2018 Brought A 'Tectonic Shift' In The Gun Control Movement, Advocates Say
Gun control advocates view 2018 as a turning point in their campaign to strengthen the country's gun laws. They cite widespread success in passing laws through state legislatures. They're also buoyed...
View ArticleParkland Family Reflects On A Year Of Anguish And Activism
Carmen Schentrup was one week away from celebrating her 17th birthday when she was killed in last year's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. A talented musician and...
View ArticleAt 83, Mary Lane Upholds The Blues Tradition: 'I Still Got It'
When blues legend Buddy Guy calls you the real deal, that's no small compliment. Recently, Guy bestowed that honor on Mary Lane. After years of flying under the national radar, Lane has released a new...
View ArticleMilitias Test The Civility Of An Arizona Border Town
Arivaca, Ariz., is a tiny village, population about 700, with an outsize problem. It sits just 11 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border and has become a magnet for self-styled militia groups from out of...
View Article'A Song For Any Struggle': Tom Petty's 'I Won't Back Down' Is An Anthem Of...
This story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem . Editor's note: This story includes discussions of...
View Article'I Am A Woman': Track Star Caster Semenya Continues Her Fight To Compete As...
This week, the Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya of South Africa filed an appeal in a case that hinges on her right to compete as a woman. It's the latest chapter in a fight that's gone on for...
View ArticleU.S. Women Defeat France In Hard-Fought Quarterfinal Victory
Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The U.S. soccer team showed yet again why it's the best team at the Women's World Cup in a hard-fought quarterfinal victory over host France....
View ArticleIn Vermont, A Case Of One Man Whose Gun Was Seized Under Red Flag Law
This summer's mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, accelerated calls for more red flag or extreme-risk laws in those states, as well as helped jump-start bills in Congress. The laws...
View ArticleGun Control Is Front And Center In Virginia Races
Gun control has emerged as a key issue in next month's off-year elections in Virginia, a state that is seen as a bellwether of what could come in national elections in 2020. Republicans currently hold...
View ArticleHow Rick Perry Became A Key Figure In The Trump Impeachment Probe
Among the key figures embroiled in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump is Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who announced last week that he will be resigning later this year. It was Perry who led...
View ArticleDrug Overdoses Contribute To Rise In Midlife Mortality In Ohio River Valley
The Ohio River Valley has seen some of the largest jumps in mortality rates among people in midlife — those between ages 25 and 64 — in recent years. Appalachia has been hit especially hard by the...
View ArticleAll Nerddoms Welcome: The Intergalactic Krewe Of Chewbacchus Parades In New...
In the weeks leading up to Mardi Gras on Feb. 25, the streets of New Orleans are filled with a series of extravagant parades organized by local krewes. Saturday night's parade was a glittering, glowing...
View ArticleU.S. May Get More Ventilators But Run Out Of Medicine For COVID-19 Patients
As hospitals across the country fill with COVID-19 patients, medical personnel are sounding the alarm about shortages of drugs essential to those patients' care. "We have seen an increase in demand on...
View ArticleMeet The Team Behind The Coronavirus Tracker Watched By Millions
For the latest COVID-19 statistics, updated in near real time, millions of people around the world have been turning to an interactive, Web-based dashboard created by a small team at Johns Hopkins...
View ArticleVirologist Spends His Days 'Hunting The Thing That Wants To Hunt Us'
As the novel coronavirus continues its global rampage, scientists around the world are racing to stop its spread. Dozens of projects have been launched under great pressure to deliver a vaccine as...
View ArticleMemorializing Those Who Died In The Time Of COVID-19
Virtual vigils , streamed live on Facebook. Websites that collate the names and photos of the dead. Video projections of those we have lost, shining onto building facades. In the absence of collective...
View ArticleAt The D.C. Protests, A 'Lean On Me' Singalong Offered A Moment Of Solace
It had been a long, hot day of protests in Washington, D.C. As dusk descended on the nation's capital on June 3, a man in the crowd held up a microphone. The man, Maryland-based singer Kenny Sway ,...
View ArticlePush To Remove Confederate Monuments Opens Debate On Other Honored Historical...
Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit NOEL KING, HOST: In Richmond, Va., there's a place called Monument Avenue. Until yesterday, when you visited Monument Avenue, you would find a statue of the...
View ArticleRevisiting Sacred Cows: Which Figures From History Do We Honor, And How?
In Richmond, Va., the former capital of the Confederacy, a bronze statue of Confederate general Stonewall Jackson sitting triumphantly astride his horse, Little Sorrel , no longer towers above that...
View ArticleBaseball Stadiums May Be Empty, But You Can Still Hear The Crowds
When Major League Baseball launches its shortened, COVID-delayed season on Thursday, there will be no fans in the stands. But it will sound like there are. All 30 teams will be piping recorded sounds...
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