NFL Announces New Rules To Tackle Lack Of Diversity In Its Coaching, Executive Ranks The NFL expanded the Rooney Rule on the same day teams were allowed to reopen practice facilities if area regulations allowed. Team facilities were shut in late March out of COVID-19 concerns. Brakkton Booker
Seattle Police Department investigating officer's handling of bias incident at Home Depot The department's Office of Police Accountability is examining what happened after a man called 911 to report being the target of anti-Asian slurs. He says the responding officer was dismissive of his complaint, despite the department recently urging the public to report bias incidents. Ann Dornfeld
In Virtual Speech To Black Graduates, Obama Says U.S. Lacks Leadership on Coronavirus "This pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing," Obama told students from historically black colleges and universities. Juana Summers
Lawyers Say Father And Son Accused Of Killing Ahmaud Arbery Are Being Vilified Defense attorneys representing the white father and son accused of killing a black jogger in Georgia are cautioning people not to rush to judgment.
Navajo Nation Reports Rapid Spread Of COVID-19 NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez about the group which has the highest rates of coronavirus infection and COVID-19 deaths per capita in the U.S.
Minority-Owned Small Businesses Were Supposed To Get Priority. They May Not Have The CARES Act required the Small Business Administration to tell banks to prioritize underserved communities for coronavirus relief loans. That didn't happen, a new inspector general's report found. Danielle Kurtzleben
Rep. Escobar On Pandemic Employment Challenges Facing Latinos NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas about devastating unemployment numbers among Latinos, and why they have been hit so hard.
Why A Historic Wave Of Latino Prosperity Is Under Threat Now A few months ago, things were looking up for Latinos: wages were rising and unemployment was at a record low. Now, Latinos are the worst hit among all races: a record high unemployment rate of 18.9%. Pallavi Gogoi
How The Coronavirus Crisis Is Impacting The Latino Community NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Catalina Sol, executive director of La Clínica del Pueblo in Washington, D.C., about how the coronavirus is impacting the Latino community. Lulu Garcia-Navarro
Lawyer Representing Ahmaud Arbery's Family Discusses Case NPR's Michel Martin speaks with attorney Benjamin Crump about the arrest of two men in connection with Arbery's death.