Why Black Women, Infants Lag In Birth Outcomes
The overwhelming majority of babies in the U.S. are born healthy, and their growth brings joy and comfort to their parents. But across the country, there is a whopping disparity in birth outcomes based...
View ArticleGroup Prenatal Care: Finding Strength In Numbers
The Columbia Heights neighborhood in Washington, D.C., is in transition. Shiny new condos have sprouted up in recent years, attracting a rush of new restaurants and national retail chains — Target,...
View ArticleFed Sticks With Record Low Interest Rates
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors met Tuesday and announced that interest rates will likely remain at record lows for two more years. The action by the Fed was aimed at calming nervous investors.
View ArticleReaction On The Streets In South London
Police in London are bracing for another night of rioting. Parliament has been called back into session amid demands in some quarters for the army to be deployed. Major sporting events have been...
View Article'The Atlantic' Remembers Its Civil War Stories
Today it is widely understood that slavery is a stain on American history — indelible and regrettable. But on the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, a new issue of The Atlantic...
View ArticleHow 'Black Beauty' Changed The Way We See Horses
NPR's Backseat Book Club is back! And we begin this round of reading adventures with a cherished classic: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. Generations of children and adults have loved this book. With...
View ArticleLiving In Two Worlds, But With Just One Language
NPR continues its conversations about The Race Card Project, where NPR Host/Special Correspondent Michele Norris asks people to send in six-word stories about race and culture.
View ArticleA Daughter's Struggle To Overcome A Legacy Of Segregation
As we head into the summer months, NPR is looking back to the summer of 1963, a momentous year in civil rights history. As part of NPR's partnership with The Race Card Project, which asks people to...
View ArticleTo Join '63 March On Washington: 'Like Climbing A Mountain'
For the Month of August, Morning Edition and The Race Card Project are looking back at a seminal moment in civil rights history: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where the Rev. Martin...
View ArticleDetermined To Reach 1963 March, Teen Used Thumb And Feet
For the month of August, Morning Edition and The Race Card Project are looking back at a seminal moment in civil rights history: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where the Rev. Martin...
View ArticleTwo Officers, Black And White, On Walking The '63 March Beat
For the month of August, Morning Edition and The Race Card Project are looking back at a seminal moment in civil rights history: the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where the Rev. Martin...
View ArticleClarence B. Jones: A Guiding Hand Behind 'I Have A Dream'
For the month of August, Morning Edition and The Race Card Project are looking back at a seminal moment in civil rights history: the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where the Rev. Martin...
View ArticleTo Join '63 March On Washington: 'Like Climbing A Mountain'
For the Month of August, Morning Edition and The Race Card Project are looking back at a seminal moment in civil rights history: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where the Rev. Martin...
View ArticleDetermined To Reach 1963 March, Teen Used Thumb And Feet
For the month of August, Morning Edition and The Race Card Project are looking back at a seminal moment in civil rights history: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where the Rev. Martin...
View ArticleTwo Officers, Black And White, On Walking The '63 March Beat
For the month of August, Morning Edition and The Race Card Project are looking back at a seminal moment in civil rights history: the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where the Rev. Martin...
View ArticleClarence B. Jones: A Guiding Hand Behind 'I Have A Dream'
For the month of August, Morning Edition and The Race Card Project are looking back at a seminal moment in civil rights history: the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where the Rev. Martin...
View ArticleSix Words: 'You've Got To Be Taught' Intolerance
NPR continues a series of conversations about The Race Card Project, where thousands of people have submitted their thoughts on race and cultural identity in six words. Every so often, NPR Host/Special...
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