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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Kaiser Health News journalist, Sarah Varney, about Lost on the Frontline, a new series documenting the stories of coronavirus health care workers.

We take a look at the May jobs numbers, the president's use of the military against protesters, and where ther Republican National Convention might take place.

The George Floyd protests have sped-up the push to remove public art and roadways that glorify Confederate heroes and other reminders of a troubled past.

The sometimes aggressive police responses to anti-police brutality protesters have been punctuated by occasional unity between the two sides. Will those gestures amount to anything substantive?

WIth protests continuing across the country in the wake of police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Scott Simon turns to Ralph Ellison's classic novel Invisible Man for wisdom.

Cross-racial protests in solidarity for black lives are taking place across the country.

The class of 2020 is graduating into the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

The committee tasked with marking U.S. business cycles says the economy peaked in February and has since been in a recession triggered by the pandemic. But it says the recession could be short-lived.

A crowd has gathered in Houston Monday to pay respects to George Floyd. Floyd was born in North Carolina but grew up in Houston. He was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis.

The U.S. is trying to rally its main allies in Asia to confront China on COVID-19, Hong Kong, trade and other issues. It puts Japan and South Korea, who share deep trade ties with China, in a bind.