Skip to main content
Nevada Public Radio
  • News 88.9 KNPR
  • Classical 89.7 kcnv
  • Magazine Desert Companion
  • About

    How to reach us

    1289 S. Torrey Pines Dr.
    Las Vegas, NV 89146

    Main Number:  1-702-258-9895
    Toll Free: 1-888-258-9895

    More contact info

     

     

      • Staff
      • Board of Directors
      • Employment
      • FCC Applications
      • CPB Compliance
      • Our Policies
      • Listen on the Radio
      • Other Ways to Listen
      • Sign-up for NVPR News
      • FCC Public Inspection File
      • CPB Funding
      • History
    • News 88.9 KNPR
    • Classical 89.7 KCNV
    • Desert Companion
  • Programs
  • Events
  • Support
  • myPublicRadio
  • Donate Now

Main menu

Search

Listen

News 88.9 KNPR
Classical 89.7 KCNV
Podcasts view all

member station

Support

Subscribe to racial justice

racial justice

KNPR
NPR
Navajo Nation Detention

Mountain West News Bureau wins national award for investigation of deaths at tribal jails

Jun 27, 2022

The Public Media Journalists Association selected the bureau's investigation of deaths at tribal jails as the best nationally edited news coverage for 2021.

NPR

How Indigenous land acknowledgements can sanitize the trauma of dispossession

Oct 13, 2021

Many institutions acknowledge that land they've built upon once belonged to Native peoples, but experts say some well-intentioned statements can actually do harm.

  • Listen Download
NPR

'The Crumbs': Federal Neglect Leaves Tribal Jails In Disrepair—If They're Open At All

Aug 06, 2021

After months of repeated written questions and public records requests from NPR and the Mountain West News Bureau, Interior Department officials said they now plan to contract with an outside agency to examine the troubles plaguing tribal detention centers.

NPR

A Mother’s Death In Tribal Jail Highlights Need For Medical Care On Site

Aug 06, 2021

The National Congress of American Indians has urged the federal government to place medical personnel in its tribal jails, arguing that the current situation "exacerbates the already challenging problem of health disparities for American Indians."

  • Listen Download
NPR
Wilma Fleury sits in her home in Browning, Montana on April 24, 2021.

'A National Disgrace': Years After Promised Reforms, People Keep Dying At Federal Tribal Jails

Aug 06, 2021

Willy Pepion had a cracked skull, and guards at the federal jail on the Blackfeet Reservation dismissed his pleas for help. He died in his cell. Three hours went by until anyone noticed.

  • Listen Download
NPR
 Carlos Yazzie’s brother, Chris, stands next to the remains of their childhood home on the Navajo Nation.

Carlos Yazzie Needed A Hospital. Instead, He Ended Up Dead In A Tribal Jail

Aug 05, 2021

"The corrections officers are basically holding these lives in their hands with their decisions."

  • Listen Download
NPR
 Carlos Yazzie’s brother, Chris, stands next to the remains of their childhood home on the Navajo Nation.

Carlos Yazzie Needed A Hospital. Instead, He Ended Up Dead In A Tribal Jail

Aug 05, 2021
"The corrections officers are basically holding these lives in their hands with their decisions."
  • Listen Download
NPR
George Floyd's Murder, One Year Later
People gather to memorialize the life of George Floyd on the first anniversary of his death on Tuesday in Atlanta. America's corporations pledged to boost diversity soon after his death last year, but progress can be slow.

You Can Still Count The Number Of Black CEOs On One Hand

May 27, 2021
Executives pledged to make diversity a priority, but the past year has highlighted how difficult it is to implement change in corporate America.
  • Listen Download
NPR
National
Federal law enforcement officers fire impact munitions and tear gas at protesters demonstrating against racism and police violence in front of the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse in Portland, Ore., on July 16, 2020. Through the end of 2020, the major

DOJ Uses Civil Rights-Era Law To Charge Protesters And Insurrectionists

May 22, 2021
Racial justice protesters and many who stormed the U.S. Capitol are being charged with civil disorder, under the 1968 Civil Obedience Act. Some argue that the law is unconstitutional.
  • Listen Download
NPR
America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Evanston, Ill., just north of Chicago, is believed to be the first place in the United States to provide reparations to Black residents after its City Council on Monday approved a plan to address racial discrimination in housing.

In Likely First, Chicago Suburb Of Evanston Approves Reparations For Black Residents

Mar 23, 2021
The new program, which aims to address harms suffered by Black residents due to the city's past discriminatory housing policies, is part of a larger reparations fund established in 2019.
NPR
National
Author, professor and anti-racism activist Ibram X. Kendi, pictured in September 2019, is one of the co-founders of <em>The Emancipator</em>. The new publication is the result of a partnership between Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research, w

Venture Aims To 'Resurrect And Reimagine' Anti-Slavery Newspaper For The 21st Century

Mar 16, 2021
The Boston Globe and Boston University Center for Antiracist Research are launching The Emancipator, a news platform named after a 19th century abolitionist newspaper and dedicated to racial justice.
NPR
National
Marchers perform a Stomp Dance in Pilgrim Memorial State Park during the 48th National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Mass., on Nov 23, 2017. Since 1970, Indigenous people have gathered at noon on Cole's Hill in Plymouth to commemorate a National Day of Mo

Educators And Native Leaders Recommend Bringing Anti-Racism To The Thanksgiving Table

Nov 25, 2020
This year the beloved holiday comes on the heels of a national movement demanding racial justice. One Native American leader says that "people want to resolve the burdens of our history."
NPR
America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Raleigh, N.C. Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin issued a citywide curfew Friday afternoon ahead of two planned protests over racial justice and police brutality.

