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NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports on the mixed grades the television industry received yesterday for its response to calls to include more minority characters. The results show there are more African Americans on TV but other ethnic groups, like Asian Americans and Latinos are still underrepresented.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with Yvonne Scruggs Leftwich, who is working on voter participation in Philadelphia. Leftwich is Director of the Black Leadership Forum. This year, civil rights organizations are spending a lot of money to encourage African-Americans to vote on Tuesday.

NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports that Viacom is buying BET Holdings, the owner of the nation's only cable-TV network specifically aimed at African-Americans. Viacom will pay 2.5 billion dollars in stock and take on about 500-million-dollars in debt. The deal announced today allows Viacom to add another choice property to its lineup, which includes the CBS and UPN broadcast networks and the MTV and VH1 cable-TV channels

The 108th Congress has barely opened but freshman Rep. Max Burns is already running for re-election. The 54-year-old former professor and Fulbright Scholar figures he'll have to work early and hard to keep his seat. NPR's Juan Williams reports on the Georgia Republican's first days on Capitol Hill.

Immigrant workers are taking advantage of the pandemic recovery and the opportunity it is providing for labor forces to flex its muscles.

Marvin Weeks memorialized Ahmaud Arbery in a mural after he was killed while jogging in 2020. His latest work delves into Brunswick, Georgia's history with a focus on race relations.

Kravitz's memoir follows his childhood and early career. Still touring in his 50s, Kravitz says, "I'm going to continue doing this as long as I can." Originally broadcast Oct. 6, 2020.

In 2017, debate over Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue sparked a violent neo-Nazi rally that left a woman dead. Now, a Black cultural center wants to melt it down and turn it into public art.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Paul Kwami, director of Fisk University's Jubilee Singers, on the commemoration of the Jubilee Singers Fundraising tour.

During the Mozambican civil war, both sides financed their efforts by poaching elephants for ivory. Now, scientists say that drove some elephants to evolve tusklessness.