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Feb 9, 2024 | 
npr.org | B.A Parker
How Black college footballers led the fight against racism in 1969 Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1198004951/1230407090" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> It's 1969 at the University of Wyoming, where college football is treated like a second religion. But after racist treatment at an away game, 14 Black players decide to take a stand, and are hit with life-changing consequences.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
npr.org | B.A Parker |Kumari Devarajan |Courtney Stein |Christina Cala |Dalia Mortada |Gene Demby | +6 more
Researchers are still trying to figure out what happened to aviator Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the South Pacific in 1937
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
gpb.org | B.A Parker
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
npr.org | Fanta Kaba |Gene Demby |Courtney Stein |Carolina Hidalgo |Jess Kung |Dalia Mortada | +7 more
New York City public housing is getting less public. How does that affect residents? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1197954644/1226375889" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript Fanta Kaba from WNYC's Radio Rookies (left) is also a resident of a New York City Housing Authority facility. She reports on the privatization of NYCHA buildings and what that means for residents.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
npr.org | B.A Parker |Gene Demby |Lori Lizarraga |Christina Cala |Leah Donnella |Xavier Lopez | +2 more
The Little Rock Nine, the Lost Year and today's LEARNS Act in Arkansas : Code Switch Classrooms in Arkansas were at the center of school desegregation in the 1950s. Now, with the LEARNS Act, they're in the spotlight again. Code Switch comes to you live from Little Rock, Arkansas this week to unpack the latest education bill and how it echoes themes from decades past.
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
npr.org | B.A Parker |Christina Cala |Courtney Stein |Dalia Mortada |Gene Demby |Jess Kung | +5 more
Check out the best Code Switch episodes from 2023 : Code Switch It's that time of year again, fam, when we look back at the past 12 months and think, "WHOA, HOW'D THAT GO BY SO FAST?" So we're taking a beat: for this week's episode, each one of us who makes Code Switch is getting on the mic to reflect on — and recommend — an episode we loved from 2023.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
npr.org | B.A Parker |Christina Cala |Leah Donnella
Travel is supposed to expand your horizons... but it's complicated Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1197954351/1215490722" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript Author Shahnaz Habib next to the cover of her new book, Airplane Mode.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
npr.org | B.A Parker |Christina Cala |Leah Donnella
The world is not your oyster Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1197954351/1215490722" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Author Shahnaz Habib next to the cover of her new book, Airplane Mode. Author photo by Eva Garmendia hide caption toggle caption Author photo by Eva Garmendia Author Shahnaz Habib next to the cover of her new book, Airplane Mode.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
npr.org | B.A Parker |Courtney Stein |Dalia Mortada
Where are the Black punks now? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1197954195/1209844787" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Left: James Spooner, co-creator of Afropunk Festival and co-editor of Black Punk Now. Right: Black Punk Now cover art. PR Agency hide caption toggle caption PR Agency Left: James Spooner, co-creator of Afropunk Festival and co-editor of Black Punk Now.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
popularresistance.org | B.A Parker |Rebecca Hersher |Courtney Stein |Bilal Qureshi
Above photo: Students give a presentation at a construction site in South Baltimore. B.A. Parker/NPR. South Baltimore has some of the most polluted air in the country. Local teenagers are fighting polluters back, and slowly building toward climate justice. Baltimore, Maryland – South Baltimore is on a peninsula surrounded by water, highways and train tracks. It’s mostly made up of residential row houses, small yards, schools, rec centers and parks.
