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Emily Meggett, the author of <em>Gullah Geechee Home Cooking</em>. Meggett published her cookbook at age 89.

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  • Arts & Life

For this 89-year-old Gullah Geechee chef, cooking is about heart

Emily Meggett has spent decades caring for her community and family with her delicious, traditional Gullah Geechee food from South Carolina. Now, she's sharing that cuisine with the world.

August 15, 2022
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Charlottesville activist Don Gathers reflects on five years since white supremacists terrorized his hometown — "all the hatefulness and evilness that transpired here."

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  • National

The Charlottesville rally 5 years later: 'It's what you're still trying to forget'

The rally by white supremacists protesting the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee left one counter-protester dead and several injured.

August 12, 2022
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  • Debbie Elliott
A crowd gathers under a new sign designating a city roadway as Honorary Ahmaud Arbery Street on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in Brunswick, Ga. City officials approved the honor for Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was fatally shot in February 2020 after being chased by three white men in pickup trucks who spotted him running in their neighborhood. All three men were later convicted of murder and federal hate crimes.

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  • Race

Town honors Ahmaud Arbery after end of hate crimes case

Ahmaud Arbery is being honored by his hometown after stiff sentences for hate crimes against the white men who chased and killed him. Dozens of people joined Arbery's family on a sweltering street corner Tuesday as Brunswick city officials unveiled signs designating a 2.7-mile roadway as Honorary Ahmaud Arbery Street.

August 10, 2022
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  • Associated Press
In this 1955 file photo, Carolyn Bryant poses for a photo. A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman, Carolyn Donham, known as Carolyn Bryant, whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago.

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  • National

A grand jury declined to indict a woman whose accusations set off Emmett Till killing

A grand jury declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till in 1955. The grand jury determined that there was not sufficient evidence.

August 09, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Nikki Cox faced possible eviction this summer after her work hours were cut, and then she lost three weeks of pay after getting COVID-19.

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  • National

'We have nowhere to go': Many face eviction during a crisis in affordable housing

Most Americans say a lack of affordable housing is a serious problem where they live. An NPR poll also finds nearly twice as many Black renters as white faced an eviction threat in the past year.

August 09, 2022
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  • Jennifer Ludden
Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden in July in New York. Adams is critical of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott as he sends busloads of migrants from Texas to New York City.

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  • Politics

New York's mayor says Abbott sending busloads of migrants from Texas is 'horrific'

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is blasting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, saying he has used thousands of innocent people as "political pawns."

August 08, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
Police guard the front of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin where at least one gunman fired upon people at a service August, 5, 2012 in Oak Creek, Wis. Six people were killed when a shooter, who was later shot dead by a police officer, opened fire on congregants in the Milwaukee suburb.

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  • National

Remembering the Oak Creek killings, a harbinger of white supremacist violence

Ten years ago, seven people died when a white supremacist opened fire at a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisc. A decade later, hate crimes against South Asians and Sikhs are on the rise.

August 05, 2022
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  • Sandhya Dirks
<strong>Apply to be a Code Switch fellow! </strong>Ideal candidates are mid-career journalists and a track record of dedication to covering stories about race.

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  • Race

Apply now for Code Switch's mid-career fellowships

Code Switch fellowships for mid-career journalists are back. Submit a proposal and get a chance to work with Code Switch and NPR editors and producers to craft your story on race and identity.

August 05, 2022
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  • Christina Cala
Abortion rights activists march from Washington Square Park to Bryant Park in protest of the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court. The march was in New York on June 24, 2022.

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  • Health

Criminalization of pregnancy has already been happening to the poor and women of color

The symbol of the post-Roe era might not be coat hangers. It may instead be prison bars.

August 05, 2022
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  • Sandhya Dirks
Super Fly, lobbycard, from left: Sheila Frazier, Ron O'Neal, 1972.

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  • Movies

Super Fly at 50: A blaxploitation classic that remains a powerful pop culture force

The movie's gritty, authentic depiction of street life and its flamboyant lead character created archetypes that have inspired legions of future storytellers and musicians.

August 04, 2022
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  • Eric Deggans
Blake Masters, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, speaks to supporters during a campaign event in Tucson.

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  • National

Talk of 'invasion' moves from the fringe to the mainstream of GOP immigration message

With midterm elections looming, many Republican candidates have embraced increasingly extreme language about immigration. Immigrant advocates worry that such rhetoric stokes fear and hate.

August 04, 2022
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  • Joel Rose
A mural of Rep. John Lewis on a street named after him Feb. 11, in Nashville, Tenn. The late Lewis was part of a movement that marched downtown from the historically Black neighborhood of North Nashville to take part in lunch counter sit-ins. That same neighborhood is redistricted into a mostly white congressional district, which some Democrats are comparing past civil rights violations.

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  • National

Today in Nashville, 9 Republicans run for a seat redistricted out of Democrats' reach

GOP lawmakers in Tennessee have redrawn Nashville from one Democratic congressional district into three GOP-leaning districts. Democrats will have a difficult, if not impossible, time getting elected.

August 04, 2022
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  • Blaise Gainey
Kansas state Rep. Stephanie Clayton, an abortion rights supporter who was a Republican and is now a Democrat, reacts as a referendum to strip abortion rights out of the state constitution fails.

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  • National

Voters in Kansas decide to keep abortion legal in the state, rejecting an amendment

In the first test of its kind since the Dobbs ruling, Kansas voters have decided not to amend the state constitution, keeping abortion legal in the state — for now.

August 03, 2022
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  • Dylan Lysen,
  • Laura Ziegler,
  • and 1 more
A voter places a ballot in a drop box outside of the Maricopa County Elections Department on August 02, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. Arizonans are voting in the state's midterm primary election.

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  • National

Many eyes are on Arizona's open seats in Tuesday's primary

In Arizona, three key statewide races have no incumbents, and former President Trump has played a big role in endorsing Republicans for those offices.

August 02, 2022
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  • Ben Giles
Blackbird Collective, located in Culver City, Calif., was created with the intention to empower women of color and allies in the entrepreneurship and creative fields to create positive change for each other and the world. Here, a portion of the workspace used by members.

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  • Business

This Black-owned coworking space wants to advance and support businesswomen of color

By channeling its focus on women of color in the workplace, the primary goal for Blackbird Collective is simply to provide its members with a safe space to work and connect.

August 01, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
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