History

A statue honoring Mary McLeod Bethune is unveiled at the U.S. capitol

5:14am July 14, 2022

by Danielle Prieur

Educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune makes history as the first Black person to have a state-commissioned statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall, replacing a confederate statue.

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Why the family of Emmett Till want authorities to serve a 67-year-old arrest warrant

5:01pm July 13, 2022

The family of Emmett Till want authorities to serve a 1955 arrest warrant to the white woman they say is responsible for his murder and kidnapping.

The Russian Black Sea naval headquarters at Sevastopol, Crimea, in 2008. In the background on the right is a Russian destroyer. The Russian tall ship Padalla (with white sails) is in the center. In the foreground is the Monument to Scuttled Ships, marking

World News

How Russia's current war in Ukraine echoes its Crimean War of the 1850s

8:32am July 13, 2022

by Greg Myre

Russia had a more powerful army. It didn't think the West would intervene. The invasion was poorly planned. We're not talking about Russia's current war, but about Russia's Crimean War in the 1850s.

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'Legacy of Violence' documents the dark side of the British Empire

1:33pm July 11, 2022

by Arun Venugopal

By by 1920, the British Empire covered 24% of the Earth's land mass. Historian Caroline Elkins says British rulers portrayed themselves as benevolent, but used systematic violence to maintain control.

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A new NYC Met exhibit explores the complicated role water plays for indigenous groups

5:00am July 11, 2022

by Jennifer Vanasco

A new exhibit at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art explores how Native Americans have used water and highlights the politicization of the resource.

World News

Former Minister of Women's Affairs outlines the historical changes in Afghanistan

3:19pm July 10, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Sima Samar, Afghanistan's former Minister of Women's Affairs. She's among the voices featured in a four-part PBS documentary, "Afghanistan: The Wounded Land,"

A woman holds a sign in honor of Emmett Till during a protest on June 13, 2020 in Chicago, Ill. Till's family urged authorities to move on a recently discovered unserved warrant from 1955 that charges a white woman for the murder and kidnapping of the tee

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Emmett Till's family says authorities are protecting the woman accused in his death

9:03am July 09, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Family members and advocates say regardless of time passed and age, the arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham must still be served.

Itinerante, un trío que revive la música andina de Colombia

12:35pm July 08, 2022

by Betto Arcos

Tocada en tres instrumentos de cuerda, esta música fue la banda sonora del país desde principios del siglo XX hasta la década de 1940.

Biden acknowledges U.S. soccer player Megan Rapinoe before presenting her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Gabby Giffords, Simone Biles, John McCain

5:07pm July 07, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

The 17 recipients include athletes, artists, and leaders of the civil rights and labor movements.

A dinosaur skeleton will be auctioned in New York City, Sotheby's announced

5:50am July 07, 2022

The fossilized skeleton of a T. rex relative that roamed the earth about 76 million years ago will be auctioned on July 29. The Gorgosaurus skeleton will highlight Sotheby's natural history auction.

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