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A group prays during a small ceremony as remains from a mass grave are re-interred at Oaklawn Cemetery on July 30, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla.

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  • National

Exhumations to resume in a bid to identify Tulsa Race Massacre victims

Some of the 19 bodies taken from a Tulsa cemetery and later reburied that could include remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre will be exhumed again starting Wednesday.

October 26, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A black family at the Hermitage Plantation in Savannah.

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  • News

New report takes a fresh look at Savannah's role in the history of American slavery

The history of the city of Savannah is bound to the history of slavery in the United States. Enslaved people built much of the city, which was settled in part to prevent enslaved people from South Carolina from fleeing to Florida, where Spanish colonists offered them freedom to weaken the English colonies. A new report from the Equal Justice Initiative looks at the legacy of slavery through the cities that played leading roles in promoting and enabling it.

October 25, 2022
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  • Peter Biello
Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns in a speech outside of 10 Downing Street in central London on October 20, 2022.

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  • Economy

Britain's Productivity Problem

Liz Truss is just the latest Prime Minister to be tripped up trying to tackle productivity.

October 25, 2022
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  • Paddy Hirsch
A view of downtown Oxford, N.C., near Main Street.

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  • Race

Everyday people were civil rights heroes, too. This is the story of one town's fight

In 1970, the murder of a Black man in Oxford, N.C., led ordinary people to take extraordinary action. In a country that still struggles with race, stories like theirs show that the past is not dead.

October 23, 2022
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  • Ayesha Rascoe
From left: Republican candidate Christine Drazan, Democrat-turned-independent candidate Betsy Johnson and Democratic candidate Tina Kotek are all vying for the Oregon governor's office.

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  • National

Democrats' total control over Oregon politics could end with the race for governor

In the Oregon race for governor, the Democrat, Tina Kotek, and the Republican, Christine Drazan, are in a dead heat thanks to the independent, Betsy Johnson, who has outraised her competitors.

October 21, 2022
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  • Dirk VanderHart
Researchers extracted DNA from the remains of people buried in the East Smithfield plague pits, which were used for mass burials in 1348 and 1349.

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  • Global Health

Black Death survivors gave their descendants a genetic advantage — but with a cost

Nearly half of Europeans died from the plague. Now a new study shows a protective gene mutation that survivors passed on to help with future outbreaks might cause other problems.

October 21, 2022
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  • Michaeleen Doucleff
People walk past the BBC Headquarters in London on Tuesday as the BBC is celebrating 100 years of broadcasting.

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  • Media

The BBC is celebrating its 100th birthday

The British Broadcasting Corp. was formed on Oct. 18, 1922. It's now an iconic source for news around the world.

October 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862. He issued the formal Emancipation Proclamation the following January. Lincoln was under tremendous pressure to withdraw emancipation as a precondition for peace talks with the Confederacy.

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  • Author Interviews

Lincoln prioritized democracy over his political future. A new biography explains why

Presidential historian Jon Meacham speaks with NPR about his new biography, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle. It examines Lincoln's actions as well as motivations.

October 18, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Astronaut Jim A. McDivitt's official portrait, taken in 1971. McDivitt has died at age 93.

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  • Space

Former NASA astronaut Jim McDivitt, who led Gemini and Apollo missions, dies at 93

McDivitt commanded two early Gemini and Apollo missions in the 1960s that played a key role in preparing for the moon landing in 1969.

October 17, 2022
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  • Juliana Kim
Pablo Neruda, then serving as Chile's ambassador to France, talks with reporters in Paris after being named winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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  • World

He's known as Chile's greatest poet, but feminists say Pablo Neruda is canceled

"He's been canceled," a Chilean activist says of 20th century poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda. Five decades after his death, feminists are denouncing him as a male chauvinist and sexual predator.

October 15, 2022
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  • John Otis
In <em>Town Destroyer</em>, the debate over a mural leads to an outpouring of activism and opinions about how to look at art and how to confront racism in America.

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  • Arts & Life

When murals depict traumatic history, schools must decide what stays on the wall

Students of color at a high school, a law school and two universities have objected to the way historical murals have portrayed Native Americans and African Americans.

October 14, 2022
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  • Jon Kalish
America Ferrera (clockwise from top left), Eva Longoria, Rosie Perez, Ivette Rodriguez, Rosario Dawson and Christy Haubegger are using their platforms to promote empowerment and representation.

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  • Arts & Life

So few Latinas make it in Hollywood – those who do are pushing for representation

Actors Eva Longoria, America Ferrera, Rosie Perez, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Saldana and Gina Rodriguez are also directors, producers and activists.

October 13, 2022
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Loretta Lynn campaigned for both Bush presidents. She's shown here with George W. Bush in 2000 in Little Rock, Ark.

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  • Politics

How Loretta Lynn, country music and a rural Republican tide changed U.S. politics

At the peak of her fame in the 1960s and 1970s, Lynn was part of a key change in the politics of country music — a change akin to the shifting partisan leanings of the music's most loyal fans.

October 09, 2022
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  • Ron Elving
Mexican tenor Javier Camarena's recital at the LA Opera.

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  • Arts & Life

How Italian opera influenced Mexican ranchera

The influence can be traced back to the 1800s when opera companies and their star singers traveled from Italy to perform across the country.

October 09, 2022
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  • Betto Arcos
A ceremony to dedicate a monument to journalist, educator, and civil rights leader, Ida B. Wells is held on June 30, 2021 in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago. The monument was created by sculptor Richard Hunt.

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  • Economy

How the 'Black Metropolis' made a comeback

Bronzeville, a neighborhood of Chicago, was the epicenter of a Black renaissance before it fell on hard times. Now, it's booming again. Here's the story of its incredible turnaround.

October 05, 2022
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  • Greg Rosalsky
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