 30, 2016

by Hansi Lo Wang

Connecticut is the first state requiring police fill out a form when they use a stun gun. Research shows police used stun guns on black and Latino suspects at a higher rate than on white suspects.

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In District Merchants, Akeem Davis plays Lance, a freed slave who has a crisis of conscience when he learns his boss, Shylock, may have been involved in the slave trade.

Arts

This Shakespeare Reconstruction Sets 'Merchant' In Post-Civil War D.C.

6:34pm June 30, 2016

by Elizabeth Blair

In District Merchants, Shylock is still Jewish, but half of the other characters are freed slaves. The playwright says he was inspired but a reference to slavery in Shakespeare's original text.

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