Sports The Tokyo Olympics Has Relaxed Its Rules On Athlete Protests — To A Point Gestures of protest have already begun. But exactly what's allowed under the International Olympic committee's new rules on expression is somewhat murky. Laurel Wamsley
National After 106 Years, Cleveland's Baseball Team Will Have A New Name After 106 years with a name many found offensive, Cleveland's baseball team will have a new moniker after this season. They will become the Guardians, a nod to a local bridge. Glenn Forbes
National Cleveland's MLB Team Changes Its Name To Guardians After Years Of Backlash Cleveland's Major League Baseball team has changed its name from the Indians to the Guardians, ridding itself of a previous name that many found highly offensive. Sharon Pruitt-Young
National Biden Is Reviving An Effort To Change How The Census Asks About Race And Ethnicity The Trump administration had stalled on reviewing the proposals, which the Census Bureau says would produce more accurate data about Latinos and people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa. Hansi Lo Wang
Arts & Life The Only 'New' Thing About Cross-Cultural Casting Is Who's Getting The Roles Dev Patel as a knight of the Round Table, Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn, the mostly nonwhite casts of Bridgerton and Hamilton — all belong to a tradition that has its roots in live theater. Bob Mondello
National Rents Are Out Of Reach For Most Americans Earning Minimum Wage, A Study Says Workers simply don't earn enough money to keep up with skyrocketing rental rates across the country, the National Low Income Housing Coalition found in its latest Out of Reach report. Vanessa Romo
Environment Extreme Heat Is Worse For Low-Income, Nonwhite Americans, A New Study Shows A new study finds that for more than 70% of all U.S. counties, urban temperatures are higher in neighborhoods that have low-income people and communities of color. Deepa Shivaram
Education Texas Lawmakers Take Aim At Critical Race Theory Texas' governor says a new education bill designed to keep critical race theory out of the state's classrooms doesn't go far enough. Texas school districts deny they even teach critical race theory.
National Eviction Prevention Programs Are Racing Against A Moratorium Clock The Alexandria Eviction Prevention Partnership in Northern Virginia is one of the divergent programs meant to help fight off evictions. Pam Fessler
Race & Identity Liberty’s white roots and the racial history of that idea White Freedom: ‘The belief (and practice) that freedom is central to white racial identity, and that only white people can or should be free.’ John O'Brien