Columbus residents are divided over Black History Month-themed police cruiser
Police in Columbus, Ohio, rolled out a specially decorated cruiser for Black History Month. A backlash soon followed.
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The College Board slams Florida for what it calls 'slander' of AP Black history course
Florida officials claimed the new AP African American Studies course has a "political agenda," but the education nonprofit says state leaders never made any concrete suggestions on how to change it.
HBCUs have been underfunded for decades. A history of higher education tells us why
Historically Black colleges and universities in the U.S. have been underfunded for decades. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to journalist Adam Harris about the underlying reasons behind the inequality.
After Martha's Vineyard, lawmakers give DeSantis $10 million more to move migrants
As Florida dedicates more money to transport migrants from other states, advocates say there isn't enough oversight to make sure transport is done legally and that migrants are relocated voluntarily.
As the Sierra Club reckons with its past, a new leader charts a more inclusive future
After a conflict and reckoning stemming from its controversial past, the Sierra Club had to look inward. Can Ben Jealous bring the organization into the future?
After Sierra Club's racial recknoning, its new leader pushes forward
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ben Jealous, the new head of the Sierra Club. He takes the reins amid an ongoing conversation about the history of the organization and the racist views of its founder.
The push for a bill that would drive research into reparations for Black Americans
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Democratic New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman about the effort to reintroduce H.R. 40, a bill that would create a task force to study reparations for Black Americans.
Why a majority-Black city could wind up with a new white-appointed court system
NPR's Juana Summer's speaks with Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba on a new bill that would allow the state to create a separate court system for a district in the city.
Biden pledged police reform, but advocates see a diffcult path ahead
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rashad Robinson, the president of the racial justice advocacy group Color of Change, about Biden's pledge to improve accountability for law enforcement.
TSU program is designed to get more HBCU students involved in the outdoors
The outdoor recreation industry is overwhelmingly white. A new program at Tennessee State University aims to change that by getting more HBCU students involved in the outdoors.