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Starbucks is opening its first deaf-friendly store in the U.S., where employees will be versed in American Sign Language and stores will be designed to better serve deaf people.

Starbucks To Open First 'Signing Store' In The U.S. To Serve Deaf Customers

The store will be in Washington D.C., and will not only focus on hiring employees fluent in American Sign Language, but also on lighting and design that makes it easier for the deaf to communicate.

Wide-mouthed, blackface figures of Uncle Tom and postcards of eating watermelon perpetuated negative African-American stereotypes. The minstrel caricatures started showing up on toys, games, books, even postcards and everyday household items.

Virginia Scandals Draw Attention To The Dehumanizing History Of Blackface

Virginia's governor and attorney general face calls to resign amid revelations they appeared in blackface decades ago. That's reviving a conversation around the history of blackface in our culture.

Mezzo-soprano Ginger Costa-Jackson sings the title role of Bizet's "Carmen" at San Diego Opera.

Passions Run High In San Diego Opera's 'Carmen'

Go behind the scenes with the fight choreographer

Rosa Gutierrez Lopez cooks for her children in a Maryland church offering to protect her from deportation.

9 Months After Salvadoran Woman Took Refuge In Maryland Church, She Still Can't Leave

NPR's Leila Fadel first met Rosa Gutierrez Lopez in January, after she sought refuge at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church. If she leaves the property, she risks being deported to El Salvador.

Advancement of health exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915.

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The Eugenics Crusade

Airs Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2

Angela Saini, author of <em>Superior: The Return of Race Science.</em>

Is 'Race Science' Making A Comeback?

We talked to Angela Saini, author of the new book Superior: The Return of Race Science, about how race isn't real (but you know ... still is) and how race science crept its way into the 21st century.

Angela Saini, author of Superior: The Return of Race Science.

Is 'Race Science' Making A Comeback?

We talked to Angela Saini, author of the new book Superior: The Return of Race Science, about how race isn't real (but you know ... still is) and how race science crept its way into the 21st century.

Feranmi Okanlami, now a doctor, became partially paralyzed after an accident in 2013. He says adjustments for his disability during his training, like this standing in frame chair, helped him succeed. A new report finds variability in medical institution culture and protocols when it comes to supporting aspiring doctors with disabilities.

For Aspiring Doctors With Disabilities, Many Medical Schools Come Up Short

A national survey finds medical schools should do more to help doctors with disabilities thrive. While some schools do make needed accommodations, others need to take basic steps to take to help.

Pulitzer Prizes Honor Journalists Under Threat With New Crop Of Winners

Judges sought to support the media "even if some wrongly degrade [it] as the enemy of the very democracy it serves." Honors went to The Advocate in Baton Rouge, La., Florida's Sun-Sentinel and others.

Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun walks by Thai Chief of Immigration Police Maj. Gen. Surachate Hakparn (right) before leaving the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. Australia says it is considering granting refugee resettlement to the Saudi, who fled from her family, based on referral by the U.N.

Saudi Woman Granted Refugee Status, Could Get Asylum In Australia

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun fled her family during an overseas trip and tried to fly to Australia, but was stopped in Thailand. The U.N. refugee committee has declared her a refugee. "I'm happy," she says.

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