Why Calls For Racial Dialogue Rarely Lead To Actual Conversations Over the weekend, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam called for more conversations about race. But the calls for productive dialogue around race rarely lead to them. Gene Demby
What Virginia's Black Community Has To Say About Gov. Ralph Northam NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with former NAACP president and longtime Virginia resident Cornell Brooks about Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's blackface scandal.
Calls For Virginia Gov. Northam To Resign After Racist Photo Emerges After a page from Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's yearbook was published online, Shermichael Singleton, a republican political consultant, tells NPR's Scott Simon that Northam has to go.
Amid a rise in hate crimes, a journalist confronts anti-Semitism in America “(((SEMITISM))): Being Jewish in America in the Age of Trump.” John O'Brien
Differing Narratives After Standoff Between Native American Man, High School Student The interaction between the man and the teen caused an outcry. But a more complicated picture has emerged of the day when several groups of protesters converged at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Bill Chappell
Martin Luther King workshopped his 'I have a dream' speech in Seattle Martin Luther King Jr. visited Seattle one time – in 1961. He gave a speech that had lines that would make their way into his famous “I have a dream” speech. Isolde Raftery
Ex-Chicago Police Officer Sentenced To 81 Months For Laquan McDonald Murder A day after three officers were acquitted of trying to cover up the killing, Jason Van Dyke was sent to prison for shooting the black teen 16 times. McDonald's family argues the punishment is light. Cheryl Corley
Portrait Of: The Founder and CEO of KIND Daniel Lubetzky is a Mexican immigrant and the son of a Holocaust survivor. He's also the founder of the popular Kind Bar.
‘Celebrate is not the word that comes to mind.’ Ijeoma Oluo honors MLK ‘To honor Martin Luther King, Jr., engage with communities of color.’ Ijeoma Oluo on truth, love and the legacy of MLK. Sonya Harris
'Barely Treading Water': Why The Shutdown Disproportionately Affects Black Americans As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, federal workers are struggling to make ends meet. But according to Jamiles Lartey, the shutdown is having a disproportionate effect on black workers. Ari Shapiro