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1851 episodes transcribedPresident Trump has stoked tensions and repeatedly failed to condemn acts of violence from racially — and ethnically — motivated attackers, says Eliza...
It's September and millions of kids are going back to school this month. Millions more already have. And while some students are beginning the new yea...
Chadwick Boseman had raw talent, world-class training and the will to defy Hollywood gatekeepers. As a college student at Howard University, he had a...
From therapeutics to testing to vaccine development, public health experts are increasingly worried the Trump administration is letting politics guide...
Professional athletes from several leagues said they would not play scheduled games Wednesday night in response to events in Kenosha, Wis.Basketball,...
Donald Trump told the Republican National Convention: "The crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon — and I mean very soon — come t...
The FBI has called it a potential domestic terror threat. The President says he doesn't know much. Now, congressional candidates who've signaled suppo...
Louis DeJoy testified in front of the House Oversight Committee today. He denied ordering the removal of mail sorting machines, but also said he would...
For the first time in modern history, a major political party convention was not about the optics, the crowds, or arena-sized production value. The De...
Former President Barack Obama reportedly changed the speaking order during Wednesday night's Democratic National Convention so that he would speak bef...
For months President Trump has tried to suggest voting by mail is not reliable, while 'absentee' voting is. There's no difference. NPR's Pam Fessler r...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill welcomed students back to campus, only to cancel all in-person classes a week later. Can any college c...
Testing is down 40% in two of the hardest-hit states — Texas and Florida. Ashish Jha of Harvard's Global Health Institute explains what might be going...
The Census Bureau has said it needs more time to complete their count of every person living in the country. But the Trump administration is ending th...
Democrats and Republicans have been unable to agree on a new coronavirus aid package. The president has his own plan — a handful of executive orders t...
No major political party has ever put a woman of color on a presidential ticket. Until now, when Senator Kamala Harris — a former district attorney an...
More Americans are expected to vote by mail this year than ever before. But President Trump has called the U.S. Postal Service "a joke," and now a maj...
A school district in Georgia learned firsthand last week that the virus is almost impossible to contain — especially without masks and social distanci...
The app doesn't seem to collect any more data than other social media platforms. But the Trump administration argues that data could fall into the han...
States are scrambling to replace older poll workers with younger ones. The two major political parties will hold their conventions mostly online. And...
