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The Canadian powwow and round dance act perform a meditative set for globalFEST.

Johnson County, Iowa, voted to change its eponym from Richard Mentor Johnson, a lifelong slaveholder, to Lulu Merle Johnson, the first Black woman to earn a PhD in Iowa.

NPR's Ailsa Chang interviews Andrea Jenkins, vice president of the Minneapolis City Council, about Derek Chauvin's sentence in the death of George Floyd. She lives close to where he was killed.

The urban search and rescue team combing through the condominium that collapsed in Surfside, Fla. is often called to major disasters worldwide. Now its searching for survivors in their backyard.

Nothing is sensationalized or trivialized in Bell's four-part documentary, which reckons with Bill Cosby's legacy both as a barrier-breaking Black star and as a sexual predator.

The Mexican singer-songwriter employs her subversive brujeria to transcend experience on Marchita.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the impact of the U.S.'s assassination of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani.

Pennsylvania is reviewing its 2,500 roadside markers, scrutinizing factual errors, inadequate historical context, and racist or otherwise inappropriate references.

Louisiana has become the first state to include "Black" hair care among its cosmetology board's graduation requirements. As of June, cosmetology students must pass that test to receive a license.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to director Sam Pollard about the HBO documentary, Black Art: In the Absence of Light. The film celebrates the rich history of art by Black Americans.