The Code Switch Holiday Book Guide A book is still a perfect gift. So, because we're betting that some people have a bit of the procrastinator in them, here's a Code Switch gift to you: Our list of books that stuck with us this year. Karen Grigsby Bates
In Nearly Every U.S. Metro Area, New Data Show Opportunity For Kids Of Color Lags NPR got an early look at data showing vastly different opportunities for children of different races across the U.S. living just neighborhoods apart. Albany, N.Y. has some of the greatest inequities. Pam Fessler
2 NFL Players Have Strong Chance Of Becoming 3rd Black Quarterback To Win MVP Award NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with The Ringer's Tyler Tynes about the chances of Baltimore Raven Lamar Jackson and Seattle Seahawk Russell Wilson capping the NFL's 100th season by winning MVP.
Is the end of racism possible? The power in agreeing to disagree Ishea Brown and Joe Santiago did not get along at KUOW’s Curiosity Club. We brought them back together and recorded their follow-up conversation. Where they ended up, surprised us all. Kristin Leong
Myanmar's De Facto Leader To Appear At The Hague Aung San Suu Kyi aims to convince an international court that charges of genocide against the Muslim minority Rohingya are false. About 700,000 refugees fled a brutal crackdown in 2017. Michael Sullivan
Evanston, Ill., Has A Reparations Plan NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Alderwoman Robin Rue Simmons about a plan to use taxes from the sale of recreational marijuana as reparations for the local black community in Evanston, Ill.
'Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words' Reveals The Real Person Behind The Icon The Alabama woman's civil rights activism did not begin or end with her famous refusal to move to the back of a bus in segregated Montgomery, a new exhibit of her writings, documents and photos shows. Noel King
Stephen Miller Emails Show How White Nationalism Is Moving Into The Mainstream White House adviser Stephen Miller faces growing calls to resign after leaked emails show he promoted the ideas of white nationalists. Critics say this is how fringe ideas move into the mainstream. Joel Rose
‘This hatred has to stop.’ A survivor’s story Mrs. Eva Schloss turned 90 years old this year. The story of what happened to her as a young girl betrays the likeliness of that longevity. John O'Brien
He Survived A Near-Lynching. 50 Years Later, He's Still Healing As a young, black man living in Georgia's Jim Crow era, Winfred Rembert experienced an unforgettable trauma. "I still wake up screaming and reliving things that happened to me," he told StoryCorps. Jud Esty-Kendall