Three white men found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia A Georgia jury convicted three white men of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. The 25-year-old Black jogger was shot and killed as he ran through a residential neighborhood. Debbie Elliott
What we should take away from the verdicts in Ahmaud Arbery killing NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Eddie S. Glaude Jr. of Princeton University about the guilty verdicts in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in this moment of reckoning on racial justice in America.
Mashpee Wampanoag chief reflects on the meaning of Thanksgiving On the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, the 92 year old chief of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, whose ancestors were present with the pilgrims, talks about what the holiday means to him now. Neda Ulaby
HBO's 'Black and Missing' offers an antidote to Missing White Woman Syndrome The docuseries follows the work of the Black and Missing Foundation, which steps in to search for missing people of color when media and law enforcement fall short. Eric Deggans
Three current trials are putting a spotlight on race and justice Leila Fadel talks with law professor Paul Butler about trials in Wisconsin, Georgia and Virginia that have become lightning rods in the national debates over race and justice.
Adoptees express their fear, anger and insight on race during social unrest Transracial and transnational adoptees say it's been difficult to express their thoughts about race and social justice provoked by police killings, anti-Asian violence and immigration. Ashley Westerman
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland moves to ban the word 'squaw' from federal lands "Racist terms have no place in our vernacular or on our federal lands," Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said as she formally declared "squaw" to be a derogatory term. Bill Chappell
Aurora, Colo., will pay a $15 million settlement over the death of Elijah McClain The 23-year-old Black massage therapist died days after an encounter with police in August 2019. Jonathan Franklin
Adoptees say it's been hard to express their feelings about race during social unrest In recent years, conversations around race and social justice have come to the fore. Trans-racial and trans-national adoptees share how it can be hard to express their thoughts about these issues. Ashley Westerman
The national reckoning over race and history is playing out in the world of birds The Audubon Naturalist Society is dropping the name Audubon. John James Audubon was a famous ornithologist, who was also an enslaver and a grave robber who seized the skulls of Native Americans. Melissa Block