History

A view of the images portraying victims of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship projected onto the La Moneda Presidential Palace to mark the commemoration of the International Day of the Disappeared in Santiago, Chile, on Wednesday.

World News

Chile will search for 1,000+ victims of forced disappearance by Pinochet dictatorship

3:03pm August 31, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

It is the first time the Chilean government will lead the search for victims, something which victims' relatives and advocates have long carried out themselves and have sought help from the army.

Students from the Yupiit School District learn how to prepare freshly caught salmon.

An Alaska district aligns its school year with traditional subsistence harvests

4:59am August 30, 2023

by Evan Erickson

Three Alaska Native Villages have changed their school calendar so that students now can take part in things like the fall moose hunt and the spring migratory bird harvest.

'Joe the Plumber' and the rise of MAGA

5:07pm August 29, 2023

by Don Gonyea

With the death of 'Joe the Plumber,' who rose to prominence as a voice in the 2008 election, we look back at the rise of the MAGA movement before Trump and how politics changed over the last 20 years.

National

People who participated in the March on Washington remember it on its 60th anniversary

10:34am August 29, 2023

Monday marks 60 years since the 1963 March on Washington. Some 250,000 people gathered around the Lincoln Memorial, including A. Peter Bailey, Courtland Cox and Edith Lee-Payne.

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How did Ethiopia go from its leader winning the Nobel Peace Prize to war in a year?

5:12am August 29, 2023

In 2019, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize. A year later, he launched what has become the deadliest war of the 21st century. NPR's history podcast Throughline investigates.

This booking photo provided by Fulton County Sheriff's Office shows former President Donald Trump on Thursday after he surrendered and was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta.

Mug shots are usually harmful. For Trump and his supporters, it's a badge of honor

10:33am August 28, 2023

by Juliana Kim

Typically, mug shots are associated with shame. But for former President Donald Trump and some of his supporters, his mug shot — the first ever of an American president — was something they embraced.

Looking back on Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech, 60 years later

5:09am August 28, 2023

by Jessica Green

On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous speech at the March on Washington. Part of his speech was impromptu and those words became a pillar of the civil rights movement.

Podcaster brings rich context in documenting the rise of K-pop

5:38pm August 27, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Vivian Yoon. Her new podcast K-Pop Dreaming is a personal and historical journey through Korean pop music.

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Children activating the installation America's Playground: DC by artist Derrick Adams in Constitution Gardens on the National Mall.

Arts

A groundbreaking exhibition on the National Mall shows monuments aren't set in stone

1:06pm August 27, 2023

by Neda Ulaby

The first official outdoor exhibition on Washington D.C.'s National Mall showcases six artists whose monuments honor American stories missing from the heart of the country's capital.

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National

MLK Jr. speechwriter Clarence Jones, reflects on the March on Washington 60 years on

5:24pm August 26, 2023

60 years after Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, we hear from one of the men who helped him write it, his friend and attorney Clarence Jones.