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What Trauma Looks Like For Louisiana Residents 15 Years After Hurricane Katrina

7:57am August 30, 2020

NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with Dr. Denese Shervington about the lingering post-traumatic stress of Hurricane Katrina 15 years after it made landfall.

A Milwaukee Brewers player wears a Black Lives Matter shirt before a game with the Chicago White Sox earlier this month in Chicago.

Sports

Opinion: The Greatest Athletes Know That The Children Are Watching

5:51pm August 29, 2020

by Scott Simon

As sports teams make visible their support for Black Lives Matter, NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the tradition of athletes speaking out on behalf of civil rights and social justice.

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A marble plaque over the main entrance of the Vatican Archives reads in Latin "Secret Vatican Archive." The Vatican's library on Pope Pius XII and his record during the Holocaust opened to researchers in March.

Records From Once-Secret Archive Offer New Clues Into Vatican Response To Holocaust

3:09pm August 29, 2020

by Sylvia Poggioli

The Vatican has long maintained that Pope Pius XII did everything he could to save Jewish lives, but newly unearthed papers have renewed accusations of complicit silence against him.

Newly Unveiled Archives Reveal Pope Pius XII's Response To The Holocaust

1:29pm August 29, 2020

by Sylvia Poggioli

New revelations emerge from the long-secret Vatican archive about what Pope Pius XII knew — and did — about the Nazis mass murder of Jews.

Marchers From 1963 On Their Achievements And This Year's Events

3:55pm August 28, 2020

In a new moment of sustained racial justice protests, the participants of 1963's March on Washington reflect on what they achieved and the work that remains to be done.

National

Lessons To Learn From Hurricane Katrina

3:55pm August 28, 2020

by Tegan Wendland

It's been 15 years since Hurricane Katrina walloped New Orleans and the surrounding area. There have been many improvements since, but the storm has also exposed decades of racial inequalities.

President Trump's Vision For His Next Term

4:19pm August 27, 2020

by Ron Elving

With President Trump expected to accept his party's nomination Thursday night, NPR takes a look at his agenda for a second term.

National

Checking In With New Orleans' Honeysuckle Lane 15 Years After Hurricane Katrina

4:19pm August 27, 2020

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with John Brown, a New Orleans resident, about the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

National

2020 March On Washington On The 57th Anniversary Of MLK Jr.'s 'I Have A Dream' Speech

4:14pm August 27, 2020

by Cheryl Corley

The ongoing protests over racial and economic injustices mirror concerns voiced 57 years ago at the historic March on Washington. Four Chicagoans reflect on events and their significance then and now.

National

Clinton Melton: A Man Who Was Killed In Mississippi Just 3 Months After Emmett Till

4:14pm August 27, 2020

The murder of Emmett Till 65 years ago this week became a catalyst for the civil rights movement. Radio Diaries tells a lesser-known story of a Black man killed in a nearby town three months later.