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Latino LGBT Community Found Refuge On The Dancefloor

5:24pm June 19, 2016

by Jasmine Garsd

Dance clubs are a special place for the LGBT community — especially Latinos. Clubgoers in Queens, N.Y. say clubs have been safe spaces, making the Orlando massacre particularly devastating.

"Supposedly, tea cakes were made about 200 years ago. Slaves used the ingredients they had: molasses instead of sugar, lard instead of butter," says Etha Robinson.

National

Food To Celebrate Freedom: Tea Cakes For Juneteenth!

9:45am June 19, 2016

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Juneteenth, the day when many African-Americans mark the end of slavery, is also associated with traditional foods from the black community. One woman wants to revive a traditional treat: tea cakes.

The front page of the 1965 Selma Times-Journal, which showed Bernard Kleina — then Father Kleina — being arrested.

Arts

When King Came To Chicago: See The Rare Images Of His Campaign — In Color

5:04pm June 18, 2016

by NPR Staff

Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. went north, leading the Chicago Freedom Movement. Bernard Kleina and his camera were there, too — and the former priest walks NPR through his color photos.

Malcolm Graham poses for a picture in his dining room near a framed print of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.

National

My Big Sister Was Gunned Down In Charleston One Year Ago

10:45am June 18, 2016

by Malcolm Graham

On June 17, 2015, Malcolm Graham learned that his sister, Cynthia Graham Hurd, a librarian and a devout Christian, was one of nine victims shot and killed at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.

A horse makes his way through the pre-dawn fog at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans in 2010. The Fair Grounds barn area opened earlier than normal this season to accommodate horses traveling from recently concluded meets at Arlington Park and Ev

#NPRreads: Make A Wager On These 3 Stories This Weekend

8:58am June 18, 2016

Correspondents, editors and producers from our newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the #NPRreads hashtag. Each weekend, we highlight some of the best stories.

Family sitting around table eating dinner, a woman's arms in the foreground.

Adopted From Abroad? Tell Us Your Food Stories

5:34pm June 17, 2016

by Maria Godoy

For many of us, food can serve as a way to explore our heritage. But what happens when you grow up in a family with a different ethnic, racial or cultural background than your own? Share your story.

For decades, Nitza Villapol hosted Cocina al Minuto, a popular cooking show in Cuba. In the decades after Fidel Castro took power, she adapted her cooking, teaching Cubans how to make do without certain ingredients while instructing them in how to use onc

Nitza Villapol: The Woman Who Taught Cubans To Cook With Just About Anything

8:06pm June 16, 2016

by Suzanne Cope

For over 40 years, Villapol hosted a popular cooking show in Cuba, her recipes shifting to reflect the realities of life under the revolution. No meat? No problem — she fried plantain peels instead.

Young people from Husseini Islamic Center in Sanford, Fla., visit a makeshift memorial at the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts on Tuesday in Orlando.

How LGBTQ People Of Color Are Dealing With Orlando: Code Switch Podcast, Episode 4

3:11pm June 16, 2016

by Leah Donnella

The tragedy in Orlando shook many people in communities that already feel vulnerable: LGBTQ Americans, Latinos, Muslims, immigrant families, and those living at the intersection of these identities.

Francheska Garcia remembered her friend, Jonathan Camuy, who was killed in Sunday's mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Like many Puerto Ricans, Camuy had moved to Florida to escape Puerto Rico's economic crisis.

National

Latinos At Home And Abroad Mourn After Orlando Shooting

10:57am June 16, 2016

by Adrian Florido

Orlando's Latino community is coming together to help those affected by Sunday's shooting from afar.

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Private Equity Firm Buys 'Ebony' And 'Jet' Magazines

6:37am June 16, 2016

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Ebony and Jet were once recognized worldwide as chroniclers of the black American experience — especially black achievement. Johnson Publishing is selling the magazines to black venture capitalists.