Nate Parker's Past, His Present, And The Future Of "The Birth of A Nation"
Actor Nate Parker is the center of a lot attention these days because of his upcoming movie The Birth of A Nation. Parker wrote, directed and stars as Nat Turner, leader of an historic 1831 slave rebe...
24 Elo 201642min
Struggling School, Or Sanctuary?
When a school shuts down, students often lose more than a place of learning; they lose friends, mentors and a community. This is an experience that disproportionately affects black students. Shereen M...
17 Elo 201641min
Say My Name, Say My Name (Correctly, Please)
When you have a name like Aparna Nancherla or Maz Jobrani, you get used to people butchering it. These two comedians, who both come from immigrant families, talk to Code Switch editor Tasneem Raja abo...
10 Elo 201626min
What Does "Objectivity" Mean To Journalists Of Color?
News stories of conflict involving people of color raise questions about the role of diversity in newsrooms. With the current election cycle drenched with racially charged rhetoric, how do journalists...
3 Elo 201637min
A Letter From Young Asian Americans, To Their Parents, About Black Lives Matter
The day after the police shooting of Philando Castile, hundreds of young Asian Americans connected online to write an open letter to their parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, asking them to suppo...
27 Heinä 201623min
46 Stops: The Driving Life and Death of Philando Castile
When Philando Castile was killed by a police officer during a recent traffic stop, it was the last of at least 46 times he had been pulled over by police. How does that happen? And what does it say ab...
20 Heinä 201629min
Black and Blue
In the aftermath of deadly police shootings of black men and the deaths of five policemen at the hands of a black gunman, Shereen Marisol Meraji and Gene Demby explore perspectives on policing while b...
14 Heinä 201632min
Code Switch Extra: No Words
It's hard to figure out what to say after the horrific violence of the last week, which began with two new viral videos of police shooting black men and ended with a deadly attack by a black gunman on...
9 Heinä 201626min
