Why Iranian perspectives often get flattened and caricatured

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Why Iranian perspectives often get flattened and caricatured

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So much of Black History Month gets flattened into trivia about a few iconic figures. But as Jarvis Givens reminds us on Code Switch, its origins were far more radical: a project to reclaim histories that were ignored or suppressed. A good prompt to rethink how we engage this month.
#BlackHistoryMonth #CodeSwitch #JarvisGivens #BlackStudies

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/04/nx-s1-5690184/the-history-of-black-history-month-one-hundred-years-in

Both Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing about sanctuary cities: they protect immigrants from deportation.

According to anthropologist Peter Mancina, who embedded with police in New Jersey and reviewed hundreds of hours of body cam footage, they're both wrong.

Local cops in sanctuary jurisdictions are still helping ICE. A lot. The gap between the rhetoric and the reality is where the damage happens.

#immigration #sanctuary #ICE #podcast #CodeSwitch

https://bi t.ly/4qPlvni

"Joy is not justice. It's a splint. After justice is achieved, joy is liberation and jubilation."
[Code Switch] Is joy an act of resistance? #codeSwitch
https://podcastaddict.com/code-switch/episode/203757687 via @PodcastAddict

From gr*pists to nip nops, how self-censorship shapes the language of TikTok : Code Switch : NPR

Have you noticed people using terms like "unalive" and "pew pews" on social media? There's a reason for that: some people are changing the way they speak on #TikTok and other social media platforms to bypass what they think are #algorithm blocks. #SelfCensorship #aocialMedia #language #CodeSwitch
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/1255376135/code-switch-self-censorship-tiktok-07-09-2025

The administration's fight against #antisemitism is dividing Jews
#CodeSwitch team explores how 47 Admin is twisting the definitions of antisemitism to shut down #freeSpeech, go after adversaries, including Jews critical of Israel and its treatment of Palestinians. They also speak with one of the people who came up with one of the most frequently used definitions of antisemitism abt his frustration
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/18/1254350231/trump-antisemitism-task-force-dividing-jews
Coming up next on the can news: How canned corn is calling out for the police. Wait, what? C’mon #NPR #codeswitch , this typo has been up since 8 this morning.