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
Olympic gymnast Sunisa Lee says she was pepper-sprayed in a racist attack in LA The all-around champion, who is Hmong American, says she was with a group of friends of Asian descent in Los Angeles when people in a passing car yelled at them to "go back to where they came from." Deepa Shivaram
Phillip Atiba Goff: How can communities reimagine their approach to public safety? Psychologist Phillip Atiba Goff analyzes data on how racial bias affects police behavior. He shares how communities can rethink their public safety systems, and ultimately better respond to crises. Manoush Zomorodi
McDonald's CEO apologizes after saying 2 slain children were failed by their parents Chris Kempczinski held a town hall with employees on Monday after reports revealed he messaged Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and appeared to blame the death of two shooting victims on their parents. Deepa Shivaram
Indigenous activists say the legacy of colonialism has limited their access to COP-26 Indigenous activists from around the world are in Glasgow for COP26, but say the same legacy of colonialism that has led to climate-related losses has impacted their access to the conference. Ari Shapiro
Black Republicans walk a fine line toward election victory NPR's Michel Martin speaks with professor Leah Wright Rigueur, author of The Loneliness of the Black Republican, about what this week's elections signal for Black conservatives.