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Students arrested at Columbia University and the City College of New York spoke with NPR about their choice to risk legal and academic consequences.
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A group of students at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas is suing the state over the cancelation of AP African-American studies courses.
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A new lawsuit alleges widespread sexual abuse of juveniles took place over decades at Illinois youth detention facilities. Similar lawsuits have been filed this year in other states.
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Ckunsa was the primary language of one of Chile’s indigenous peoples.
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New reporting in the Washington Post says Russian President Vladamir Putin has been pushing more quickly to build up military training and infuse the country with hyper-nationalism.
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West Charlotte High School was seen as a national model for how schools could integrate in the 1970s, years after the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling. But in the 1990s, a federal judge ruled that bussing was no longer needed.
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American medical staff are still trapped in Gaza as the Rafah border crossing remains closed.
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More than 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama are awaiting the results.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner general of the U.N.'s lead agency for aid to Palestinians, about the international response to a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with a Chinese observer of the U.S. and an American observer of China about the countries' competing interests.
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President Biden is giving a commencement address at Morehouse College this weekend, but that speech has created some controversy. Morehouse is in the swing state of Georgia.
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Grand Theft Auto 5 came out more than 10 years ago, and developer Rockstar Games has finally announced a release date for Grand Theft Auto 6 — Fall 2025. Some fans feel it isn't soon enough.