Race

A missing persons flyer, bearing the name of Annie Le, shown here in New Haven, Conn., in September 2009. This year, the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) launched a new tool that allows users to openly share their "press value" with the world if they were to go missing.

National

Racial bias affects media coverage of missing people. A new tool illustrates how

4:37pm December 12, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The database tool estimates that younger, white women will get increasingly more news coverage than other racial groups — such as Black, Latino and Indigenous people.

Fingerstyle guitarist, singer and music producer Stefan Grossman.

Rev. Gary Davis was a prolific guitar player. A protégé aims to keep his legacy alive

1:23pm December 12, 2022

by Jon Kalish

"I want to pass on the joy of playing this music to others, just as Rev. Davis passed it on to me."

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A dozen Black men were convicted of murder by all-white juries in connection with the 1919 massacre in Elaine, Ark. Above, defendants S.A. Jones, Ed Hicks, Frank Hicks, Frank Moore, J.C. Knox, Ed Coleman and Paul Hall with their attorney at the state penitentiary in Little Rock in 1925 after the Supreme Court overturned their convictions.

In 2 U.S. cities haunted by race massacres, facing the past is painful and divisive

7:00am December 11, 2022

by Scott Neuman

Tulsa, Okla., has offered a blueprint, however imperfect, for how to confront a history of racial violence. In neighboring Arkansas, the city of Elaine has found the Tulsa model hard to replicate.

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., waves to supporters as arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Georgia Tech Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, in Atlanta.

Politics & Government

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeats Republican Herschel Walker in Georgia runoff

10:38pm December 06, 2022

by Sam Gringlas

After a long campaign cycle that stretched into December with a runoff election, Georgia elected Sen. Raphael Warnock to a full term.

Families wanted a Black Santa, so one man created a company to provide them

4:46pm December 06, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Stafford Braxton about his company, Santas Just Like Me, which provides Santas of color and representation for Christmas celebrations.

Sports

France's World Cup team is diverse, but the country has struggled with acceptance of immigrants

5:01am December 06, 2022

French writer, filmmaker and activist Rokhaya Diallo speaks with NPR's A Martinez about racism and integration in France as the country's multiracial soccer team competes in the World Cup.

How the Fantastic Four took Double Dutch to new heights

7:03pm December 04, 2022

by Allyson McCabe

The ties between Double Dutch and hip-hop can be traced to Nelly's "Country Grammar," Missy Elliott's "Gossip Folks" and "Throw It Back," and the Cartoon Network animated series Craig of the Creek.

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Axel Cox, 24, of Gulfport, Miss., was charged with violating the Fair Housing Act after burning a cross in front of a Black family because of their race.

National

A man who burned a cross to intimidate his Black neighbors pleads guilty to hate crime

3:54pm December 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

Axel Cox, 24, of Gulfport, Miss., who burned a cross in his front yard, was charged with violating the Fair Housing Act over the December 2020 incident.

Sports

Clint Smith of 'The Atlantic' on 'What we ask of Black American athletes'

6:46am December 02, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to Clint Smith about the captain of the U.S. national soccer team, who was pointedly asked about racism in America this week at a news conference in Doha.

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Britain's Prince William and Kate, Princess of Wales, watch an NBA basketball game between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat on Wednesday in Boston.

World News

Prince William deplores his godmother's racial comments

11:51am December 01, 2022

by The Associated Press

His said "racism has no place in our society" as he sought to prevent the backlash over his godmother's treatment of a Black advocate for survivors of domestic abuse from overshadowing his U.S. trip.