History

A now-closed Irish pub in Lawrence, Mass., displayed an old "Help Wanted/No Irish Need Apply" — a common sight across the country in the mid-1800s.

Politics & Government

With Latest Nativist Rhetoric, Trump Takes America Back To Where It Came From

4:29pm July 16, 2019

by Ron Elving

By repeating that these immigrants are "not ... you," the president defined them as "the other" in stark terms. The battle lines could not be more clear in a conflict nearly as old as America itself.

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At a ceremony Monday at the White House, President Trump defended his racist tweets against Democratic lawmakers. The language used in that tweet has a long history connected with nativist political movements in the U.S.

'Go Back Where You Came From': The Long Rhetorical Roots Of Trump's Racist Tweets

9:26pm July 15, 2019

When the president told several young congresswomen of color to "go back" to where they came from, he borrowed nativist language about as old as the country itself. Here's a little history.

ICE Arrests Undocumented Immigrants In NYC

Politics & Government

Fear In America: From ICE Raids To Racist Tweets

5:35pm July 15, 2019

What effect does the repeated threat of raids by Immigration And Customs Enforcement have on communities? And how do the president's racist remarks affect people of color?

Visiting A Historic Mosque In North Dakota

8:26am July 13, 2019

by Leila Fadel

A mosque in the United States was built on a North Dakota prairie in the 1920s. Today the descendants of those families share that history with new American Muslims.

Encore: Billie Holiday's Grave

8:26am July 13, 2019

by Elizabeth Blair

Singer Billie Holiday died 60 years ago next week. For nearly a year, she had no tombstone until fans rallied to make sure Lady Day's final resting place was properly marked.

The Digital Disruption Of The Banking Industry

1:58pm July 11, 2019

New tech and automation have caused banks to adjust to how people today interact (or don't) with money.

The spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission 50 years ago. Apollo 11 blasted off for the moon on July 16, 1969, and Armstrong took his famed "giant leap" five days later.

National

Of Little Details And Lunar Dust: Preserving Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Spacesuit

6:45am July 11, 2019

by Barry Gordemer

Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit is about to go back on public display after a Smithsonian effort to preserve it. The effort wasn't to make it pristine. Lunar dust still covers the boots.

Angela Saini, author of Superior: The Return of Race Science.

Is 'Race Science' Making A Comeback?

3:35pm July 10, 2019

We talked to Angela Saini, author of the new book Superior: The Return of Race Science, about how race isn't real (but you know ... still is) and how race science crept its way into the 21st century.

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A 2019 Volkswagen Beetle convertible on display at the Pittsburgh International Auto Show in February.

World News

The Last VW Beetle Rolls Off The Assembly Line In Mexico This Week

1:54pm July 09, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

An emblem of the hippie era in America, the car was marketed in the U.S. as adorably uncool. Volkswagen sold the bug with cheeky slogans like "It's ugly, but it gets you there."

A memorial to the Rev. James Reeb, attacked near this site in 1965, stands in front of a faded civil rights mural in Selma, Ala.

National

FBI Records Could Have Solved A Civil Rights Cold Case. Now It's Too Late

7:33am July 09, 2019

by Cat Schuknecht

Alabama officials tell NPR that if the FBI had shared its case file, they would have investigated the James Reeb murder case while one of the assailants was still alive.

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