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The History Of The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Policy

4:05pm June 18, 2020

by Joel Rose

A look back at how the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals began, grew in size and popularity and then landed before the Supreme Court after the Trump administration tried to end it.

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The Last Train to Key West, by Chanel Cleeton

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Love In The Eye Of A Hurricane In 'Last Train To Key West'

11:00am June 18, 2020

by Denny S. Bryce

In Chanel Cleeton's latest, three women from very different backgrounds — and with different goals in life and love — converge on Key West as the devastating Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 bears down.

Family In U.S. Reunited With Grandfather's World War II Items

7:04am June 18, 2020

An Australian couple found a button from a World War II uniform and a tag at the former site of a U.S. military base. The family of the late Harold Henderson says they didn't know the items were lost.

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A statue of Confederate general and slave owner Wade Hampton III on horseback in the grounds of South Carolina State House.

National

'Hampton' No More: Man Sheds Family Name With Ties To Confederate General

7:38pm June 17, 2020

by Christianna Silva

Skip Auld's great-grandfather was named after Wade Hampton III. Four generations of Auld men shared the name — until last year, when Auld learned more about Hampton's racist life and legacy.

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A skeleton found in Vietnam, dubbed Burial 9, was discovered in 2007. A closer look at his bones led to a diagnosis of rare genetic syndrome that often leads to paralysis. "From the bones alone, we can say this person lived with a disease that required he

Health & Safety

Ancient Bones Offer Clues To How Long Ago Humans Cared For The Vulnerable

1:07pm June 17, 2020

by Andrew Curry

The field of bioarchaeology look to skeletons that are thousands of years old for insights into the nature of long ago societies.

President Barack Obama signs the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, in Denver.

Absent From Stimulus Packages: Overhauling Energy, Climate Programs

6:59am June 17, 2020

by Jeff Brady

Climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions are not part of the $3 trillion in U.S. relief packages passed so far — despite a long history of funding energy programs after economic crises.

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'Soul Sister': A Look Back At The Fraught Attempt At Empathy

6:28pm June 16, 2020

by Sarah Kate Kramer

Grace Halsell, a white journalist, wanted to understand the black experience, so she darkened her skin and moved to the South. Her 1969 book, Soul Sister, documented the experience.

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World News

In Africa, Colonial-Era Statues Began Coming Down Decades Ago

4:06pm June 16, 2020

by Eyder Peralta

The current wave of the U.S. protests bringing down Confederate monuments has echoes in African social movements toppling statues of colonial rulers.

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Poet Eve Ewing Connects 1919 Chicago To Today's Racial Unrest

1:25pm June 15, 2020

by Terry Gross

Ewing's 1919 looks back on a century-old riot in Chicago, set off after a black teen drowned while being stoned by white people. She says the systemic racism that plagued the U.S. then still exists.

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Times Are Changing As Tolerance Weakens For Confederate Monuments

8:04am June 15, 2020

NPR's Noel King talks to Julian Hayter, a historian at the University of Richmond, about Confederate monuments that are being toppled across the country after Black Lives Matter protests.

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