As some states try to show ICE the door, others put out the welcome mat After ICE federal agents killed two U.S. citizens in Minnesota, the divide between states on either side of the immigration enforcement debate is growing wider. Mawa Iqbal
Billions owed: 'The Debt' podcast covers the South's long fight to repay public HBCUs A long-running fight over how to calculate and repay state funding debts to public HBCUs is flaring across the South, and Emily Siner and Camellia Burris tell the story in their podcast 'The Debt' from Nashville Public Radio Ahmad Damen
Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died. She was 86. Her 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement. The Associated Press
University of Alabama suspends student magazines amid DEI crackdown Kendal Wright, editor in chief of the University of Alabama's Nineteen Fifty-Six magazine, reacts to the suspension of two student publications amid a federal crackdown on campus DEI policies. Ava Berger
A new book returns to America's final public hanging A new book examines the racist background of the last public hanging in the U.S. when tens of thousands of people came to watch in a small Kentucky town. Derek Operle
Indigenous leaders rewrite their history in 'Tribal Truths' Rappahannock Chief Anne Richardson and Upper Mattaponi Chief Frank Adams talk about preserving Virginia's Indigenous history and correcting long-held myths on their podcast. Ahmad Damen
Redistricting in Missouri revives a century-old racial fault line A new Trump-backed voting map reopens Kansas City's racial divide along Troost Avenue. Celisa Calacal
Issaquah on edge after ICE arrest outside preschool A series of immigration arrests has shaken an Issaquah preschool community over the past week. The arrests have also had a ripple effect throughout the city’s education system. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
One man's mission to pull Colorado teens out of gun violence Jo Erickson of Colorado Public Radio tells the story of Jason McBride's mission to steer teens away from gun violence in the podcast Systemic. Andrew Limbong
Comic Cristela Alonzo grew up in fear of border patrol. ICE has 'brought it all back' For the first seven years of her life, Alonzo lived in an abandoned diner in a south Texas border town. Her new Netflix stand-up special is called Upper Classy. Terry Gross