Fallout continues after a Sikh activist was murdered on Canadian soil Canada and India are engaging in an escalating war of words and tit for tat diplomatic expulsions, as the fallout over the murder of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil continues. Jackie Northam
Lessons from Birmingham: 60 years after the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing This city is remembering a dark chapters in U.S. civil rights history. On September 15, 1963 the Ku Klux Klan bombed a church, killing four Black girls and rocking the conscience of the nation. Debbie Elliott
In light of the Jacksonville shooting, here's how hate groups have grown in Florida During the last year, some organizations have staged increasingly brazen displays of hate in Jacksonville and across Florida. Odette Yousef
He helped write MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech. Now he reflects on change in the U.S. 60 years after Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, we hear from one of the men who helped him write it, his friend and attorney Clarence B. Jones. Adam Raney
A pioneering casting director reflects on diversity in Hollywood NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with host of The Academy Museum Podcast, Jacqueline Stewart, and casting director Reuben Cannon about the art of casting in Hollywood. Ailsa Chang
Welcome to 'El Petronio,' the biggest celebration of Afro-Colombian music and culture The Petronio Alvarez Festival has been the biggest source of income for artists, cooks and vendors in the Pacific region. But some critics say they want the festival to return to its roots. Betto Arcos
'The Blind Side' drama just proves the cheap, meaningless hope of white savior films The true story behind the hit Oscar-winner has only gotten ickier — and Hollywood is complicit. Aisha Harris
An Oklahoma City woman remembers being a child activist StoryCorps brings us memories of one of the first sit-ins of the Civil Rights Era, a protest at a drug store in Oklahoma City that was organized by children. Von Diaz
The riverfront brawl in Alabama reignites national debate over race Police say the fight in Montgomery, Ala., last week doesn't meet the criteria for hate crime charges. But video clearly shows how the violence broke down on racial lines, historian Derryn Moten says. Dustin Jones
A dancer's killing — over voguing — highlights the dangers Black LGBTQ Americans face O'Shae Sibley was stabbed for voguing to Beyoncé at a New York City gas station. His death, which is being prosecuted as a hate crime, comes as anti-LGBTQ bills and incidents surge across the U.S. Rachel Treisman
