The search into Pope Leo's family roots
As soon as Robert Prevost was elevated to pope in May, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the team he works with for PBS's Finding Your Roots began digging into the pope's family history.
Republicans Fight To Win Back Swing State Nevada
Nevada is emerging as a major swing state in the presidential race this fall, and Republicans think they have a chance to win there after losing it in 2016.
How Biden's Pledge To Pick Black Female Justice Could Play Out With Voters
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with strategist A'Shanti Gholar, about the role Black voter turnout will play in the upcoming election now that the Supreme Court is a key issue on the campaign trail.
Mourning — And Anticipation — Follows Death Of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Since Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death Friday night, mourners have gathered at the Supreme Court to honor her life and legacy. They also await a political fallout.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Legacy As Women's Rights Champion
NPR's Michel Martin speaks wtih Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center, about what Justice Ginsburg's legacy means for women and reproductive rights in the U.S.
A Decades-Long Friendship With The Late RBG
The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a legal firebrand and a cultural icon. She was also a close friend of NPR Correspondent Nina Totenberg, who offers this remembrance.
Justice Ginsburg's Death Strikes Symbolic On Eve Of Rosh Hashanah
Many Jews learned that Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman on the Supreme Court, had passed while they were listening to Rosh Hashanah services.
Author David Kaplan On The Political Fight For RBG's Seat
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with David Kaplan, former legal affairs editor for Newsweek and author of The Most Dangerous Branch, about the political fight to fill Justice Ginsburg's vacant seat.
Heritage Foundation's John Malcolm: 'Circumstances Are Different' With RBG Vacancy
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with John Malcolm of the conservative Heritage Foundation about the process of filling the Supreme Court vacancy after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, An Inspiration To Working Mothers
NPR's Michel Martin talks with law professor Joan Williams of the University of California-Hastings College of Law about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as an icon for working mothers.
'RBG' Documentary Director Reacts To Death Of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with director Julie Cohen about her documentary, RBG, and the life and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.