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Researchers Still Searching For Resting Places Of Tulsa Massacre Victims

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.

July 18, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
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  • Arts & Life

Atlanta Artist Spreads COVID-19 Information Through Her Art

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.

July 18, 2020
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom
Thomas Salts spent two weeks recovering from COVID-19 in a hotel in Phoenix, Ariz. Circle the City, a Phoenix-based nonprofit, is helping Salts and other people experiencing homelessness gain access to health care.

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  • Health

A Phoenix Nonprofit Opens Up A Hotel To Homeless Coronavirus Patients

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.

July 12, 2020
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By:
  • Christianna Silva
GPB  NPR

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  • Economy

Residents Of Alaskan Town Receive Monthly Stipend Not To Move Away During Pandemic

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.

July 12, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
Roger Stone leaves federal court after a sentencing hearing in February in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Trump Commutes Sentence Of Longtime Friend And Adviser Roger Stone

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.

July 11, 2020
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  • Ryan Lucas
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  • Law

Former Prosecutor Discusses Trump's Decision To Commute Roger Stone's Sentence

Scott Simon talks to former federal prosecutor Peter Zeidenberg about President Trump commutating the sentence of longtime friend and political operative Roger Stone.

July 11, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
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  • History

Who Was Juan De Oñate? A Look At The Conquistador's Violent Legacy In New Mexico

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.

July 11, 2020
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  • John Burnett
A 1-month-old baby mandrill clings onto its mother Jinx, at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans on July 6.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: What Lobsters And Ants Can Teach Us About Social Distancing

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.

July 11, 2020
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  • Scott Simon

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  • Author Interviews

'Utopia Avenue,' The Greatest Sixties Band That Never Was

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.

July 11, 2020
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  • Scott Simon
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  • Health

Former COVID-19 Patients Discuss Recovery

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.

July 11, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB  NPR

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  • Law

Recent SCOTUS Decisions On Religion Open Up New Questions

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.

July 11, 2020
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  • Tom Gjelten
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  • Race

How White People Can Advocate For The Black Lives Matter Movement

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author Uzodinma Iweala about the role of white people in the Black Lives Matters movement.

July 11, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB  NPR

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  • Education

Pediatrician Makes Case For Reopening Schools This Fall

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.

July 11, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB  NPR

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  • Health

California Seeing Rapid Rise In COVID-19 Cases

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.

July 11, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB  NPR

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  • Politics

Week In Politics: Coronavirus Cases Surge, Dominate Political Atmosphere

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.

July 11, 2020
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  • Ron Elving
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