History

National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre at the group's annual meeting in Dallas in May 2018. A secretive figure, LaPierre makes few public appearances outside of carefully scripted speeches.

National

Judge Dismisses NRA Bankruptcy Case, Heightening Risk For Dissolution Of Group

6:45pm May 11, 2021

by Tim Mak

A federal judge threw out the National Rifle Association's bid to declare bankruptcy Tuesday, allowing New York to proceed in its effort to dissolve the gun rights group for alleged "fraud and abuse."

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Album Leaf of Flowers and Insects, bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia, 1985.904.6

Arts

Brood X Is Back — But Cicadas Have Been In Chinese Art For Millennia

4:58pm May 10, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

The insects' appearances stretch back 4,000 years, to a time when ancient settlers carved cicadas from jade and put them on tongues of the dead before burial, evoking transcendence and eternal life.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, far right, Baltimore County Executive John Olszewski and Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones stand next to a new historic marker on Saturday in Towson, Md., that memorializes Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old who was dragged from a

National

Maryland Governor Grants Posthumous Pardons To 34 Black Lynching Victims

6:50pm May 09, 2021

by Eric McDaniel

Maryland is the first state to issue a comprehensive set of pardons to the victims of lynching. Across the U.S., more than 4,000 Black people were lynched in acts of racial terror.

The Italian Culture Ministry said the Guattari Cave in San Felice Circeo was "one of the most significant places in the world for the history of Neanderthals."

'An Extraordinary Discovery': Archeologists Find Neanderthal Remains In Cave Near Rome

2:03pm May 09, 2021

by H.J. Mai

Archeologists unearthed the remains of nine Neanderthals, dating from 50,000 to 100,000 years ago, in a discovery the Italian culture minister said will be "the talk of the world."

Left: Ivan Abbott Houston (bottom left), with his father Ivan J. Houston and sisters Pamela Houston-Chretien and Kathi Houston-Berryman in front of their house on West 24th St., across the street from 24th Street School, on Easter Sunday, in the late 1950

Black Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership

11:35am May 08, 2021

Owning a home is a part of the American dream. It's also the key to building intergenerational wealth. But Black Americans continue to face discrimination in housing, including through higher costs.

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Joe Lamson, a Democrat on Montana's districting commission, is particularly fond of this map showing the state's legislative districts as drawn in the early 2000s. Lamson says Montana historian Harry Fritz called it, "The best map drawn in Montana since L

Montana GOP Pushes For More Redistricting Power After State Gains Congressional Seat

7:30pm May 07, 2021

by Shaylee Ragar

For the first time in decades, Montana will have more than one congressional district. After the news came, GOP lawmakers rushed a bill to set new rules for the state's districting commission.

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New Documentary Explores The Controversial Early Days Of 'Sesame Street'

4:45pm May 07, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Marilyn Agrelo, director of the new documentary Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street, and actor Sonia Manzano, who played Maria on Sesame Street.

National

Black Homebuyers Today Pay An Unequal Price

4:12pm May 07, 2021

After the 2008 financial crisis, mortgage backers began charging more to borrowers with lower credit scores and less wealth — a practice that disproportionately affects Black homebuyers in America.

'TCM Reframed' Looks At Beloved Old Movies Through Modern Eyes

4:43pm May 06, 2021

Turner Classic Movies' Reframed series aims to provide context and conversation around canonical films that have been revealed as problematic by contemporary standards.

Education

For NPR's 50th — A Story Served With Laughter And Cheetos

4:43pm May 06, 2021

All Things Considered listener Michael Spikes recounts a piece heard on the show in 2006 that he used for years to teach in his media production classes.