Race

Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference on Jan. 26, 2023, in Miami.

The College Board slams Florida for what it calls 'slander' of AP Black history course

2:06pm February 12, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

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.

Education

HBCUs have been underfunded for decades. A history of higher education tells us why

9:24am February 12, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

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.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks after being sworn in for his second term during an inauguration ceremony at the Old Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Tallahassee, Fla.

After Martha's Vineyard, lawmakers give DeSantis $10 million more to move migrants

6:03pm February 10, 2023

by Valerie Crowder

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.

Ben Jealous takes the lead at the Sierra Club at a pivotal moment for the organization.

As the Sierra Club reckons with its past, a new leader charts a more inclusive future

5:32pm February 10, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

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?

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National

After Sierra Club's racial recknoning, its new leader pushes forward

4:57pm February 10, 2023

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

6:04pm February 09, 2023

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.

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Why a majority-Black city could wind up with a new white-appointed court system

5:38pm February 09, 2023

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

4:49pm February 09, 2023

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.

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TSU program is designed to get more HBCU students involved in the outdoors

5:05am February 09, 2023

by Alexis Marshall

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.

Biden speech acknowledges immigration and pathway to citizenship issues

8:12am February 08, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Yalidy Matos, assistant professor of at Rutgers University, who specializes in Latinx politics, about President Biden's State of the Union address.

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