History

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.

Wheeler still owns the Hungarian Rubik's Cube that Berzsenyi gave him. Berzsenyi also gave one to Jimmy Wilson.

A Math Teacher's Life Summed Up By The Gifted Students He Mentored

2:47pm April 07, 2019

by Joe Palca

A biologist at Harvard was chatting with a colleague about a mentor who pushed him to do harder math problems. It turns out the colleague had the same mentor — and so did many others.

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An archeologist holds an ancient mummified bird that was found in a burial site unveiled on Friday.

Mummified Mice And Falcons Found In Newly Unveiled Egyptian Tomb

4:19pm April 06, 2019

by Jenny Gathright

More than 50 animals were found in the tomb, along with mummies of a woman and a young boy. It's "one of the most exciting discoveries ever," Mostafa Waziri of the Supreme Council of Antiquities said.

Former Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings is pictured here during his farewell address to the Senate in 2004, a speech where he decried the influence of money in politics and criticized deficit spending.

Politics & Government

Former Sen. 'Fritz' Hollings, 97, Has Died

11:57am April 06, 2019

by Jenny Gathright

Hollings, who died early Saturday, served more than 38 years in the U.S. Senate, making him the eighth longest-serving senator in the country's history.