Jury orders Tesla to pay $137 million to a former worker over racist treatment.

A jury agreed with Owen Diaz that Tesla had created a hostile environment at its factory in Fremont, Calif.

Bubba Wallace Gets a Breakthrough NASCAR Victory at Talladega

Wallace’s NASCAR Cup win was the first by a Black driver since 1963 and also the inaugural victory in the sport’s top series for Michael Jordan, the co-owner of Wallace’s team.

Joe Klein Explains How the History of Four Centuries Ago Still Shapes American Culture and Politics

David Hackett Fischer’s “Albion’s Seed,” published in 1989, describes today’s United States with stunning prescience.

They Helped Build Modern India but Are Shrinking as a People

Parsis have supported many of the country’s institutions and nurtured business and the arts. But their numbers have dwindled at an alarming pace.

Opinion | How Our Discussion of Race Becomes Distorted

'Semantic narrowing' isn’t exactly a household term, but maybe it should be.

The Privilege of Mediocrity

For creators of color, the perceived need to be exemplary can be artistically stultifying. Instead, true freedom may lie in being allowed to be fine — or to fail.

How Students Fought a Book Ban and Won, for Now

Hundreds of students, parents and residents in York County, Pa., protested limits on books told from the perspective of gay, Black and Latino children.

How a Racist Scandal at the F.D.N.Y. Led to Its Biggest Suspensions Ever

The Fire Department has long faced allegations of discrimination. But after George Floyd’s murder, a thread of racist messages renewed concerns about the department’s racial climate.

With Every Stroke, Gaining Confidence In and Out of the Water (Published 2020)

As a Black woman with anxiety, swimming was more than technique. It opened new worlds to me and helped my stress fall to the side.

Telling Stories of Black Life Rescued Him

The designer Ron Norsworthy explores his own experiences of marginalization in his textiles, installations and quilts.

Opinion | Biden Versus the Rip Van Winkle Caucus

Do centrists realize that 2021 isn’t 1999?

Opinion | Why We Can’t Quit Muhammad Ali

He’s our favorite combatant-saint.

Known for Feuding With Immigrants, a TV Star Wants to Run a Town Many Call Home

A mayoral bid by a TV commentator known for her inflammatory messaging on race raises a larger question: How should Portugal address its colonial legacy?

Can ‘The Wonder Years’ Break Through the White Noise of Nostalgia?

ABC’s reboot is conscious of how remembering the old days is more complicated for its Black characters.

A Path to Financial Security That Doesn’t Lead to a 401(k)

Some Black and Hispanic millennials are looking to alternatives like real estate or entrepreneurship, or to trading stock on their own.

Reparations for Black Residents Are Becoming a Local Issue as Well as a National One

While legislation in Washington remains stalled, state and local governments are breathing new life into the reparations movement.

Anita Hill Has Some Perspective to Offer

Thirty years after she testified before the Senate, the law professor talks about the experience, sexual harassment and her growing impatience with the slow pace of change.

Opinion | Join John McWhorter for Woke Words, a Times Virtual Event

The writer and linguist explores the words we all grapple with in an evening of conversation and song on Oct. 14.

In Rashid Johnson’s Mosaics, Broken Lives Pieced Together

In new exhibitions at the Metropolitan Opera and David Kordansky Gallery, the artist offers a story of recovery — personal and collective — after a “blunt force trauma.”

A ‘Race-Free’ Approach to Diagnosing Kidney Disease

The most common method of assessing the condition may make Black patients seem less ill than they really are, some experts say. A new report calls for scrapping the formula.