Race

Having diverse doctors saves lives, but students of color face barriers to med school

4:26pm April 18, 2023

by Maria Godoy

Research suggests that diversifying the ranks of physicians is critical for saving lives. A new study highlights barriers that keep determined students of color from actually making it to med school.

National

Grand jury declines to charge 8 Akron police officers who fatally shot Jayland Walker

8:15am April 18, 2023

by Anna Huntsman IPM

Eight Akron police officers who fatally shot Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, will not be indicted after a grand jury concluded that officers were legally justified in their actions.

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E-40, middle, watches during an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Portland Trail Blazers in San Francisco, Dec. 30, 2022. The Sacramento Kings are investigating allegations from the rapper E-40 that "racial bias" led to him being kicked out of his seat during a playoff game against the Golden State Warriors.

Rapper E-40 says 'racial bias' is to blame for ejection from Warriors-Kings playoff

7:10pm April 17, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

The Sacramento Kings say the team is currently investigating the incident and the exact reason why the rapper was removed from the arena.

National

In Kansas City, calls grow to charge the white homeowner who shot a Black teen

5:38pm April 17, 2023

by Savannah Hawley

Hundreds of people in Kansas City protested over the weekend to demand hate crime charges against a man who shot a Black teenager after he apparently knocked on his door by mistake.

The Black unemployment rate hit a record low, but it might be too early to celebrate

10:08am April 16, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Tulane University professor Gary Hoover about the Black unemployment rate, which has hit a record low, yet still remains much higher than the white unemployment rate.

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Love in the Library, a children's book written by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and illustrated by Yas Imamura, is a love story about finding hope in a dire setting: an internment camp where the U.S. detained Japanese Americans during World War II.

Scholastic wanted to license her children's book — if she cut a part about 'racism'

7:51am April 15, 2023

by Emma Bowman

Maggie Tokuda-Hall was thrilled when the publishing powerhouse approached her to feature her book about a love story set in an internment camp during WWII. Then she read what the deal would involve.

Books
Arts

How a writer found healing in the story of her enslaved ancestors

4:49pm April 14, 2023

NPR's Andrew Limbong talks with Dionne Ford about her new book, Go Back and Get It: A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing.

Lara Downes speaks with Terence Blanchard.

Music & Culture

Jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard's unexpected path into the opera house

5:00am April 14, 2023

by Lara Downes

The five-time Grammy winner has mounted two operas at the Metropolitan Opera, which until 2021 had never staged a work by a Black composer. Hear him discuss the future of opera with Lara Downes.

A new mode in MLB video game celebrates historical Black all-stars

5:14pm April 13, 2023

by Jamal Michel

Long-running baseball video game MLB The Show features a new mode that celebrates historical Black all-stars.

Arts

Actor John Leguizamo's new TV docuseries spotlights Latino culture

8:32am April 13, 2023

by Alice Woelfle

In the MSNBC series "Leguizamo Does America," actor John Leguizamo takes viewers on a trip across the United States in search of ways Latino communities have shaped the nation.

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