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Remembering Voting Rights Activist Theresa Burroughs

5:27pm May 25, 2019

The Alabama civil rights foot soldier, who marched for voting rights and endured an attack on Selma's Edmund Pettus bridge, has died at age 89. She founded a civil rights museum in Greensboro, Ala.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has not responded publicly to the letter seeking automatic student loan forgiveness for veterans who are permanently disabled.

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47 States Call On Betsy Devos To Forgive Student Loans For Disabled Veterans

5:13pm May 25, 2019

by Cat Schuknecht

Attorneys general from 47 states, three U.S. territories and the District of Columbia have asked the Department of Education to make loan discharge for permanently disabled veterans automatic.

U.S. Marine Tim Chambers salutes to participants in last year's Rolling Thunder motorcycle demonstration.

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Rolling To A Halt: Memorial Day Motorcycle Rally Ends 30-Year Tradition

4:56pm May 25, 2019

by Cat Schuknecht

Motorcyclists with the veteran advocacy group, Rolling Thunder Inc., will gather in Washington, D.C., for the last time this weekend. The group cites financial issues as its main reason for quitting.

From left to right: Jacky St. James, David Cruz, Danielle Brinkley, Shira Tarrant, Isiah Maxwell, Lisey Sweet.

What We (Don't) Talk About When We Talk About Porn

12:01pm May 25, 2019

by Kat Lonsdorf

Access to pornography is easier now than ever before. For many people, it's their first experience with sex. How is the fantasy of pornography affecting young people's ideas toward the reality of sex?

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Sarah Seltzer interviews her grandfather, 104-year-old Gilbert Seltzer, in West Orange, N.J., in January for StoryCorps.

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He Led A Platoon Of Artists Who Fooled The Germans: 'Imagination Is Unbelievable'

8:20am May 25, 2019

At 104 years old, Gilbert Seltzer remembers his time in a secret Army unit in World War II, helping deceive the enemy with rubber artillery and the recorded sounds of rumbling tanks.

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Assange, Free Speech And The Espionage Act

8:20am May 25, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon talks to analyst Asha Rangappa about the indictment of Julian Assange under the Espionage Act and why she believes that free speech is not an adequate defense.

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Rolling Thunder Prepares For Final Ride In D.C.

8:20am May 25, 2019

by Mikaela Lefrak

The annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally in the nation's capital will host its last ride this Memorial Day. The group is calling it quits after three decades due to high costs and logistics issues.

U.S. citizens use ropes to cross the Rio Grande from San Antonio del Bravo, Mexico, into Candelaria, Texas. U.S. citizens depend on the free health clinic in San Antonio del Bravo.

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In Rural West Texas, Illegal Border Crossings Are Routine For U.S. Citizens

8:20am May 25, 2019

by Lorne Matalon

In some remote border towns in Texas along the Rio Grande, U.S. citizens cross back and forth for medical care in Mexico. It's a technically illegal reality that local Border Patrol acknowledges.

San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott answers questions during a May 21 news conference. Scott has apologized for a raid on a freelance journalist's home.

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San Francisco Police Chief Apologizes For Raid On Home Of Freelance Journalist

11:30pm May 24, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

A raid on a journalist's home to determine the source of a police leak led to a firestorm over press freedoms and the First Amendment.

President Trump tells reporters in Washington on Friday that the United States intends to send about 1,500 additional troops to the Middle East.

Trump Orders An Additional 1,500 Troops To The Middle East

8:24pm May 24, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The Pentagon would not say where the troops would be sent, other than that they would not be heading to Iraq and Syria. Some of the forces have already arrived in the region.