Hispanics and Latinos Are The Biggest Moviegoers. The Big Screen Doesn't Reflect That Nearly 20% of Americans are Latino or Hispanic and they buy more movie tickets per capita. But a new report says just 7% of all lead characters in 2019's top-grossing films were Hispanic or Latino. Emma Bowman
A 'New Yorker' Editor Dug For Diversity Stats. She Calls The Results 'Passive Racism' Combing through the archives, Erin Overbey found that the print publication resembles "a Southern country club in the 1950s," in which barely any writers and editors of color or women are represented. Anastasia Tsioulcas
Fort Hood Should Be Renamed After The First Hispanic 4-Star General, Lawmakers Say The federal government is continuing to decide how it will rename bases across the U.S. named after Confederate service members, a mandate included in the defense bill approved by Congress in January. Joe Hernandez
Right-Wing Media Outfit Powers Larry Elder's Bid For California Governor Conservative talk show host Larry Elder's long-shot bid to unseat California Gov. Gavin Newsom relies on the support of Salem Media Group, the right-wing network that employs him. David Folkenflik
A Tahoe Ski Resort Ditches Its Name, Saying It's Racist And Sexist Squaw Valley hosted an Olympics, but it now has a new name. "It's a term that was inflicted upon us by somebody else and we don't agree with it," an official of the Washoe Tribe says. Bill Chappell
'Cops' Was Canceled Amid Protests Of Police Violence. Fox Is Bringing It Back The 33rd season of the controversial reality show will debut with four episodes, followed by a new episode every week on Fridays. Jonathan Franklin
After Neo-Nazis Targeted Her, Taylor Dumpson Says Young Generations Give Her Hope According to FBI data, the number of reported hate crimes rose in 2020. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Taylor Dumpson of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights about her experience being targeted.
Islamophobia Continues To Follow Him In The Years Since 9/11 NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Imam Khalid Latif, executive director of the Islamic Center at New York University, about the Islamophobia he says he's experienced in the aftermath of 9/11.
How Surveillance Programs Developed After 9/11 — And How Those Targeted Pushed Back NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Ahmed Mohamed, legal director at the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, about the surveillance of Muslim communities after 9/11. Ashley Brown
A Beachfront Property Taken From A Black Family A Century Ago May Soon Be Returned The California legislature approved a bill that would let county officials give Bruce's Beach back to the family that owned it a century ago. It now goes to Gov. Gavin Newsom for his signature. Joe Hernandez