Raleigh, N.C., Sets Citywide Curfew Ahead Of Racial Justice Protests

Oct 30, 2020
Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin said it will begin Friday, 10 p.m. and continue through Saturday, 5 a.m., citing the need to keep events under control, as the city braces for protests against police brutality.
NPR
Being Black In America
Armed members of the Black Panther Party leave the Capitol in Sacramento May 2, 1967. The Panthers entered the Capitol fully armed and said they were protesting a bill before the Legislature restricting the carrying of arms in public.

Some Black Americans Buying Guns: 'I'd Rather Go To Trial Than Go To The Cemetery'

Sep 27, 2020
As the U.S. faces a fight for racial justice in the aftermath of police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, some Black Americans are considering how they can best protect themselves.
NPR
Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
"You didn't just rob me and my family, you robbed the world of a queen," Breonna Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, said in a statement read aloud Friday by Palmer's sister, Bianca Austin. In this photo, Ju'Niyah Palmer is seen wiping away tears from her mo

'I Have No Faith In The Legal System,' Breonna Taylor's Mother Says

Sep 25, 2020
"I was reassured Wednesday of why I have no faith in the legal system, in the police, in the law," Tamika Palmer said in a statement. "They are not made to protect us Black and brown people."
NPR
National
A Broward County Sheriff's Office vehicle is parked outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla.

In Florida, Schools Under Pressure To Get Rid Of Police Officers

Sep 14, 2020
The demands by student activists face what could be an insurmountable obstacle: security fears in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting.
  • Listen Download
NPR
Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler issued the ban on CS gas in his role as the city's police commissioner. He's seen here at City Hall in late August.

Portland, Ore., Mayor Bans Police Use Of Tear Gas At Protests

Sep 10, 2020
"We need something different and we need it now," Mayor Ted Wheeler says as he orders his city's police to halt the use of CS gas, one of the most common forms of tear gas.
NPR
America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Demonstrators raise their fist in the air, in front of law enforcement, on Aug. 25 in Kenosha, Wis. As the city declared a state of emergency curfew, a third night of civil unrest occurred after the shooting of Jacob Blake, 29, on Aug. 23.

Many Black People Say Police Killings Aren't 'Going To Be Fixed Overnight'

Sep 08, 2020
Many Black Americans who spoke to NPR said while they don't believe this current movement will change everything today, they hope it will help lead to change in generations to come.
NPR
Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
Elders stand on the front line in a march for Daniel Prude on Sunday in Rochester, N.Y. Prude died in March a week after police pinned him to the ground. It was the fifth consecutive night of protesting since the release of police body-camera footage of

Rochester Mayor Promises Police Reforms After Protests Over Daniel Prude's Death

Sep 07, 2020
Mayor Lovely Warren vows to move some mental health services funds away from police. Daniel Prude died a week after officers pinned him on the ground, responding to a mental health crisis call.
NPR
America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Emergency personnel treat Aaron Danielson in Portland, Ore., Aug. 29. The man suspected of killing Danielson, Michael Reinoehl, was killed by law enforcement agents as they attempted to arrest him Thursday night.

Suspect In Fatal Shooting Of Portland Right-Wing Protester Killed By Law Enforcement

Sep 03, 2020
Michael Reinoehl's death came as VICE News aired an interview in which he said he shot a Patriot Prayer supporter in what he believed was self defense.
  • Listen Download
Fifth Street

September 3, 2020

Sep 03, 2020
Monster Machine | Make It Work | Media Sommelier | Black Camaro
Tweet Share on Facebook Email
NPR
Race

As Nation Reckons With Race, Poll Finds White Americans Least Engaged

Aug 27, 2020
The NPR/Ipsos poll also found wide gaps in support for demands that racial justice advocates are making.
  • Listen Download
NPR
Being Black In America
A makeshift memorial at the All Black Lives Matter Solidarity March on June 14, in Los Angeles.

Black Activist Burnout: 'You Can't Do This Work If You're Running On Empty'

Aug 10, 2020
National attention on the fight for racial justice may wane, but many protesters are still staging rallies and marches. How do they fight the system while combating their own burnout?
NPR
Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
Members of the 32BJ union participate in a "Strike for Black Lives" rally in New York City, one of the many demonstrations for racial and economic justice that took place across the U.S. on Monday.

Essential Workers Hold Walkouts And Protests In National 'Strike For Black Lives'

Jul 20, 2020
Front-line workers in several U.S. cities walked off their jobs and took to the streets to demand racial and economic justice.
NPR
Shots - Health News
The Jernigan-Noesi family, the Roper Nedd family, and the Ford family talk about the conversations they're having with their kids about racism, social justice, and having hope for the future.

'Change Can Happen': Black Families On Racism, Hope And Parenting

Jul 19, 2020
In wake of George Floyd's killing and the Black Lives Matter protests, conversations about race in America have a new urgency. Here's how Black parents are having 'the talk' with their children today.

Pages

  • 1
  • 2
  • next ›
  • last »
  • home
  • How to reach us
  • About
  • Support
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • NVPR News
  • Instagram

© All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy

PRXNPRAPMBBC INN