History

Watergate special prosecutor Leon Jaworski at his swearing-in on Nov. 5, 1973. A long-sealed "road map" prepared by Jaworski's office has now become public.

Long Sealed, Newly Released Watergate 'Road Map' Could Guide Russia Probe

8:00am November 04, 2018

by Carrie Johnson

The Justice Department determined it could not indict a sitting president. Instead it had to find a way to present its findings to Congress. The old document has taken on new relevance.

A man arrives at an early voting polling place at the Williamson County Clerk's office on Wednesday in Franklin, Tenn.

Politics & Government

Why Every Vote Matters — The Elections Decided By A Single Vote (Or A Little More)

4:10pm November 03, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

Many Americans say they are disaffected with the system of politics and sit on the sidelines, especially in midterms. But not voting can have consequences: Just look at these races.

Sam Gottesman, 95, in his Squirrel Hill apartment in Pittsburgh. Gottesman survived the Holocaust, and eventually came to Pittsburgh.

National

'Pockets Of Poison' Still Exist: Holocaust Survivors Reflect On Pittsburgh Shooting

10:46am November 03, 2018

by Reid Frazier

Holocaust survivors Moshe Baran and Sam Gottesman live on the same floor of a Squirrel Hill apartment building just five blocks away from the Tree of Life synagogue.

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Civil rights activists are blocked by National Guardsmen brandishing bayonets while trying to stage a protest on Beale Street in Memphis, Tenn.

When Boys Can't Be Boys

4:24pm November 02, 2018

by Gene Demby

Black men don't get seen as adults. Black boys don't get treated like kids. Meanwhile, a certain class of men can float in and out of either category as the need arises.

Politics & Government

A Brief History Of Violence Before Elections In The U.S.

7:08am November 02, 2018

The Pittsburgh synagogue massacre and the series of pipe bombs mailed to prominent Trump critics have many Americans on edge before midterms. Commentator Cokie Roberts talks with David Greene.

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Democratic Senate Candidate Phil Bredesen Holds Fish Fry In Nashville, Tennessee

Politics & Government

Stopped At The Box: Voter Access Ahead Of The Midterms

4:12pm November 01, 2018

Twenty-three states have made it harder to vote since 2010.

Engraving from a series of images titled "The Great Yellow Fever Scourge — Incidents Of Its Horrors In The Most Fatal District Of The Southern States."

How Yellow Fever Turned New Orleans Into The 'City Of The Dead'

5:35pm October 31, 2018

by Leah Donnella

Some years the virus would wipe out a tenth of the population, earning New Orleans the nickname "Necropolis." The gruesome disease killed thousands, scapegoated immigrants and upheld white supremacy.

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Sandra Day O'Connor in a 1950 Stanford University yearbook photo and William Rehnquist in a 1948 Stanford University yearbook photo.

Politics & Government

O'Connor, Rehnquist And A Supreme Marriage Proposal

11:50am October 31, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

The story of William Rehnquist's marriage proposal to Sandra Day O'Connor, his Stanford Law School classmate, in the early 1950s has been unknown even to friends, colleagues and family — until now.

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Politics & Government

Former Trump White House Aide On Ending Birthright Citizenship

7:23am October 31, 2018

Former Trump White House communications staffer Michael Anton talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about President Trump's claim that he wants to end birthright citizenship.

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340 Words Of Reassurance From George Washington To An American Hebrew Congregation

5:22pm October 29, 2018

Following the shooting that left 11 dead in Pittsburgh on Saturday, we look back at a 1790 letter from President George Washington to a Jewish Community in Rhode Island.

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