History

University of Mississippi Black students compare campus life of today and 1970

5:06pm February 23, 2024

by Debbie Elliott

University of Mississippi students meet members of the school's Black Student Union who were jailed in 1970 for protesting token integration, comparing their demands back then to campus life today.

A 3D model of a short section of the stone wall. The scale at the bottom of the image measures 50 cm.

Science

Scientists scanning the seafloor discover a long-lost Stone Age 'megastructure'

10:21am February 22, 2024

by Ari Daniel

The more than half mile long wall, called the Blinkerwall, was likely used by Stone Age hunter-gatherers to herd reindeer toward a shooting blind.

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Beyoncé's 'Texas Hold 'Em' adds to a long legacy of Black women in country music

4:59pm February 21, 2024

With Beyoncé on top Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Francesca Royster, author of Black Country Music, about the history of Black women in country music.

President Biden is rated highly in a survey of historians on presidential greatness — but he's in a tight election race with former President Donald Trump, who is ranked last.

In historians' Presidents Day survey, Biden vs. Trump is not a close call

4:59pm February 19, 2024

by Bill Chappell

A survey of historians and presidential experts ranks President Biden in 14th place all-time, just ahead of Woodrow Wilson and Ronald Reagan. Former President Donald Trump came in last.

Former President Donald Trump greets supporters at his caucus night watch party at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino on Feb. 8 in Las Vegas.

Generations after its heyday, isolationism is alive and kicking up controversy

5:26am February 18, 2024

by Ron Elving

For a time, the phrase "America First" seemed an artifact of the prewar world. But the idea that the U.S. would do better by holding the rest of the world at arm's length never entirely disappeared.

Lynette Woodard, pictured circa 1990, scored 3,649 points for the University of Kansas and went on to play professionally and for Team USA.

Sports
Arts

Caitlin Clark's scoring record reveals legacies of Lynette Woodard and Pearl Moore

3:25pm February 16, 2024

by Devan Schwartz

The scoring records of two Black American college basketball stars from the 1970s and 1980s are overlooked by the NCAA as Caitlin Clark takes the mantle as women's scoring champion.

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Diving into the discovery of the Arlington shipwreck in Lake Superior

4:42pm February 15, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Bruce Lynn, the executive director of the Great Lake Shipwreck Historical Society, about the discovery of the Arlington shipwreck in Lake Superior.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

RFK Jr. apologizes to his family for Super Bowl ad invoking JFK

3:11pm February 12, 2024

by Elena Moore

Longshot candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued an apology to the Kennedy family Sunday night after his super PAC ran an ad repurposing one from former President John F. Kennedy's 1960 campaign.

National

Pod Corner: 'Dough Dynasty'

5:53pm February 10, 2024

by April Baer

The history of American chain pizza is documented in the podcast series Dough Dynasty from Michigan Public.

A man walks near a mural of Handala in the village of al-Fara, in the occupied West Bank, following an Israeli raid on Dec. 8.

Who is Handala, the barefoot, spiky-haired boy who symbolizes Palestinian resistance?

4:44pm February 09, 2024

by Hadeel Al-Shalchi

Created by cartoonist Naji al-Ali in 1969, Handala is a 10-year-old Palestinian refugee with his back to the world. The war in Gaza has renewed interest in this representation of Palestinian struggle.