Amid a housing crisis, renters challenge firms they say are being exploitative Low-income housing is in crisis - corporate landlords are squeezing renters with higher rents in often unsafe housing units. Renters are fighting back Marisa Peñaloza
3rd grader Dana Boone finds an innovative way to mark Black History Month With the help of his mom, Dana Boone created the Periodic Table of Black History. Rather than elements, this table contains 90 Black history-makers, activists and innovators.
School leaders say HBCUs are undeterred after a series of bomb threats "We have to show that we are not afraid," Dillard University President Walter Kimbrough says. The FBI is probing the threats as racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism and hate crimes. Joe Hernandez
Harvard student creates Disney-inspired, Korean princess musical on TikTok Growing up, Julia Riew wished she had a Disney princess who was Korean like herself. Riew, a music and theater student, wrote a Disney-inspired musical. It's based on a Korean folktale.
Civil rights leaders call on the NFL to replace the Rooney Rule The Rooney Rule, a policy that went into effect in 2003, requires NFL teams to interview candidates of color for head coaching and senior operation vacancies. Jonathan Franklin
Spotify keeps Joe Rogan's podcast after clips of racist slurs in his episodes surface Spotify has doubled down on their stance to keep Joe Rogan's podcast on their platform, even after video evidence emerged of Rogan using racist language on his show over the years. Eric Deggans
A 2nd trial is about to begin in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery The three white men sentenced to life in prison for murdering Ahmaud Arbery are now standing trial on federal hate crime charges. At issue is whether the men targeted Arbery because he was Black. Debbie Elliott
For many Native Americans, the Washington Commanders' new name offers some closure Two women central to efforts to get the NFL team to drop its offensive name say the name change marks an end to a dark chapter that celebrated a harmful stereotype. And yet, their fight isn't over. Emma Bowman
Capital B is a new media outlet focused on a Black audience Journalist Lauren Williams discusses how she seeks to rebuild trust with Black audiences through Capital B, her recently launched news nonprofit born out of 2020's summer of unrest. Juana Summers
Former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores sues NFL citing systemic racism Brian Flores, the recently-fired coach of the Miami Dolphins, dropped an explosive lawsuit this week against the NFL — alleging systemic racism and attempted bribery. Sandhya Dirks