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.
Public Health Officials Aim To Communicate Better With Minorities The coronavirus has made the racial divide in health more stark with a catastrophic effect on black America. Public officials seek ways to communicate more effectively with communities of color. Juana Summers
Former Georgia Police Officer And His Son Arrested In The Death Of Ahmaud Arbery Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, have been charged with murder and aggravated assault and are being held at the Glynn County Jail. Hannah Hagemann
Sociologist On How Black Men Try To Appear Non-Threatening As A Defense Mechanism As the country moans Ahmaud Arbery's death, NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with sociology professor Rashawn Ray of the University of Maryland about why men of color disarm themselves as a defense mechanism.