Lori Lizarraga

Oct 23, 2024 | npr.org | B.A. Parker |Christina Cala |Courtney Stein |Jess Kung |Xavier Lopez |Xavier Lopez | +4 more

This week, we talk to Native journalist Rebecca Nagle about her new book, By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land. The book goes back and forth between the history of Native displacement in the United States and a recent Supreme Court decision that rectifies some of the sins of that displacement. This episode was produced by Christina Cala, edited by Courtney Stein and engineered by Josephine Nyounai.

Oct 16, 2024 | npr.org | Gene Demby |Colin Jackson |Courtney Stein |Jess Kung |Alison MacAdam |Leah Donnella | +6 more

In Michigan, Arab Americans weigh the power of a voteThis presidential election is likely to be a squeaker, decided by a handful of votes in some key swing states. We visited one of them — Michigan — in order to speak to some of the most influential and misunderstood voters in the country: Arab Americans in Dearborn. The Dearbornites we met said that the war in Gaza is one of the key issues weighing on their minds as they consider how to cast their ballots in a couple of weeks.

Oct 14, 2024 | npr.org | Lori Lizarraga |Schuyler Swenson |Courtney Stein |Lauren Gonzalez

Ask Code Switch: Am I the "token" at work? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1258323361/1259209476" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript You've heard it before – someone being referred to as a "token." Like the token Black friend, the token Asian – and tokenism isn't limited to race or ethnicity, either. You can be the token lesbian, the token Gen Zer, the token hetero bff...

Oct 14, 2024 | wrvo.org | Lori Lizarraga

You've heard it before – someone being referred to as a "token." Like the token Black friend, the token Asian – and tokenism isn't limited to race or ethnicity, either. You can be the token lesbian, the token Gen Zer, the token hetero bff... you get the idea. Being a token usually means you're in the minority within a certain group. It's not inherently a bad thing, but the underlying implication is that you're holding it down for your people where they wouldn't otherwise be represented.

Oct 9, 2024 | npr.org | Sandhya Dirks |Gene Demby |Dalia Mortada |Leah Donnella |Xavier Lopez |Xavier Lopez | +6 more

Two Palestinian writers on the right to share their storiesIn the year since the devastating Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed. Even more have been injured or displaced. Still, many Palestinians across the diaspora feel that they aren't allowed to share their stories — that the fullness of their humanity is too often reduced to a few soundbites on the news, or images of people dying.