History

Three generations of trans Americans speak about how times have changed — and haven't

4:23pm April 26, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with three trans people about how trans rights have changed through their generations and how anti-trans legislation is shaping the future of trans rights.

On Feb., 27, Laura Trevelyan and members of her family traveled to Grenada to issue a formal apology.

World News

British aristocrats ask King Charles to join a slavery reparations movement

3:38pm April 26, 2023

by Lisa Weiner

Two members of U.K. aristocratic families, Laura Trevelyan and David Lascelles, are apologizing for centuries-old injustices in the Caribbean, and asking others to join them in paying reparations.

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Rare Shakespeare first edition on sale for $7.5 million

4:54pm April 25, 2023

Four hundred years after it was first printed, Shakespeare's First Folio is up for sale for $7.5 million. The book contains a near-complete collection of the bard's plays.

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A 1976 portrait of the singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte. He died Tuesday at age 96.

Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and activist, has died at age 96

2:52pm April 25, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

The iconic and barrier-breaking performer died Tuesday of congestive heart failure.

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Encore: A new mode in MLB video game celebrates historical Black all-stars

5:08pm April 23, 2023

by Jamal Michel

A video game officially licensed by Major League Baseball has an all-new mode featuring players from the Negro National League.

National

Encore: Civil rights tourism may protect Mississippi history

5:18pm April 22, 2023

Civil rights trails across the South have proven to be an economic driver. In Mississippi, there's a new push to better tell that history. And now, the federal government is getting involved.

A team of explorers announced it found the sunken Japanese ship Montevideo Maru that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, resulting in Australia's largest maritime wartime loss: 1,080 lives.

World News

Explorers find a World War II ship that was sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWs aboard

12:29pm April 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

The Japanese ship Montevideo Maru wasn't marked as carrying POWs, and on July 1, 1942, a U.S. submarine fired four torpedoes, sinking the vessel in less than 10 minutes.

The Supreme Court's legitimacy is once again being called into question after news broke that Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose 20 years of lavish trips paid for by a billionaire Republican donor.

Politics & Government

Congress has clashed with Supreme Court justices over ethics in the past

10:31am April 22, 2023

by Ron Elving

The Thomas-Crow connection recalls past relationships that caught the attention of Congress, resulting in hearings that undermined a potential chief justice and the court's longest-serving member.

World News

New Mayan discovery at an ancient site in Mexico is another clue into their past

6:56pm April 21, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with University of Texas professor David Stuart about a recent Mayan discovery in southern Mexico.

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The story behind the longest baseball game ever

4:08pm April 18, 2023

Baseball is sometimes called the "timeless game." Unlike other sports, there's no game clock. Theoretically, the game could go on forever. Four decades ago, one game came close.