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Education

Georgetown Students Vote To Fund Reparations For School's Slavery Connections

8:25am April 13, 2019

Georgetown University students voted to set up a fund to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves sold by the school. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Hannah Michael, who helped organize the effort.

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Dolores Huerta: Each Of Us Has A Voice, How Can We Use It For Social Change?

12:07pm April 12, 2019

by NPR/TED Staff

As a lifelong activist, Dolores Huerta has learned how to use her voice to fight for social justice. She discusses the power that all of us have to demand justice and spark movements for change.

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Angela Oguntala: How Do We Achieve The Future We Imagine?

12:07pm April 12, 2019

by NPR/TED Staff

How do our present thoughts and actions affect the future? Futurist Angela Oguntala shares ideas on how imagining the future we want to see is the first step toward achieving it.

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Ruby Sales: How Do We Maintain Our Courage To Fight For Change?

12:07pm April 12, 2019

by NPR/TED Staff

At 17, Ruby Sales witnessed the shooting of one of her fellow civil rights activists. She explains how despite the trauma, she went on to devote her life to fighting for social and racial justice.

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Is The Country Really 'Full'?

4:43pm April 11, 2019

Conservative writer David Frum thinks that liberals need to step up on immigration enforcement.

Freedom's Detective: The Secret Service, the Ku Klux Klan and the Man Who Masterminded America's First War on Terror, by Charles Lane

In 'Freedom's Detective,' A Flawed But Remarkable Hiram Whitley Infiltrates The KKK

11:49am April 11, 2019

by Michael Schaub

Journalist Charles Lane's account is endlessly gripping — and he does an excellent job of placing the operation in historical context, chronicling racism and resentment in the South post-Civil War.

Politics & Government

Accident Probes By Congress Often Capture Public's Attention

6:28am April 10, 2019

Rachel Martin talks to Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions about how the government responds to major accidents such as plane crashes and mine explosions.

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Music & Culture

80 Years Ago Marian Anderson Performed For Some 75,000 People At The Lincoln Memorial

7:40pm April 09, 2019

Eighty years ago Marian Anderson sang at the Lincoln Memorial after the African-American performer was denied use of the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall.

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National Memorial For Peace And Justice Examines U.S. History Of Lynchings

Politics & Government

The 2020 Race Is Reigniting The Centuries-Old Debate Over Reparations

2:31pm April 09, 2019

The issue has come up on the presidential campaign trail for Democrats.

'Miles And Miles Of Texas': Lawrence Wright Goes Deep On Lone Star State Politics

2:31pm April 09, 2019

The yee haw agenda and beyond.