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Politics & Government

How Women Of Color In Politics Have Been Treated

5:13pm August 23, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with historian Anthea Butler and Maryland politician Jolene Ivey about the experiences of women of color, like Sen. Kamala Harris, in electoral politics.

Books

Author Interview: 'True Or False'

5:13pm August 23, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former CIA analyst Cindy Otis about her new book True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News.

Radio Hall of Fame Announces This Year's Inductees, Includes Cokie Roberts

8:25am August 18, 2020

Cokie Roberts was one of NPR's founding mothers. We are honored that the 2020 class of Radio Hall of Fame inductees includes our late colleague.

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Politics & Government

As Democrats Kick Off Their Convention, How 1 Network Is Handling It

6:22am August 17, 2020

by David Folkenflik

How do you put on TV productions built around spectacles that are not taking place in person, and are unlikely to be spectacular? We examine NBC New's approach to covering virtual conventions.

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Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is the first Black woman and first person of Indian descent to be a presumptive nominee on a presidential ticket by a major party in U.S. history.

As Harris Launches Candidacy, Conservatives Take Aim At Her Black And Indian Heritage

2:03pm August 14, 2020

by David Folkenflik

Kamala Harris is the first Black woman and the first South Asian to be chosen as a vice presidential candidate by a major party. Many conservative commentators are picking apart her identity.

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National

How Journalists Congregating Into 'Microbubbles' Affects Quality Of News Reporting

6:00pm August 12, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Nikki Usher, a journalism professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, about data showing Washington journalists congregating into "microbubbles."

When Redstone was about 30, he went to work for his father who owned a few drive-in theaters in New England. He eventually turned his father's business, National Amusements, into a national theater chain.

Arts

Media Titan Sumner Redstone, Who Made Viacom A Global Empire, Dies At 97

1:31pm August 12, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

"Content is king" was Redstone's mantra. Known for his shrewd deal-making and public family feuds, the powerful corporate leader reigned over an astonishing wealth of networks, studios and brands.

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World News

Prominent Hong Kong Publisher Arrested Under New National Security Law

9:48am August 10, 2020

by Emily Feng

Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong media tycoon known as a fervent supporter of democracy and human rights, is the most prominent figure arrested thus far under China's new law.

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Shani Silver Moves On From 'Every Single Day' Column

5:24pm August 08, 2020

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with essayist Shani Silver on the end of her Refinery29 column covering single womanhood.

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A billboard with a photo of Breonna Taylor, sponsored by O, The Oprah Magazine, is on display on Friday in Louisville, Ky. It's one of 26 billboards going up across the city demanding arrests in her shooting death.

National

Oprah Winfrey Commissions 26 Billboards Demanding Arrests In Breonna Taylor's Killing

3:11pm August 07, 2020

by Alana Wise

The billboards will be placed across Louisville, Ky., where Taylor was shot and killed in her apartment by police. The signs' message urges the arrest of the officers involved.