racism

COMMENTARY: The removal of books on Black Latinos in Florida public schools shows Latin America we share its racism — and its denial of the existence of racism.

Author Jonathan Escoffery talks with WLRN Sundial’s Carlos Frías about his first book, If I Survive You, which was nominated for a National Book Award. His book of interconnected fictional stories draws on his real experience of a Jamaican family fleeing political oppression and immigrating to Miami — where they confront issues of race, class and crushing economic disparity.

Three teenage boys are facing felony charges in the case of racist and anti-semitic messages spray-painted in Weston on three separate days in October.

We've heard again and again that crime is rising. But the reality is far more complex, in part because of how we define crime in the first place.

They're among three lawmakers who were recorded talking in racist terms. And though they've been stripped of assignments and haven't been attending meetings, they're still collecting hefty paychecks.

The action dashes hopes of American Samoans who were seeking birthright citizenship and leaves intact a decision that breathed new life into distinctions between U.S. states and territories.

White House calls racist recording of Los Angeles city council members "unacceptable" and "appalling."

The president of a local NAACP branch in Florida has resigned, saying that as a South Asian woman she experienced “racist marginalization” from others in the civil rights group.

COMMENTARY A new U.S. push — especially in Florida — to whitewash the trans-Atlantic slave trade ranks in the same racist league with Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Maud Newton about her book Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation, a memoir that explores her family history of racist violence.

A new investment fund launched by one of the few Black venture capitalists in health care is focused on backing Black entrepreneurs. And the investors include some of the biggest names in for-profit health care.

Prosecutors relied heavily on racist evidence from cell phones and testimony from acquaintances, but the defense called only one witness.