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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear cases on whether lawmakers in Virginia and North Carolina weighed race too heavily when redrawing congressional districts.

Questions Of Race And Redistricting Return To The Supreme Court

10:41am December 05, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

Cases before the Supreme Court on Monday test whether lawmakers in Virginia and North Carolina weighed race too heavily in redrawing congressional districts following the 2010 census.

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Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson waves while arriving at Trump Tower last month. The Trump transition office announced early Monday Carson will be nominated to be HUD secretary.

Trump Taps Ben Carson For Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development

9:11am December 05, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

The retired neurosurgeon and former GOP presidential candidate is an unorthodox pick to lead the agency that oversees affordable housing programs and enforces fair housing legislation.

What Election Recounts Mean For Black Voters

8:23pm December 04, 2016

Green Party candidate Jill Stein has spurred election recounts in multiple states. Charles Ellison of The Root discusses his post titled "4 Ways the Jill Stein Recount Screws Black Voters."

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Too Close To Call, Austrian Presidential Election Could Mean Far-Right Presidency

8:53am December 04, 2016

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

The Freedom Party's populist candidate, who's drawn comparisons to Hitler, could win the presidency in today's election re-run, becoming Europe's first far-right head of state since World War II.

Supreme Court Gets Involved In Redistricting

8:44am December 04, 2016

Gerrymandering is a venerable American tradition. NPR's Ailsa Chang gets the latest on court challenges to this practice from Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a lawyer for a plaintiff in one of the cases.

Jill Stein, at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., in August.

Jill Stein Campaign Drops Statewide Recount Effort In Pennsylvania

9:15pm December 03, 2016

by Colin Dwyer

Citing the $1 million bond required by the court, Stein's lawyer discontinued the request Saturday. Stein had raised nearly $7 million for recount efforts in three states.

Trump's conversation is thought to be the first between a U.S. president or president-elect since the U.S. broke diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 1979.

Former President of Cuba Fidel Castro died Nov. 25 at age 90, provoking mixed reactions in Cuba and around the world.

This Week In Race: Dog Whistles, Dreamers And Dead Dictators

10:37pm December 02, 2016

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Pipeline and prisons and tantrums at Starbucks: these are a few of our favorite stories this week.