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It's one of the last podcasts about race still standing A decade ago, NPR released the first episode of the Code Switch podcast. The episode's title: "Can we talk about whiteness?" It was May 2016, ...

Award-winning journalist Lori Lizarraga is a co-host of NPR's Code Switch, the preeminent podcast about race and identity in America. Before joining NPR, she reported across the country in Texas, ...

For many people of color living in the United States, code-switching has become an automated survival tool, something so ingrained in daily life that it often goes unnoticed. While the term ...

Code Switch fellowships for mid-career journalists are back. Submit a proposal and get a chance to work with Code Switch and NPR editors and... We're excited to announce that applications for the Code ...

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A decade ago, NPR released the first episode of the Code Switch podcast. The episode's title: "Can we talk about whiteness?" It was May 2016, which can be described as the Obama moment or maybe more ...