History

Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York, by Elon Green

Books
Arts

The Victims, Rather Than The Killer, Are At The Center Of 'Last Call'

10:53am March 09, 2021

by Ilana Masad

The victims of the man dubbed the "Last Call Killer" were all gay men; Elon Green tries to shine a light onto their complicated lives, the messiness of who they were, and an era of queer life in NYC.

Pope Francis leaves Iraq Monday after his four-day visit to the country, a first for the papacy. President Biden said the pope and his trip set an example for the entire world.

Pope Francis Defends His Trip To Iraq Despite Infection Risks

6:08pm March 08, 2021

by Dustin Jones

The pope spent four days visiting six cities. He met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's top Shiite Muslim cleric to encourage Christian-Muslim dialogue.

Bayard Rustin: An Architect Of The Civil Rights Movement You May Have Never Heard Of

4:11pm March 08, 2021

Bayard Rustin was one of the most consequential architects of the civil rights movement in the '60s you may have never heard of. NPR's podcast Throughline has this profile.

National

Pandemic Interferes With Reenactment Of 1965's Bloody Sunday March

7:21am March 08, 2021

by Kyle Gassiott

In Selma, Ala., the reenactment of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge was scaled down because of COVID-19. It was also the first without civil rights icon John Lewis who died last year.

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Health & Safety

Archivists At New York's Queens College Tell Our Pandemic Story Through Artifacts

8:33am March 07, 2021

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Annie Tummino, head of Special Collections and Archives at Queens College, about the Archive's COVID-19 Collection.

Then 2nd Lt. Emil Kapaun, U.S. Army chaplain, circa 1943.

National

Army Chaplain's Remains Identified After 70 years

9:12pm March 06, 2021

by Catherine Whelan

The remains of Emil Kapaun, the Catholic priest and Korean War prisoner of war, have been identified, the Pentagon said Friday. Kapaun was given the Medal of Honor posthumously in 2013.

Books

Author Explores Preacher Father's Silence On Racial Injustice In 1960s Alabama

5:17pm March 06, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist John Archibald about his book, Shaking the Gates of Hell: A Search for Family and Truth in the Wake of the Civil Rights Revolution.

The late Rep. John Lewis stands on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in 2015, where he was beaten by police on "Bloody Sunday."

National

For The First Time In 56 Years, A 'Bloody Sunday' Without John Lewis

5:27pm March 05, 2021

Sunday's anniversary of the day marchers were beaten by police in Selma, Ala., will honor the late civil rights icon. Some 56 years later, former state Sen. Hank Sanders says his work isn't done.

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Welsh Utility Workers Discover Medieval Tunnel

7:23am March 05, 2021

The workers were excavating a trench when they made their discovery. Now, archeologists have taken over to research the tunnel.

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WWII Veteran Receives Long Overdue Purple Heart Medal

5:04am March 05, 2021

by Jay Prince

For aging WWII veterans, there's not much time left for the nation to fix oversights in their service records, like missing medals. One recent case made it in under the wire... despite the pandemic.