Two Decades After 9/11, Are We Safer?
Just hours after the Sept. 11 attacks, President George W. Bush said, "The resolve of our great nation is being tested." So here we are 20 years later. Have we passed the test?
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For Many American Muslims, The Legacy Of 9/11 Lies In The Battle For Civil Rights
A Southern California community grapples with the legacy of being secretly surveilled by the FBI. Twenty years later, the matter is a legal fight that has reached the Supreme Court.
For A Journalist, The Cost Of War Seen Through A Soldier's Life Cut Short
The end of the Afghan war has left lingering questions about the costs. More than 100,000 Afghans killed. More than 2,400 U.S. service members lost. This is the story of one of those lives.
How The Bush Administration Permanently Shaped National Security After 9/11
We look at how in response to the September 11 attacks, the George W. Bush administration totally reshaped U.S. national security appartus.
After 9/11 Security Became Omnipresent In Washington, But Threats Are Different Now
After the attacks, barriers and thigh-high cement bollards sprouted up seemingly overnight in Washington, D.C. But new threats show the need for adaptability.
6 More People Connected To The Capitol Riot Plead Guilty
They include one man who told a family member he wanted to attend an event where he could shoot House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on live television.
Families Of Undocumented Immigrants Lost On 9/11 Continue To Search For Closure
At least 67 undocumented immigrants, mainly from Mexico and South America, who worked at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, are still considered missing.
How Surveillance Programs Developed After 9/11 — And How Those Targeted Pushed Back
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Ahmed Mohamed, legal director at the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, about the surveillance of Muslim communities after 9/11.
The DOJ Faces Pressure To Close A Prison Which May Dodge Executive Order To Close
The ACLU and federal public defenders are warning a private prison company may be trying to avoid President Biden's executive order that bans new contracts with most for-profit detention facilities.
The World Has Changed Since 9/11, And So Has America's Fight Against Terrorism
In 2001, as the nation mourned those killed on 9/11, the government tried to find its footing to prevent more terrorist attacks. In the 20 years since, the nature of those threats has evolved.