Encore: Rutherford Falls Creators On Finding Humor In America's 'Messy' History We revisit NPR's Audie Cornish's conversation with comedy writers Michael Schur and Sierra Teller Ornelas about America's messy history and turning discomfort into the sitcom "Rutherford Falls." Audie Cornish
A German Cycling Official Apologizes After Shouting A Racial Slur During A Race A German cyclist says he was "appalled" by the words from the sporting director of Germany's cycling federation. Bill Chappell
Olympic Pressure And How Black Athletes Balance Being Applauded Yet Feared NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with sociologist Harry Edwards about the pressure Black Olympians face and how it intersects with white supremacy that has been historically perpetuated in the games. Jonaki Mehta
Kansas City Chiefs Removed Their Offensive Mascot, But Have No Plans To Change Name Kansas City's pro football team has retired a longtime on-field personality, Warpaint the horse, over concerns about the use of Native American imagery. Groups insist the Chiefs' name be changed. Luke X. Martin
How Sandra Cisneros Found Space To Be 'Barefoot' And 'Rude' On the latest episode of Code Switch, Cisneros talks about why she became obsessed with houses, what it was like to finally buy one, and—spoiler alert—what it felt like to fall out of love with it. Natalie Escobar
The Executive Editor At The 'Miami Herald' Responds Publicly To Racist Email NPR's A Martinez talks to Monica Richardson, the first black executive editor of the Miami Herald, about why she wrote an open letter responding to a racist email she received.
Bob Moses, Civil Rights Leader And Longtime Educator, Dies At 86 Moses, the architect of Freedom Summer's voting registration drive in Mississippi, also spent decades crusading against inequalities in the public school system through his math training program. Emma Bowman
The Tokyo Olympics Has Relaxed Its Rules On Athlete Protests — To A Point Gestures of protest have already begun. But exactly what's allowed under the International Olympic committee's new rules on expression is somewhat murky. Laurel Wamsley
After 106 Years, Cleveland's Baseball Team Will Have A New Name After 106 years with a name many found offensive, Cleveland's baseball team will have a new moniker after this season. They will become the Guardians, a nod to a local bridge. Glenn Forbes
Cleveland's MLB Team Changes Its Name To Guardians After Years Of Backlash Cleveland's Major League Baseball team has changed its name from the Indians to the Guardians, ridding itself of a previous name that many found highly offensive. Sharon Pruitt-Young
