[ad_1] For a lot of reasons, the 2020 election feels historic. But in one important way, it’s like so many elections throughout American history: Black and brown voters are being disproportionately prevented from casting their ballots. On this bonus episode, we’re revisiting a conversation with Carol Anderson, author of One Person, No Vote, about what…

[ad_1] Election Day has come and gone, but we’re still awhile away from knowing what the outcome will be. But while there’s a lot we don’t about the results, we do know that this election will tell us a lot about what our electorate looks like. With some help from our friends at NPR’s politics…

[ad_1] Vice president-elect Kamala Harris, front center, with, from left, her grandfather, sister, mother and grandmother in 1972. Twitter/ @mayaharris_ hide caption toggle caption Twitter/ @mayaharris_ Vice president-elect Kamala Harris, front center, with, from left, her grandfather, sister, mother and grandmother in 1972. Twitter/ @mayaharris_ Unless you’ve been living under a (really, really large) rock,…

[ad_1] a photo collage of anti- and pro-Trump voters, with an elephant in the middle Tanganyika Zinzani for NPR hide caption toggle caption Tanganyika Zinzani for NPR a photo collage of anti- and pro-Trump voters, with an elephant in the middle Tanganyika Zinzani for NPR One of the biggest storylines from the 2020 presidential race…

[ad_1] Family tensions can bubble to the surface during the holidays, especially after a divisive election. Daniel Fishel for NPR hide caption toggle caption Daniel Fishel for NPR Family tensions can bubble to the surface during the holidays, especially after a divisive election. Daniel Fishel for NPR It’s Thanksgiving week, and like basically everything else…

[ad_1] Let’s face it — we could all use some help right now. So today on the pod, we’re looking at a few of our favorite questions about race and identity from our “Ask Code Switch” series. We’re getting into food, relationships, money, language, friendship and more, so you know it’s about to get a…

[ad_1] It’s no secret that Code Switch is a team full of book nerds. So this week, we’re revisiting one of our favorite book conversations, with author Carmen Maria Machado. Her genre-defying memoir, In the Dream House, tells the story of how she survived intimate partner violence, despite having few models of how to deal…

[ad_1] Listen, a lot has happened this year, and it’s no shock that some things may have slipped under the radar. So our resident book expert, Karen Grigsby Bates, took a virtual trip around the country to talk to independent book store owners about their favorite underappreciated reads of 2020. Featured in this episode: The…

[ad_1] This story is a collaboration with The Trace, a nonprofit news organization covering guns and gun violence in America. (From left) Dickson “Q” Amoah, Jon McDonald, Kourtney Redmond, Costia Harris and David Hayes are members and/or officers of the Chicago chapter of the National African American Gun Association. Olivia Obineme for NPR hide caption…

[ad_1] December is a month when a lot of people are thinking about family and tradition. Reliving memories. Retelling old stories. Each year, those stories get passed down — sometimes with new details, or a different twist. And eventually, many of those stories have nothing to do with what actually happened. This week, we’re looking…