Race

Obama Answers Critics That He Hasn't Done Enough To Help Black People

6:13am June 29, 2016

Steve Inkeep talks to President Obama about how race relations have evolved during his presidency. The president says you can always find people who feel that "change hasn't happened fast enough."

Malachi Kirby plays Kunta Kinte in the updated version of Roots.

Politics & Government

As Black Drama Flourishes, Divides On Racial Equality Persist

6:00am June 29, 2016

While black stories debut on large and small screens, a Pew survey finds deep divisions on views of race in America. We examine how black America has changed through the lens of a hit TV remake.

Kurt Britz checks a driver's license at the 3-D Denver Discrete Dispensary on January 1, 2014, the first day recreational marijuana sales were legal in Colorado. Possession remains illegal for those under 21 years old, and statistics show a widening racia

National

As Adults Legally Smoke Pot In Colorado, More Minority Kids Arrested For It

5:17am June 29, 2016

by Ben Markus

The state legalized marijuana at the start of 2014 for anyone 21 or older. An increasing rate of Latino and black youths were arrested for violating that age limit, even as the white arrest rate fell.

National

WATCH: Jesse Williams On Black Lives, Equal Rights And Freedom

9:47am June 27, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

As he accepted BET's Humanitarian Award, the actor spoke about police brutality, oppression and the appropriation of black culture. "We've been floating this country on credit for centuries," he said.

People at the Leave.EU campaign's referendum party at Millbank Tower in London react to a regional EU referendum result on Thursday.

Brexit: What's Race Got To Do With It?

7:00am June 25, 2016

by Leah Donnella

Why did the U.K. just vote for something so economically disastrous? Some point to racial tension resulting from record levels of immigration within the EU.

Attorney Bert Rein speaks to the media while standing with plaintiff Abigail Noel Fisher after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in her case in 2012 in Washington, D.C.

Education

Roundup: Reactions To This Week's Supreme Court Decision On Affirmative Action

3:40pm June 24, 2016

by Ericka Cruz Guevarra

The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to an affirmative action program at the University of Texas at Austin brought by a white woman who claimed she would have gotten in if she weren't white.

(Clockwise from left) Drummer Tiki Fulwood, guitarist Tawl Ross, keyboardist Bernie Worrell, Billy "Bass" Nelson, and guitarist Eddie Hazel of the funk group Parliament-Funkadelic pose for a portrait in 1971.

Music & Culture

On Parliament-Funkadelic And A Less 'Squeaky-Clean Picture' Of Blackness

8:54am June 24, 2016

by Walter Ray Watson

Parliament showed me that being black has liabilities, but that it's also a powerful gift.

The seed library maintained by the Jijak Foundation contains dozens of native varieties of corn, beans, tobacco, watermelon and ancient squash.

Science
Arts

How Native American Tribes Saved A Giant, Ancient Squash From Oblivion

5:34pm June 23, 2016

by Rebecca Williams

Native Americans in the Great Lakes region have cultivated the giant squash for centuries. Now tribes are sharing the seeds with each other and with small farmers to bring the plant back.

University Of Texas At Austin President Reacts To Affirmative Action Ruling

4:55pm June 23, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Gregory Fenves, the president of the University of Texas at Austin, the school at the center of Thursday's Supreme Court ruling about affirmative action.

Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action In College Admissions

4:31pm June 23, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in college admissions Thursday in a 4-3 ruling on the University of Texas' use of race as a factor in a program to increase diversity in the student body.