[ad_1] What is the “Standard American Accent”? Where is it from? And what does it mean if you don’t have it? Code Switch goes on a trip to the Midwest to find out. Gillian Blease/Getty Images/Ikon Images Gillian Blease/Getty Images/Ikon Images [ad_2]

[ad_1] It’s a battle that’s endured throughout so much of American history: what gets written into our textbooks. Today we tag in NPR education correspondent Anya Kamenetz, and hear from author James Loewen about the book, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. Oivind Hovland/Getty Images/Ikon Images Oivind Hovland/Getty Images/Ikon…

[ad_1] Shereen and Gene head to Alabama to talk about race in the American South. Mayor Randall Woodfin of Birmingham talks about growing up in the shadow of his city’s history. The poet Ashley M. Jones shares how she learned to love her hometown. And Gigi Douban of WBHM takes on some tough listener questions…

[ad_1] In recent weeks, rumors of a recording of President Trump using the N-Word have resurfaced. But critics have been describing Trump as racist for years. So, if this tape were to exist, would it even matter? [ad_2]

[ad_1] Prodigy made up half of the hugely influential hip-hop duo Mobb Deep, but spent his life in excruciating pain due to a debilitating disease called sickle cell anemia. On this episode, the hosts of WNYC’s The Realness podcast chronicle Prodigy’s struggle with the disease, share the story of how the disease was discovered, and…

[ad_1] In a unanimous decision, India’s Supreme Court struck down a long-standing ban on gay sex. In light of this, we’re revisiting an episode about same-sex love and dating apps for South Asians. [ad_2]

[ad_1] For better or worse, classrooms have always been a site where our country’s racial issues get worked out — whether its integration, busing, learning about this country’s sordid racial history. On today’s Ask Code Switch, we’re talking about fitting in, standing out, and standing up for what you believe in. School is hard, man.…

[ad_1] Long before Hurricane Maria devastated the territory, the threat of financial disaster loomed over Puerto Rico. Now, an old, bitter struggle over who gets to chart the islands’ economic future is upending life for everyday Puerto Ricans trying to pick up the pieces. An American flag and Puerto Rican flag fly next to each…

[ad_1] The reckoning that is reshaping Hollywood is finally making its way to the critic’s perch. Bilal Qureshi joins us to talk about exciting movies coming this fall, and who gets to judge. [ad_2]

[ad_1] Decades before Christine Blasey-Ford testified before lawmakers, the country had another reckoning with sexual misconduct set against the backdrop of a Supreme Court nomination. This week: what we have — and haven’t — learned in the years since the Anita Hill hearings about identity politics, sexual harassment and power. From left: Anita Hill, Brett…