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U.S. Navy Destroyer Collides With Cargo Ship Off Singapore

7:49am August 21, 2017

Early Monday morning, a U.S. Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship near Singapore, leaving a number of crew members missing. Ailsa Chang talks to David B. Larter, staff writer for Defense News.

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Julius Krein: 'I Voted For Trump. And I Sorely Regret It'

7:49am August 21, 2017

Ailsa Chang talks to Julius Krein, of American Affairs Journal, one of the lone voices speaking out for an intellectual movement for President Trump. Now he says he wishes he hadn't voted for him.

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Abraham Lincoln warned that "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

Racial Issues Have Often Been A Test for U.S. Presidents With Conflicted Feelings

7:59am August 20, 2017

by Ron Elving

President Eisenhower was not a fan of the 1954 Supreme Court order against segregated schools; but he sent the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Ark., to ensure it was enforced at Central High.

Code Switch is tackling your trickiest questions about race relations.

Religion

How To Talk Race With Your Family: Ask Code Switch

5:57am August 20, 2017

We asked you to send us your racial conundrums. And in the first 'Ask Code Switch,' we take on a big one: How do you talk to family members whose racial views seem stuck in the Stone Age?

President Trump speaks on the phone in January with Russian President Vladimir Putin, joined by top White House figures Reince Priebus (from left), Vice President Pence, Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer and Michael Flynn. Only Pence remains.

What Trump's Increasing Isolation Could Mean For His Presidency

11:11am August 19, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

The president has completed a full purge of top White House aides instrumental to his election. Their ouster could be a big gamble, as Trump finds himself with fewer and fewer allies.

The Ku Klux Klan protests on July 8, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va.

National

Tracing The Dark Origins Of Charlottesville's KKK

7:45am August 19, 2017

by Kat Chow

In the comments of residents processing what happened in Charlottesville, a common refrain emerged: "This is not us." But the city's history tells a different story.

Left: A partial solar eclipse, as viewed from the Cotswolds, United Kingdom, March 2015. Right: A total solar eclipse, as viewed from Longyearbyen, Norway, March 2015.

Be Smart: A Partial Eclipse Can Fry Your Naked Eyes

6:02pm August 18, 2017

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

And telescopes and binoculars only amplify the risk to your eyes from looking at the sun, doctors say. So even if you're not in the "path of totality," take precautions if you plan to watch.

A Black Hawk helicopter flies over the site of a Taliban suicide attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Aug. 2.

Behind The Scenes, A Major Choice Looms On Afghanistan

2:26pm August 17, 2017

by Philip Ewing

Will President Trump double down on America's longest-running — but forgotten — war? Or could he decide to pull the plug?

Neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other demonstrators encircle counterprotesters at the base of a statue of Thomas Jefferson on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, Va., on Friday.

The Trickle-Up Theory Of White Nationalist Thought

1:05pm August 17, 2017

by Leah Donnella

Dressed up as academic reasoning, racist tropes pushed by white identity advocates become more palatable, allowing those ideas to move from the fringes of debate to the political mainstream.

Did Charlottesville Violence Shift How White Supremacists Operate?

7:57am August 17, 2017

Rachel Martin talks to University of Virginia assistant professor and presidential historian Nicole Hemmer about how white supremacists and hate groups identify themselves and act on their ideology.

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