Race

Tennessee GOP Rep. Barrett on why he voted to expel two colleagues but not the third

5:24pm April 07, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Republican Tennessee Rep. Jody Barrett about his vote to expel two Democratic colleagues over leading a gun control protest on the House floor.

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Demonstrators hold signs about counting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. census during a 2019 protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., against the failed push to add a citizenship question by former President Donald Trump's administration.

Politics & Government

Did the last census overcount Asian Americans? It depends on where you look

2:44pm April 07, 2023

by Hansi Lo Wang

The U.S. Census Bureau said there was a national overcount of Asian Americans in its 2020 tally. But a new report finds Asian Americans may have also been left out of some state and county numbers.

Denise Lajimodiere speaks at the Minnesota Children's Book Festival in Red Wing, Minn., on Sept. 18, 2021. This week, Lajimodiere became the first Native American state poet laureate in North Dakota's history.

Denise Lajimodiere is named North Dakota's first Native American poet laureate

1:40pm April 07, 2023

by The Associated Press

A citizen of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians, Lajimodiere has written several award-winning books of poetry and is an expert on the history of Native American boarding schools.

NBA's Patty Mills gives young Indigenous Australians a league of their own

10:53am April 07, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with NBA player Patty Mills, point guard now of the Brooklyn Nets, about his work in organizing the Indigenous Basketball Association in his native Australia.

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National

Podcast 'You Didn't See Nothin' looks into the 1997 beating of Lenard Clark

5:39pm April 05, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Yohance Lacour, host of the podcast You Didn't See Nothin.

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Then-Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams talks to the media on May 24, 2022, in Atlanta. Abrams was appointed Wednesday as Howard University's first chair for race and Black politics.

Stacey Abrams is chosen as Howard University's first chair for race and Black politics

5:37pm April 05, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

In her new role, Abrams will lead research across the university on political issues impacting Black Americans. She begins her multi-year appointment at the University starting this September.

Father-daughter memoir 'The Kneeling Man' highlights the complex life of a Black spy

5:38pm April 04, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with author Leta McCollough Seletzky about the father-daughter memoir The Kneeling Man, highlighting the complex life of her father's role as a Black spy.

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Kwame Brathwaite, Self-portrait, African Jazz-Art Society & Studios (AJASS), Harlem, ca. 1964; from Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful (Aperture, 2019)

Arts

'Black is Beautiful' photographer Kwame Brathwaite has died at 85

4:55pm April 04, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

Kwame Brathwaite spent some six decades chronicling Black life, culture and activism. He's credited with helping found the "Black is Beautiful" movement.

Keeping that same energy: Why Black women ball players are criticized differently

5:44pm April 03, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Bill Rhoden of ESPN's Andscape about the double standards baked into basketball culture and women's sports.

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Angel Reese of the LSU Tigers gestures toward Caitlin Clark of the Iowa Hawkeyes toward the end of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament championship game in Dallas on Sunday.

How a hand gesture dominated a NCAA title game and revealed a double standard

4:08pm April 03, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

At the women's NCAA final, Angel Reese of LSU waved her hand in front of her face while glaring at Iowa's Caitlin Clark. Here's what the gesture means and why it sent social media into a tizzy.