The 2021 U.S. Open Has Hit Its Stride NPR's Audie Cornish talks with sports reporter Howard Bryant about the players taking to the court at the 2021 U.S. Open. Matt Ozug
Descendants Of The Enslaved Sheltered From Ida In A Historic Plantation's Big House Joy Banner's family took shelter in a house on a plantation their ancestors helped build. "They were not able to have this kind of house for their own protection when a hurricane hit them," she says. John Burnett
Marvel Debuts A New Origin Story With 'Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings' The summer movie season is ending with an origin story. Marvel's 25th superhero epic, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings stars its first Asian Superhero played by Simu Liu. Bob Mondello
These Tribal Activists Want Biden To Stop A Planned Lithium Mine On Their Sacred Land In Nevada, tribal opposition to a proposed lithium mine is testing the White House's pledge to electrify America's transportation system and give more of a voice to indigenous people in federal lands. Kirk Siegler
Twitch Users Are Boycotting Over Attacks Targeting Black, Queer And Disabled People Organizers of the one-day protest say the video game streaming platform hasn't done enough to combat "hate raids," in which bots bombard streamers with racist, sexist or homophobic messages. Andrew Limbong
Harlem Hellfighters Will Receive A Congressional Gold Medal The all-Black infantry unit helped the U.S. win World War I. They fought with distinction in Europe, but were often met with racism. Both chambers of Congress approved the posthumous commendation.
The Story Behind The MLB's First Starting Lineup Of All Black And Latino Players Fifty years ago on Sept. 1, the Pittsburgh Pirates fielded Major League Baseball's first and only all-Black and Latino starting lineup. Hear what that team meant for fans and for history.
These 7 Black Men Were Executed For An Alleged Rape. Now, They Have Been Pardoned Gov. Ralph Northam said pardoning the "Martinsville Seven" was the state's way of acknowledging that the men were executed without due process. Jonathan Franklin
The Census Has Revealed A More Multiracial U.S. One Reason? Cheaper DNA Tests Genetic ancestry tests, changes to how census responses were categorized and more children born to parents who identify with different racial groups led to a 276% jump in the multiracial population. Hansi Lo Wang
Rachel Nichols' ESPN Show Is Canceled After Her Comments About Maria Taylor Nichols has been removed from NBA coverage and The Jump was canceled a few months after remarks she made became public suggesting that Maria Taylor was promoted because she is Black. Joe Hernandez