Empathize with Trump voters? A Progressive and a Libertarian agree to disagree Two multiracial Biden voters in Seattle meet at Curiosity Club and learn that a political disagreement can be the start of a conversation instead of the end of one. Kristin Leong
Mayors Reflect On Police Relationships With Residents Of Color In Report A report gathers the views of mayors from cities across the U.S. about policing in their cities, law enforcement relationships with residents of color and police funding. Juana Summers
Biden's Push Against Housing Discrimination Must Go Beyond HUD, Researcher Says Andre Perry of Brookings says discrimination against communities of color also involves lenders, zoning laws and other issues in which the Department of Housing and Urban Development is less involved. Rachel Martin
Charles Blow's 'The Devil You Know' Is A Black Power Manifesto For Our Time Blow's book is a call to action for Black Americans to reconsider their Great Migration North and imagine new possibilities of Black political might. Hope Wabuke
Biden Administration Will 'Speed Up' Efforts To Put Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill Press secretary Jen Psaki said it's important that "our money ... reflect the history and diversity of our country." The effort to redesign the $20 bill foundered during the Trump administration. Laurel Wamsley
Understanding Multiracial Whiteness And Trump Supporters NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Cristina Beltran, professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University, about the phenomenon of "multi-racial whiteness."
Race, reckoning, and redemption: Michael Eric Dyson’s message to White America “How far are we willing to go? Are we prepared to sacrifice tradition and convention for genuine transformation?” John O'Brien
Howard University's Marching Band To Perform During Inauguration Howard University's Showtime Marching Band will be part of the inaugural activities. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, a Howard graduate, often included drum lines in her campaign events.
The 'Racial Caste System' At The U.S. Capitol After the Capitol was cleared of insurrectionists last week, there was work to be done — and it wasn't lost on many that cleaning up the mess would fall largely to Black and Brown people. Karen Grigsby Bates
When White Extremism Seeps Into The Mainstream Professor Kathleen Belew explains how people on the mainstream right become radicalized, and why white nationalism grew so influential after the Vietnam War. Gene Demby