Biden Is Reviving An Effort To Change How The Census Asks About Race And Ethnicity The Trump administration had stalled on reviewing the proposals, which the Census Bureau says would produce more accurate data about Latinos and people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa. Hansi Lo Wang
The Only 'New' Thing About Cross-Cultural Casting Is Who's Getting The Roles Dev Patel as a knight of the Round Table, Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn, the mostly nonwhite casts of Bridgerton and Hamilton — all belong to a tradition that has its roots in live theater. Bob Mondello
Rents Are Out Of Reach For Most Americans Earning Minimum Wage, A Study Says Workers simply don't earn enough money to keep up with skyrocketing rental rates across the country, the National Low Income Housing Coalition found in its latest Out of Reach report. Vanessa Romo
Extreme Heat Is Worse For Low-Income, Nonwhite Americans, A New Study Shows A new study finds that for more than 70% of all U.S. counties, urban temperatures are higher in neighborhoods that have low-income people and communities of color. Deepa Shivaram
Texas Lawmakers Take Aim At Critical Race Theory Texas' governor says a new education bill designed to keep critical race theory out of the state's classrooms doesn't go far enough. Texas school districts deny they even teach critical race theory.
Eviction Prevention Programs Are Racing Against A Moratorium Clock The Alexandria Eviction Prevention Partnership in Northern Virginia is one of the divergent programs meant to help fight off evictions. Pam Fessler
Liberty’s white roots and the racial history of that idea White Freedom: ‘The belief (and practice) that freedom is central to white racial identity, and that only white people can or should be free.’ John O'Brien
After Tenure Controversy, Nikole Hannah-Jones Will Join Howard Faculty Instead Of UNC The news is a blow to UNC, which had its reputation damaged by its trustees' initial reluctance to grant tenure to Hannah-Jones. Howard also announced writer Ta-Nehisi Coates will join its faculty. Laurel Wamsley
This 1983 Feminist Film Was Set In The Dystopian Future, So Basically Right Now Born in Flames was made by pioneering underground filmmaker Lizzie Borden. She vanished from screens for decades, and now her work is being rediscovered. Neda Ulaby
Remembering Elizabeth Martinez, Chicano Social Justice Activist Chicano social justice activist and feminist writer Elizabeth Martinez died in San Francisco at 95. She was a fixture at marches and rallies and wrote books about the history of Chicanos and Chicanas. Mandalit del Barco