Identity

Thousands of mixed-race British babies were born in World War II — and adoption by their black American fathers was blocked

The Conversation

May 17, 2019

This sorry tale of institutional racism represents a scandal to rival the treatment of the Windrush generation.

Arts, Culture & Media

This opera singer says the ‘hype’ should be on her voice, not her transgender identity

PRI's The World

May 15, 2019

Lucia Lucas is generating a lot of attention for her performances as opera’s most famous alpha-male characters. She hopes the gender identity hoopla will die down.

Foreign policy

Jared Kushner's peace plan that nobody loves

PRI's The World

May 10, 2019

Jared Kushner has been working on a peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians — a "deal of the century" is how President Donald Trump has referred to it. Almost no one is impressed. And it's not clear if the plan will even see the light of day.

Identity

Younger Arabs embrace Palestinian identity, redefining Israeli citizenship

Reuters

May 09, 2019

The Nakba rally — remembering the "Catastrophe" when Palestinian land was lost in the creation of the modern Jewish state — is timed each year to coincide with the day that Israelis in the rest of the country celebrate Independence Day.

Immigration Rewind

60 years before BTS, the Kim Sisters were America's original K-pop stars

PRI's The World

May 09, 2019

Sixty years before today's “K-pop invasion,” the Kim Sisters, a Korean girl group, landed on US shores and rocketed to stardom — singing American hits before they even learned English.

Global Politics

Thousands of Bengali women must prove their Indian citizenship or face statelessness. Most can’t.

GlobalPost

May 08, 2019

The state of Assam declared Fatima Begum a "foreigner," but she was born there and has numerous official certificates and identification documents to prove it.

Identity

Brazil's long, strange love affair with the Confederacy ignites racial tension

The Conversation

May 06, 2019

The Confederate flag debate has arrived to Brazil, pitting black activists against the Brazilian descendants of soldiers who fled the South after the Civil War to a country that still had slavery.

Books

Author Mira Jacobs reflects on raising a brown boy in America today

PRI's The World

May 03, 2019

Mira Jacob's new book, "Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversation," explores the themes of interracial marriages, racism, and raising a brown child.

Arts, Culture & Media

'Eva's Stories:' The Holocaust seen through Instagram

Reuters

April 30, 2019

Hoping to enliven fading Holocaust memories, Israeli entrepreneurs have dramatized the plight of a Jewish teenager murdered by the Nazis by imagining her documenting her final months over social media.