Health Maori politician worries New Zealand's COVID plan is a 'death warrant' for her people New Zealand is moving away from a "zero cases" approach to COVID-19. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Maori party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer about why she opposes the change. Ailsa Chang Ashley Brown Ashish Valentine
Books 'Invisible Child' tells the story of childhood homelessness in America While the book is very much the tale of young Dasani Coates, Andrea Elliott uses her story and that of her family to examine the many who find themselves in similarly impossible circumstances. Ericka Taylor
National First female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation will be featured on U.S. coin A daughter and grandson remember Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to lead the Cherokee Nation. They talk about the challenges she faced. Audio produced for Morning Edition by Barry Gordemer.
National ESPN anchor Sage Steele is off the air after her comments on vaccines and Obama On a podcast, Steele called vaccine mandates "sick" and "scary" and questioned why former President Barack Obama identifies as Black even though he was raised by his white mother. Joe Hernandez
Politics Senators discuss their proposal that would repair the infrastructure of HBCUS and NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Senators Chris Coons, D-Del., and Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., about their proposed act which would update the infrastructure of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Ailsa Chang Jason Fuller Christopher Intagliata
National Museum tracing legacy of slavery in America marks moment for 'truth-telling' NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, about the newly expanded "Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration."
National How the Coast Guard's 1st Black woman pilot helped give the next one her wings Jeanine Menze was discouraged from pursuing her dream to fly planes when she didn't see any women of color in the field. Then she met La'Shanda Holmes. "When I met you, I saw myself," Menze told her. Eleanor Vassili Emma Bowman
World Communities In Canada Plan More Scans For Remains Of Indigenous Children The discovery of hundreds of graves at now-shuttered residential schools for Indigenous children has opened a new chapter in Canada's treatment of its First Nations. Emma Jacobs
National A Calif. Beach Was Seized From Black Owners In 1924. Now, The Family Will Get It Back Gov. Gavin Newsom is scheduled to sign a bill Thursday that will return a plot of beachfront land along the Southern California coast to the family of a Black couple who lost it to eminent domain. Joe Hernandez
Race & Identity This New Canadian Holiday Reflects On The Legacy Of Indigenous Residential Schools The holiday commemorates the roughly 150,000 Indigenous children who were taken from their families and forced to attend boarding schools in an effort to assimilate them into Canadian society. Rachel Treisman