History

Jimmy Carter's relationship with the Allman Brothers Band helped him become president

6:06pm March 29, 2023

Former President Jimmy Carter had a relationship with the Allman Brothers Band, and that relationship played a role in helping get him elected.

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Arts

The man who re-popularizing the ancient art of pantomime was born 100 years ago

5:31pm March 29, 2023

by Bob Mondello

Marcel Marceau, who spent more than half the 20th century re-popularizing the ancient art of pantomime for a modern age, was born 100 years ago this month.

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National

A task force in California considers how to compensate the descendants of slaves

6:13pm March 28, 2023

California's Reparations Task Force has to answer a thorny question: how to calculate compensation for the descendants of slaves. Kamilah Moore chairs the task force.

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National

Staten Island assesses future of paved-over cemetery holding formerly enslaved people

4:58pm March 27, 2023

by Arun Venugopal

What should happen to the remains of Black bodies of a cemetery paved over and forgotten on Staten Island? This graveyard has the remains of Benjamin Prine, an enslaved man who later became a patriot.

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'Throughline' examines artificial intelligence — and these days AI is everywhere

5:06am March 27, 2023

Robots. Androids. The Terminator. C3P0. We've given a lot of names to AI: artificial intelligence. Some believe it's the key to humanity's future, others the first step towards our downfall.

A reparations rally outside City Hall in San Francisco this month, as supervisors take up a draft reparations proposal. The growing number of local actions has renewed hopes and questions about a national policy.

Cities may be debating reparations, but here's why most Americans oppose the idea

5:00am March 27, 2023

by Jennifer Ludden

Compensation for descendants of enslaved people is broadly controversial, and especially so among whites and Republicans. Researchers say one reason may be misperceptions about the racial wealth gap.

A selection of the 1000 people who have been charged for the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021.

1,000 people have been charged for the Capitol riot. Here's where their cases stand

5:00am March 25, 2023

More than 1,000 people have now been charged for the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. NPR has tracked every case from arrest to sentencing. Here's what is happening to those charged.

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Paul Rusesabagina looks on as he sits with some of his co-accused at the Supreme Court in Kigali, Rwanda, on Feb. 17, 2021, where he denied charges of being associated with an armed group. On Friday, the Rwandan government said it commuted his sentence.

World News

Paul Rusesabagina, 'Hotel Rwanda' hero, released from prison

8:42pm March 24, 2023

by Michele Kelemen

The man who inspired the novel and the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina, was released late Friday evening from prison after the Rwandan government commuted his sentence.

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An officer speaks to migrants as they arrive at the Roxham Road border crossing in Quebec, Canada, earlier this month.

U.S. and Canada reach a deal to close a popular but unofficial border crossing

7:29pm March 24, 2023

by Joel Rose

The U.S. and Canada have reached a deal that will allow both countries to turn back migrants at unofficial border crossings. President Biden announced the deal in remarks to the Canadian Parliament.

Carole Lindstrom's new book My Powerful Hair features illustrations by Steph Littlebird.

'Like a living scrapbook': 'My Powerful Hair' is a celebration of Native culture

6:12am March 22, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

Author Carole Lindstrom follows Caldecott-winning We Are Water Protectors with another children's book featuring Native culture. She says she hopes it helps kids "see themselves in a positive way."

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