Race & Identity The charges against Young Thug build on a growing trend of criminalizing rap crews Ayesha Rascoe talks with Sidney Madden and Rodney Carmichael of NPR's Louder Than A Riot about the RICO charges against Young Thug and the wider intersection of criminal justice and hip-hop. Sidney Madden Rodney Carmichael Ayesha Rascoe Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
National Supremacy movements unite over abortion restriction, though for different reasons The evolution of the anti-abortion coalition in the U.S. has long been a shared project of supremacist movements. Though they have shared a goal of overturning Roe, they have different agendas. Odette Yousef
National Many know how George Floyd died. A new biography centers on how he lived NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa about their new book, His Name is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice. Adrian Florido Jonaki Mehta Patrick Jarenwattananon
National If Roe is reversed, Indigenous people see even more barriers to body sovereignty NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Pauly Denetclaw, correspondent with Indian Country Today, about her reporting on the what it will mean for Indigenous people if Roe v. Wade'is overturned. Adrian Florido Jason Fuller Roberta Rampton
National U.S. report identifies burial sites linked to boarding schools for Native Americans A federal study of Native American boarding schools that sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society has identified more than 400 such schools and more than 50 associated burial sites. The Associated Press
Race & Identity National Park grants honor sites significant to Chinese Americans and Black communities in Washington The National Park Service has awarded two grants totaling $100,000 to identify and preserve locations of historic significance for the Chinese American and Black communities in Washington state. Diana Opong
National Tulsa Race Massacre reparations lawsuit can proceed The last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre learned a lawsuit against the city of Tulsa can move forward. The plaintiffs said the government was partly to blame for the massacre. Chris Polansky
National Daunte Wright's mother was detained after recording a traffic stop Daunte Wright was fatally shot last year by a suburban Minneapolis police officer. Katie Wright says she was injured while she was briefly detained this week by one of the same department's officers. The Associated Press
Health An upcoming Supreme Court ruling may disproportionately impact on people of color If the Supreme Court over turns Roe versus Wade, it would trigger abortion bans and restrictions in 26 states. But the ruling will most impact poor people and communities of color. Leila Fadel Yuki Noguchi
National Race can impact the medical treatment a person gets. Pediatrics wants to address that The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling to end "race-based medicine," wherein doctors sometimes use race as a factor to determine what treatment patients receive. Rhitu Chatterjee