Race

American Ky Adderley (center) with his wife, Shanna Farrar Adderley, and their daughter, Gisela Sky, live in Brazil. He says being an educated black man feels like a subversive act in Brazil. "All the blacks that I see are in service jobs, and the darker

World News

Expats Find Brazil's Reputation For Race-Blindness Is Undone By Reality

11:48am May 23, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Brazil is touted as one of the most racially harmonious places in the world, but people of color who move there say they are surprised at the degree of discrimination they face based on skin color.

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Sgt. Patrick Swanton of the Waco Police Department speaks to the media as Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper D.L. Wilson (left) stands near a Twin Peaks restaurant where nine members of a motorcycle gang were shot and killed in Waco, Texas, on Tues

National

On 'Menace II Society' And 'Easy Rider': Why All The Talk On Bikers And Thugs Matters

1:15pm May 22, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

Many have contrasted media treatment of bikers in the Waco shootout with its treatment of black protesters. Charles Blow says this speaks to an underlying fear "of the otherness of blackness."

Players' Costs May Be A Factor In Why Tennis Leads Golf In Diversity

7:32am May 22, 2015

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Venus and Serena Williams have inspired thousands of young African-Americans to learn and play tennis, and brought racial diversity to the sport. Has golf benefited in the same way from Tiger Woods?

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Murals on display across the street from the Red Bull House of Art gallery in Detroit, Mich. After the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, Detroit hopes outsiders will focus on the city's potential, not the history of conflict and crisis that ha

#MotorCityDrive: Is Detroit's Economic Engine Roaring Back To Life?

8:29pm May 21, 2015

by Michel Martin

Michel Martin heads to Detroit for a live conversation with some of the creative forces fueling the Motor City's economy. She'll ask: What's driving Detroit's future now?

African-American women may be more sensitive to metabolic abnormalities like high triglycerides or low good cholesterol.

Heart Risk Factors May Affect Black Women More Than White Women

11:31am May 21, 2015

by Nancy Shute

Black women are more likely to have heart disease with just a few metabolic risk factors, a study finds. That's not the case for white women. Being obese seems to affect black women more, too.

Shannon Rivers, a member of the Akimel O'odham tribe, lights a fire for the purification ceremony at the Coconino County jail. Inmates will help him put blankets over the sweat lodge structure, place heated rocks inside and pour water over them.

Many Native American Communities Struggle With Effects Of Heroin Use

2:53pm May 20, 2015

by Laurel Morales

Native Americans have some of the highest substance abuse rates compared to other ethnic groups. Alcohol and meth are the drugs of choice. Now, cartels are taking advantage of lax police enforcement.

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Here's What People Are Saying About The Waco Shootout And Race

10:42am May 19, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

People are contrasting media and police reaction to the Texas shootout with their reaction to the recent protests in Baltimore and Ferguson, Mo.

The cast of Mad Men: January Jones (from left), Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks and John Slattery

Arts

'Mad Men' Finale: A Love Letter To Fans Filled With Mostly Happy Endings

9:13pm May 18, 2015

by Eric Deggans

AMC's Mad Men ended its seven-season run on Sunday. Fans may have loved how characters' stories were resolved, but critics may question how writers got them there.

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A helicopter flies over a section of Baltimore affected by riots. Richard Rothstein writes that recent unrest in Baltimore is the legacy of a century of federal, state and local policies designed to "quarantine Baltimore's black population in isolated slu

National

Historian Says Don't 'Sanitize' How Our Government Created Ghettos

1:25pm May 18, 2015

Richard Rothstein, who studies residential segregation in America, concludes: "Federal, state and local governments purposely created racial boundaries in these cities."

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Yul Kwon, Facebook's deputy chief privacy officer, is one of the rare Asian-Americans in a leadership role in Silicon Valley.

National

Often Employees, Rarely CEOs: Challenges Asian-Americans Face In Tech

9:47am May 18, 2015

by NPR Staff

A new study shows that Asians and Asian-Americans are underrepresented at executive levels in five large tech companies. Four tech professionals weigh in with their experiences and perspectives.

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