Texas Lawmakers Take Aim At Critical Race Theory Texas' governor says a new education bill designed to keep critical race theory out of the state's classrooms doesn't go far enough. Texas school districts deny they even teach critical race theory.
Eviction Prevention Programs Are Racing Against A Moratorium Clock The Alexandria Eviction Prevention Partnership in Northern Virginia is one of the divergent programs meant to help fight off evictions. Pam Fessler
Liberty’s white roots and the racial history of that idea White Freedom: ‘The belief (and practice) that freedom is central to white racial identity, and that only white people can or should be free.’ John O'Brien
After Tenure Controversy, Nikole Hannah-Jones Will Join Howard Faculty Instead Of UNC The news is a blow to UNC, which had its reputation damaged by its trustees' initial reluctance to grant tenure to Hannah-Jones. Howard also announced writer Ta-Nehisi Coates will join its faculty. Laurel Wamsley
This 1983 Feminist Film Was Set In The Dystopian Future, So Basically Right Now Born in Flames was made by pioneering underground filmmaker Lizzie Borden. She vanished from screens for decades, and now her work is being rediscovered. Neda Ulaby
Remembering Elizabeth Martinez, Chicano Social Justice Activist Chicano social justice activist and feminist writer Elizabeth Martinez died in San Francisco at 95. She was a fixture at marches and rallies and wrote books about the history of Chicanos and Chicanas. Mandalit del Barco
The Declaration Of Independence Brings Mixed Feelings For Native Americans Rachel Martin speaks with author David Treuer about how Native Americans interpret the Declaration of Independence.
The Justice Department Is Pausing Federal Executions After They Resumed Under Trump Attorney General Merrick Garland cited the impact of federal executions on inmates of color and the recent exonerations of people on death row. The department will its review policies and procedures. Alana Wise
UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees To Vote On Nikole Hannah-Jones' Tenure UNC-Chapel Hill's board of trustees will vote on the tenure of writer and professor Nikole Hannah-Jones. Her work on the 1619 Project stirred opposition, like the donor after whom the school is named. David Folkenflik
Radio Diaries: Harry Pace And The Rise And Fall Of Black Swan Records Decades before there was Motown, there was Black Swan Records. Radio Diaries brings us a two-part story about the world's first major Black-owned record label and the mystery of the man behind it.