Category: Opinion

  • From Generation To Generation : Code Switch : NPR

    [ad_1] This month on Code Switch, we’re thinking a lot about family and history. So we wanted to bring you this special episode from our friends at NPR’s It’s Been A Minute podcast, where producer Andrea Gutierrez tells the story of how her father was involved in the Chicano Moratorium of 1970 — and what…

  • Author Eddie Glaude On James Baldwin’s Profound Legacy : Code Switch : NPR

    [ad_1] If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that history informs every aspect of our present. So today we’re bringing you an episode of NPR’s history podcast, Throughline. It gets into some of the most urgent lessons we can learn from James Baldwin, whose life and writing illuminate so much about what it would really…

  • Finding 'A Perfect Match'

    [ad_1] Two close friends both suffered from the same aggressive form of cancer. After years of treatment, one lived and the other died. And while many variables factored into what happened, the woman who survived — reporter Ibby Caputo — couldn’t help wondering what role race had played in the outcome. [ad_2]

  • From The Fringe To The Capitol : Code Switch : NPR

    [ad_1] Like all of you, we are still trying to make sense of Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Because even after the past four years, there are still new iterations of WTF. So on this episode, we’re talking police, “terrorism”, and the symbols of white nationalism that made it to the floor of the Capitol. Jon…

  • The Last Four Years

    [ad_1] The Trump administration is coming to a close, but which elements of the Trump era are here to stay? We spoke to NPR’s White House reporter, Ayesha Rascoe, about where we were when Donald Trump took office — and what he’s left behind. [ad_2]

  • Administrative Assistant Cover Letter

    [ad_1] Use this sample administrative assistant cover letter to help you write your own job-winning letter. Send a cover letter with your resume and get the reader’s attention and interest. Make sure that your admin assistant job application gets the consideration it deserves. The cover letter is one of the most important documents of your…

  • Stepping Out Of The Shadow Of ‘Killer King’ : Code Switch : NPR

    [ad_1] For decades, residents of Compton and Watts in South Los Angeles had to rely on one particularly troubled hospital for their medical care. A new state-of-the-art hospital replaced it, but faced many of the same challenges: too few beds, too many patients who need serious help, not enough money. Then came the coronavirus. In…

  • Who's 'Black Enough' For Reparations?

    [ad_1] Black History Month is here, which means we’re diving into big, sticky questions about what exactly it means to be Black. So this week on the show: Who is ‘Black enough’ for reparations? Because you know…we got some bills to pay. [ad_2]

  • Black Romance Novelists Talk Love In Difficult Times : Code Switch : NPR

    [ad_1] Too often, Black history is portrayed as a story of struggle and suffering, completely devoid of joy. So we called up some romance novelists whose work focuses on Black history. They told us that no matter how hard the times, there has always been room for love. Wild Rain is author Beverly Jenkins’ newest…

  • Becoming 'Black Moses'

    [ad_1] Marcus Garvey was an immigrant, a firebrand, a businessman. He was viewed with deep suspicion by the civil rights establishment. He would also become one of the most famous and powerful Black visionaries of the 20th century. Our play-cousins at NPR’s Throughline podcast went deep on how he became the towering (and often misunderstood)…