Karen Grigsby Bates

Remembering the life and work of NPR correspondent Ina Jaffe

Karen Grigsby Bates

Longtime NPR correspondent Ina Jaffe has died. She was 75 years old, and had been living with cancer for the past few years.

The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, pastor of Harlem's legendary Abyssinian Baptist Church, died on Friday at home in New York City. He was 73.

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The Rev. Calvin Butts left behind a legacy of prayer and political activism

Karen Grigsby Bates

Butts died Friday at home New York of pancreatic cancer. He was 73. The pastor and powerbroker lived a life filled with prayer and political activism.

NPR's top picks for 2022 fiction books

Summer Thomad, Natalie Escobar, Rommel Wood, Karen Grigsby Bates

Four NPR staffers recommend new novels in an early taste of our annual Books We Love round-up: "How High We Go in the Dark," "Vladimir," "Mecca" and "The Candy House."

How COVID exposed racial disparities in all aspects of the health care system

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NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates from the podcast Code Switch talks with journalist Linda Villarosa about how COVID exposed racial disparities in all aspects of the health care system.

Fashion journalist and ex-'Vogue' creative director André Leon Talley dies at 73

Debbie Elliott, Karen Grigsby Bates

Talley, who worked at Women's Wear Daily and Vogue, was a regular in the front row of fashion shows in New York and Europe. At 6-feet-6 inches tall, he cut an imposing figure wherever he went.

15th September 1980: Sidney Poitier , the American actor and film director.

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Sidney Poitier: actor, activist, and trailblazing heartthrob

Karen Grigsby Bates

Tributes have cascaded in since Sidney Poitier died. And so they should have. He was an unparalleled actor, a committed activist, and a beloved family member. He was also, frankly, a heartthrob.

Virgil Abloh, fashion designer, dies at 41 after a private battle with cancer

Noel King, Karen Grigsby Bates

Designer Virgil Abloh died Sunday at age 41 after fighting a rare form of cancer. The founder of the label Off-White and the artistic director for Louis Vuitton menswear was known as a visionary.