Black Farmers Have Long Faced Discrimination. New Aid Aims To Right Past Wrongs Generations of systemic discrimination have decimated the number of Black farmers in the U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talked with NPR about new funding for debt relief. James Doubek
Families call King County Sheriff too lenient in captain's discipline over Facebook post about Black youth Family members of people killed by police are calling on the King County Sheriff to fire a captain over a social media post that describes Black youth as "animals." Amy Radil
Writer And Director Eddie Huang Challenges The Model Minority Myth In 'Boogie' NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Eddie Huang about his new movie, Boogie, about a Taiwanese-American high schooler who has big dreams of playing professional basketball.
Asian Americans Experience 'Far More' Hate Incidents Than Numbers Indicate Racially motivated attacks against Asian Americans have been on the rise since the start of the pandemic, but a Los Angeles-based civil rights group says the actual numbers are even higher. H.J. Mai
Alabama Official On Vaccine Rollout: 'How Can This Disparity Exist In This Country?' Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson is fighting for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. In her county, one health clinic in a predominantly Black neighborhood has yet to receive any doses. Farah Eltohamy
Georgia Congressman Explains How The Relief Bill Will Aid Farmers Of Color NPR's Ari Shapiro interviews Democratic Rep. David Scott of Georgia, who chairs the Committee on Agriculture, about aid for farmers of color in the relief bill.
'Black America's Attorney General' Represents Families Of People Killed By Police NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump about his career of representing families of people who had been killed by police officers.
What Went Wrong: Analysis Of Police Handcuffing, Pepper Spraying 9-Year-Old Girl Experts review Rochester, N.Y., police body camera video of a recent encounter of white officers with a Black girl in distress. She was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed in a squad car. Liz Baker
Author Explores Preacher Father's Silence On Racial Injustice In 1960s Alabama NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist John Archibald about his book, Shaking the Gates of Hell: A Search for Family and Truth in the Wake of the Civil Rights Revolution.
'This Is The Reality Of Black Girls': Inauguration Poet Says She Was Tailed By Guard Amanda Gorman, who became a sensation after her poem at Joe Biden's inauguration, says a security guard told her she looked "suspicious." Matthew S. Schwartz