Race

On The Eve Of Dominican Day Parade, A Deportation Policy Draws Criticism

2:46pm August 09, 2015

by Alexandra Starr

The controversy over the Dominican Republic's policy to deport thousands of people of Haitian descent is reverberating through Caribbean-American communities in New York City.

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Hamilton, which opened Thursday on Broadway, is a play based on the life of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.

Arts

A Hip-Hop Soundtrack For A Musical About Alexander Hamilton? Sure, Why Not?

5:35pm August 07, 2015

by Jeff Lunden

The new musical about the U.S.'s Founding Fathers — set to a mostly hip-hop score — that everyone's been talking about for months and months finally opens officially on Broadway Thursday night.

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Protesters arrive at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse on the first day of the trial of former Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Officer Randall Kerrick in Charlotte. Kerrick is charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of Jonathan Ferrell.

National

Charlotte's Trial: How Jonathan Ferrell's Death Put A City's Self-Image At Risk

12:36pm August 07, 2015

by Mary C. Curtis

As a police officer is tried for manslaughter in the death of an unarmed black man, is Charlotte's reputation for progress on race on trial, too?

Black Lives Matter protest in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

World News

Here's What Black Lives Matter Looks Like In Canada

8:03am August 07, 2015

by Kinsey Clarke

A Black Lives Matter chapter in Toronto, Canada takes shape.

National

Key West's Dueling Civil War Memorials Serve As Monuments To Tolerance

3:37pm August 06, 2015

by Nancy Klingener

There's been plenty of debate about Civil War monuments since the church shootings in Charleston, S.C. In Key West, a Confederate memorial is being fixed up, while a new Union memorial is being added.

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A sign shows the way to a polling station in Austin, Texas. A federal appeals court has knocked down a state voter ID law.

Federal Appeals Court Tosses Out Texas Voter ID Law

6:34am August 06, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

In a unanimous vote, the 5th Circuit ruled that the law, considered one of the toughest in the country, discriminated against minority voters.

Louis Arevalo holds his Truvada pills at his home in Los Angeles. The drug can be over 90 percent effective at preventing spread of HIV.

HIV Prevention Pill Remains A Tough Sell Among Gay Latinos

2:58pm August 05, 2015

by Anna Gorman

Lack of knowledge about the drug, and stigmas attached to sleeping with men and to perceived promiscuity, are major barriers to PrEP treatment. The costs and side effects are also concerns for many.

Scientists are experimenting with ways of combating racism while we sleep

So You Flunked A Racism Test. Now What?

9:51am August 05, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

Scientists are working on ways to train our brains away from deeply held prejudices — including hacking your subconscious while you sleep.

Tenor Placido Domingo performs the title role in a 1994 performance of Verdi's Otello at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Metropolitan Opera To Drop Use Of Blackface-Style Makeup In 'Otello'

6:08pm August 04, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

The Met says it is committed to "colorblind casting" and that its production of Otello this fall will be the first without dark makeup since the opera was first seen at the company in 1891.

Demonstrators protested the death of Michael Brown on last summer in Ferguson, Mo., even as police sprayed pepper spray, shot smoke, gas and flash grenades.

Black Lives Matter: Coming To A Museum Near You?

4:04pm August 02, 2015

by NPR Staff

How do you curate a museum exhibit about the protests in Ferguson, Mo.? NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the director National Museum of African American History and Culture, which will open next fall.

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