Veralyn Williams

1 month ago | npr.org | Jess Kung |B.A. Parker |Dalia Mortada |Christina Cala |Xavier Lopez |Xavier López | +3 more

In the face of trans erasure, what can we learn from Marsha P. Johnson? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1248091511/1269226329" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Marsha P. Johnson was a trailblazer in the fight for gay rights — from being a key figure in the Stonewall Riots in 1969 to an organizer in the HIV-AIDS crisis in the 1990s.

1 month ago | npr.org | Gene Demby |Christina Cala |Dalia Mortada |Xavier Lopez |Xavier López |Jess Kung | +3 more

Why now is the time to find power in "otherness" Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1246593561/1269194559" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Hopper Stone/Harvard University Press Hopper Stone/Harvard University Press Viet Thanh Nguyen came to the U.S. as a refugee from Vietnam when he was four years old.

1 month ago | npr.org | Sergio Martínez-Beltrán |Gene Demby |Christina Cala |Courtney Stein |Dalia Mortada |Luis Trelles | +5 more

Why Trump is sending Venezuelans to El Salvador : Code Switch One of President Trump's main campaign promises was carrying out mass deportations. We look at how the Trump administration is testing the U.S. legal system to make good on its promise, starting with the story of one family trying to find their 18-year-old son after immigration agents showed up at their doorstep.

2 months ago | npr.org | Brittany Luse |Alexis Williams |Barton Girdwood |Neena Pathak |Veralyn Williams

Crunchy conservatives want to 'Make America Healthy Again' Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1263527071/1268927487" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Who are the crunchy conservatives? Getty Images / pixabay hide caption toggle caption Getty Images / pixabay Who are the crunchy conservatives?

2 months ago | npr.org | Brittany Luse |Corey Bridges |Barton Girdwood |Neena Pathak |Veralyn Williams

Oaklee, Cohen, & Mateo: why are these Gen-Alpha's hottest names? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1242780108/1268888292" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> The political roots of your birth name. Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Getty Images The political roots of your birth name.