Search results for

A House committee tasked with reviewing statues and monuments on state property held its first meeting Wednesday, hearing from professors and state...

Every family has that story it tells a million times. For NPR's student Podcast Challenge winner Miriam Colvin, that story is of a family friend boxing against an unknown up-and-comer: Cassius Clay.

Cyrus Vance Jr. announced the new policy on Wednesday and appeared virtually in court to seek the dismissal of more than 5,000 prostitution-related cases dating back to the 1970s.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Patrick Oppmann, a CNN reporter based in Havana, about what it means for Cuba that a Castro is not at the helm for the first time in more than sixty years.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it will investigate the Minneapolis Police Department for possible patterns of excessive use of force and discriminatory practices.

The Biden administration is hoping Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro will commit to climate standards for the Amazon. Activists warn of the folly of a deal with Bolsonaro, who's long dismissed climate concerns.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Democratic Congresswoman Karen Bass of California about the George Floyd police reform bill she's sponsoring and her talks with Republicans to help it pass in the Senate.

Erdrich's novel — about a Chippewa tribal elder working as a night watchman while battling government efforts to the tribe's treaties and land ownership rights — was based on her own grandfather.

Prosecutors amend the criminal complaint against Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa to include more than 40 new charges.

Brigham and Women's Hospital wanted to find out why minority patients were dying at higher rates from COVID-19. Its probe showed that those at the highest risk of dying primarily spoke Spanish.