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National

Former CIA Director John Brennan in 2017. A group of top former officials who served under both Republican and Democratic administrations called the revocation of Brennan's security clearance
NPR
Politics & Policy

Former intel chiefs: White House using security clearances as a ‘political tool’

About a dozen top former intelligence officials are speaking out after the White House revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan.

7 years ago

The KKK assembled in Portland, Maine, in 1923. (Library of Congress)
Community
The Conversation

Charlottesville belies racism’s deep roots in the North

A southern city has now become synonymous with the ongoing scourge of racism in the United States.

7 years ago

Omarosa Manigault Newman on NBC Monday. She released excerpts of a tape on Thursday that she said involved a campaign job in return for her silence.
NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
NPR
Politics & Policy

Omarosa releases tape of Trump campaign’s offer to ‘buy my silence’

Excerpts of a secret phone recording between Manigault Newman and President Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump aired on MSNBC Thursday.

7 years ago

Democrats are well positioned to take the House this November. (Renee Klahr/NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump predicts ‘red wave,’ but special elections show Democrats poised for big gains

As the 2018 midterms draw closer, President Trump continues to claim there's a "Red Wave!" brewing.

7 years ago

Students walk on the Temple University campus in Philadelphia. Temple has started a master’s degree in sport business, among the 41,446 degree or certificate programs colleges and universities have added since 2012. (Matt Rourke/The Associated Press)
Education

Panicked universities in search of students are adding thousands of new majors

Despite tight budgets and high risks, colleges hope niche degrees will spur demand.

7 years ago

Aretha Franklin sings in the studio during during her early career at Columbia Records. (Frank Driggs Collection/Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Aretha Franklin: The ‘Fresh Air’ interview

Aretha Franklin was more than a woman, more than a diva and more than an entertainer.

7 years ago

Aretha Franklin sings as Pope Francis and others listen during the World Meeting of Families festival in Philadelphia, on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. (Tony Gentile/Pool Photo via AP)
Arts & Entertainment

Aretha Franklin, the ‘Queen of Soul’ dies at age 76

Aretha Franklin, 76, was the Queen of Soul. One of her final performances was in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Listen 4:06
This courtroom sketch depicts defense lawyer Kevin Downing questioning Rick Gates, as former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort listens.
(Dana Verkouteren/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Paul Manafort case goes to jury after closing arguments by prosecutors and defense

Jurors are set to begin deliberations in the trial of Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

7 years ago

The Boston Globe's logo as seen through the windows across from the new location of the Globe in Boston. The paper's editors coordinated a campaign defending a free press in editorials.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Hundreds of newspapers denounce Trump’s attacks on media in coordinated editorials

The project was spearheaded by editorial staff at the Globe, who write, "This relentless assault on the free press has dangerous consequences. "

7 years ago

Television personality and former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman listens during an interview with The Associated Press, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Politics & Policy

Black Americans aren’t buying Omarosa’s turn against Trump

For years, Omarosa Manigault Newman stood at Donald Trump's side, making her deeply unpopular with African-Americans who see her as a sellout.

7 years ago

Vermont Democratic gubernatorial nominee Christine Hallquist, a transgender woman and former electric company executive, applauds with her supporters during her election night party in Burlington, Vt.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Vermont Democrat Christine Hallquist is first transgender nominee for governor

Vermont voters made history on Tuesday as Christine Hallquist, a transgender woman, won the Democratic primary for governor.

7 years ago

Two Guatemalan families were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this year. The children remain in the U.S. while the fathers have already been deported.
(Claire Harbage/NPR)
NPR
Courts & Law

Deported parents describe agonizing wait to be reunited with their children

The last time Pablo saw his son was in Texas.

7 years ago

President Trump and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for the $10 billion Foxconn factory complex in June.
NPR
Politics & Policy

What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Connecticut and Vermont

Primary voters in four more states — Connecticut, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Vermont — go to the polls on Tuesday.

7 years ago

(Lily Padula/NPR)
NPR
Health

To fix that pain in your back, you might have to change the way you sit

It really doesn't matter where I am — at work, at a restaurant, even on our couch at home. My lower back screams, "Stop sitting!"

7 years ago

Former Guantanamo guard Steve Wood, right, flew to Mauritania this spring to visit Mohamedou Ould Slahi — the detainee he once spent his days guarding. Slahi was released from Guantanamo in 2016.
(Courtesy of Mohamedou Slahi)
NPR
Lifestyle

A Guantanamo guard and his detainee reunite

Mohamedou Ould Slahi and Steve Wood met in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2004.

7 years ago

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