South Bend Pastor Discusses Pete Buttigieg's Racial Equality Measures NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with the Rev. Sylvester Williams Jr. about how the community in South Bend, Ind., views the racial equality measures proposed by Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
'Chicago Defender' Ends Print Edition To Continue As An Online-Only Newspaper For more than a century the Chicago Defender has chronicled Black life in America. After Wednesday it will cease its print editions. Karen Grigsby Bates
Barbershop: Nike Recalls 'Racist' Air Max Shoe NPR's Michel Martin speaks about the controversy with journalist Alyssa Rosenberg, professor Joseph Cooper and fashion blogger Eugene Rabkin.
Should an Asian transgender woman say she's 'passing?' Food for thought at KUOW's Queeriosity Club When Ginger Chien joined for KUOW's queer supper club, she wasn't expecting to question her own vocabulary or end the night by suggesting a slumber party. Ginger Chien
This Isn't The First Time Americans Have Debated What To Call Detention Centers The fight over what to call the detention centers at the Southern border evokes a similar debate over what to call Japanese American incarceration during World War II. Adrian Florido
Dr. Marijuana Pepsi Won't Change Her Name 'To Make Other People Happy' Long ridiculed for her unusual name, Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck recently turned her hardship into success. After studying perceptions around "black names" in white classrooms, she completed her Ph.D. Ari Shapiro
How White Politicians Can Talk About Race Joe Biden's reaction to criticism of once working with segregationists highlights the complicated politics of race. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility.
Marijuana Pepsi Fends Off The Jokes To Earn Her PhD NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck about her recent PhD completion despite the hardships she's faced because of her birth name. Ari Shapiro
This Mexican-American grandma saves migrant lives in the Arizona desert Maria Ochoa, 70, looks out for the well-being of migrants crossing into the Arizona desert from Mexico. At StoryCorps, she talks about her experiences helping people at the border. Kelly Moffitt
72 Philadelphia Police Officers Placed On Desk Duty Over Offensive Social Media Posts Police officials in Philadelphia are describing the action as the largest removal of officers from the street in recent memory. Bobby Allyn