99 years ago in Tulsa, Okla., white mobs slaughtered several hundred Black citizens in one of the worst racial massacres in US history. Historians have long tried to locate were victims are buried.
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to artist Sherri Daye Scott about her grassroots campaign Big Facts, Little Acts, which spreads public health information through art.
Scott Simon speaks with Thomas Salts, one of the COVID-19 patients treated and cared for in a Phoenix hotel by Circle the City, a group providing care and services to people experiencing homelessness.
Southeast Alaska's economy is getting hammered without cruise ship tourists due to COVID-19. One city there is using its federal relief money to pay residents not to move away.
The president has used his clemency power to spare Stone a prison sentence following his conviction in federal court. It's the latest official intercession in a case involving a Trump friend.
Scott Simon talks to former federal prosecutor Peter Zeidenberg about President Trump commutating the sentence of longtime friend and political operative Roger Stone.
When a crowd tried to pull down a statue of a conquistador in Albuquerque recently, someone got shot. We look at who this controversial figure from 400 years ago is and why he inspires violence.
Researchers have reported that some animals take precautions and keep their distance so they're less likely to be infected by another animal. Scott Simon wonders why some humans won't do the same.
David Mitchell's new novel chronicles the rise and fall of fictional 1960s psychedelic rock band. He says he was drawn to both the music and the "dark magic that was in the air" in that era.
Udean Mars Williams, Barry Neely, and Alice Navarro all had COVID-19. Each experienced different symptoms and severity of illness. They share what their on-going recoveries have been like.
The Supreme Court says LGBTQ persons have civil rights, but new rulings also gives religious institutions more freedom from the government. Critics see an erosion of church-state separation.
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Sara Bode, pediatrician and member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, about sending students back to school this fall.
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Dr. Sonia Angell, director of California's Department of Public Health about the recent spike of coronavirus cases during the state's phased reopenings.
The virus continues to dominate headlines despite the best efforts of both presidential campaigns. And, President Trump announced late Friday he would commute Roger Stone's sentence.
