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The former president blasted Republicans who have crossed him and kept up repeated election lies in an NPR interview.
Alisha Morris, a Kansas theater teacher, created a database of COVID-19 cases in schools. Now maintained by the National Education Association, it shares data that some schools prefer to keep quiet.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Josie Johnson reflect on the civil rights movement and the protests following the death of George Floyd. “We’re not going to give up. We’re not going to stop,” Jackson says.
The House is set to vote Tuesday to end President Trump’s border wall emergency. It’s Election Day in Chicago, voters select a new mayor. And, Walmart is eliminating is greeter positions.
NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks with reporters Christian Sheckler of the South Bend Tribune and Ken Armstrong of ProPublica about systemic corruption in the police department of Elkhart, Ind.
What are the final cases Republicans and Democrats are making to the electorate before Tuesday’s election? Weekend campaign rallies demonstrate the messaging parties hope will tip the balance.
As the founder of the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, Andrew Anglin has been described as the alt-right’s most effective propagandist. Steve Inskeep talks to Luke O’Brien who wrote about Anglin.
“America was build on her citizens,” the former White House strategist told CBS. NPR’s Steve Inskeep assesses how Bannon’s claims about economic nationalism and border control align with history.
Art
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art can only display a fraction of its collection at any given time. Now, you can text a word or emoji and the museum will send back a corresponding work of art.
Steve Inskeep speaks with Richard V. Reeves, author of the book Dream Hoarders, which argues that the wealthiest 20 percent of Americans unfairly grab opportunities for themselves and their children.
Iran’s reform-minded president, Hasan Rouhani, is up for re-election. Subtle changes in Iranian society are evident in the burgeoning tech sector. But conservatives say Rouhani has changed too much.
His new book about raising kids in America and the virtues of work and perseverance is “not an old man screaming, ‘Get off my lawn!’” insists Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb. It’s, “Work in my lawn.”
Salt Houses traces several generations of a displaced Palestinian family. Author Hala Alyan says she experienced firsthand the “intergenerational trauma that went along with losing a homeland.”
The Osage tribe in Oklahoma became spectacularly wealthy in the early 1900s — and then members started turning up dead. David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon describes the dark plot against them.
President Trump has said on Twitter that any terrorist attack would be the fault of the federal judge who ruled against the government. But history and the law suggest otherwise.
Two former White House ethics lawyers — Richard Painter and Norm Eisen — are part of a legal team filing suit against President Trump — alleging violation of the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause.
Morning Edition’s Steve Inskeep talks to Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain about the incoming Trump administration’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The deluge of fake news suggests we live in a “post-truth” era. But NPR’s Steve Inskeep says it would be better to call this a “post-trust” era. Here are his tips to sniff out the suspect sources.