Lawmakers Leverage Defense Bill To Address Police Reform, Racial Injustice Congress will vote next week on the annual defense bill. After failing to pass police reform, some lawmakers see a chance to revive the debate about discrimination, but a presidential veto looms. Claudia Grisales
African American Cultural Heritage Fund Awards Grants To Preserve Black History NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Brent Leggs, executive director of the African American Cultural Heritage Fund, on the awarding of grants to 27 places across the U.S. to preserve Black history.
How Racial Inequality Manifests In The U.S. Banking System. Black-owned financial institutions are a shrinking part of the U.S. financial system. NPR's podcast The Indicator from Planet Money looks at what that means for America's racial disparities. Stacey Vanek Smith
Racism Has An Economic Cost, Atlanta Fed President Warns Raphael Bostic, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta says his organization is committed to reducing racial economic inequities, which he says, is crucial to a stable economy. Emma Bowman
Thomas Jefferson Descendant Reflects On His Ancestor's Memorial and Legacy Shannon LaNier is the sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. He talks to NPR about the founding father's complicated history, and how that should be reflected in his memorial. Steve Inskeep
Doctors Without Borders Employees Sign Letter Calling For End To Institutional Racism More than 1,000 current and former staffers of Doctors Without Borders have signed a letter calling on the vaunted aid group to root out pervasive institutional racism within the organization. Nurith Aizenman
Peter Hardeman Burnett: California's 1st Governor And A Noted Racist NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Gregory Nokes, author of a biography of California's first governor, Peter Hardeman Burnett, about Burnett's life and racist legacy.
The key to racial diversity in the outdoors: 'Making sure that people feel safe' Bird-watcher Joey Manson has made it his mission to make sure everyone — especially people of color — feels safe outdoors in Seattle. Eilís O'Neill
Who Was Ben Tillman, Whose Statues Appear All Over South Carolina? NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Stephen Kantrowitz, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about who Ben Tillman was and why his statues appear all over South Carolina.
Excavation Begins For Possible Mass Grave From 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Tulsa officials began a test excavation to determine if land on in city-owned Oaklawn Cemetery is the site of a mass grave of victims of the race massacre. Most of the victims have never been found. Brakkton Booker
