Celebrating The Black Women Guitarists Who Made Music History Fabi Reyna, founder of Sheshreds Media, highlights artists often left out of history books in her article 7 Guitarists That Prove Black Women Were Pioneers In Music History.
Eduardo Diaz On The Efforts To Create A National Museum Of The American Latino NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Eduardo Diaz, the newly-named interim director of the planned National Museum of the American Latino, about his hopes for the institution.
Meet the Newsmaker: Kristin Leong on Asian representation in schools, Feb 11, 2:00 PM PST Is the "minority myth" still alive today? Let's talk about it. Kristin Leong
Whitewashing of Asian Students and the Report that Launched a Reckoning A school district sparked fury after grouping Asian and white students together. The message was clear: 'person of color' meant underperforming. Kristin Leong
Bellevue School District responds to questions about Asian student equity The majority of students in the Bellevue School District are Asian. Kristin Leong
Senate Says No To $15 Minimum Wage For Now, But Democrats Vow To Push On Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 remains a priority of President Biden and Democrats after the Senate approved an amendment prohibiting a wage increase during the pandemic. Audie Cornish
How Seattle Is Attempting To Ensure Racial Equity In Access To COVID-19 Vaccines Seattle is trying to ensure equitable access to vaccines by setting up clinics in communities of color. Nationwide, not all jurisdictions even track racial and ethnic data about vaccine distribution. Will Stone
Florida Lawmakers Debate To Repeal Infamous Stand Your Ground Law In Florida, lawmakers in the state legislature will debate a bill that repeals the Stand Your Ground law. When Trayvon Martin was killed in 2012, the man who shot him used that law in his defense. Greg Allen
A Black Dietitian Wants To Close The Nutrition Gap NPR's Michel Martin speaks with registered dietician Vanessa Rissetto about the lack of diversity in dietetics and how that can impact health outcomes for communities of color.
A Look At The Racial And Ethnic Disparities In The COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Samantha Artiga, director of the Kaiser Family Foundation's Racial Equity and Health Policy Program, about racial and ethnic disparities in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.