How Sandra Cisneros Found Space To Be 'Barefoot' And 'Rude' On the latest episode of Code Switch, Cisneros talks about why she became obsessed with houses, what it was like to finally buy one, and—spoiler alert—what it felt like to fall out of love with it. Natalie Escobar
The Executive Editor At The 'Miami Herald' Responds Publicly To Racist Email NPR's A Martinez talks to Monica Richardson, the first black executive editor of the Miami Herald, about why she wrote an open letter responding to a racist email she received.
Bob Moses, Civil Rights Leader And Longtime Educator, Dies At 86 Moses, the architect of Freedom Summer's voting registration drive in Mississippi, also spent decades crusading against inequalities in the public school system through his math training program. Dustin Jones
The Tokyo Olympics Has Relaxed Its Rules On Athlete Protests — To A Point Gestures of protest have already begun. But exactly what's allowed under the International Olympic committee's new rules on expression is somewhat murky. Laurel Wamsley
After 106 Years, Cleveland's Baseball Team Will Have A New Name After 106 years with a name many found offensive, Cleveland's baseball team will have a new moniker after this season. They will become the Guardians, a nod to a local bridge. Glenn Forbes
Cleveland's MLB Team Changes Its Name To Guardians After Years Of Backlash Cleveland's Major League Baseball team has changed its name from the Indians to the Guardians, ridding itself of a previous name that many found highly offensive. Sharon Pruitt-Young
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
