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'Second Founding' Examines How Reconstruction Remade The Constitution

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner talks how the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments relate to current debates about voting rights, mass incarceration and reparations for slavery.

Ezhil Arasi (left) and Ranjith Kumar. The pandemic kept her from her pregnancy checkups. Their baby was born with an intestinal blockage that required surgery and died during the procedure. Doctors told Ranjith that if his wife had been examined regularly during her pregnancy, there could have been a different outcome.

Newborn Babies Are Part Of The Pandemic Toll. Here's How India Is Trying To Help

A UNICEF report estimates that hundreds of thousands of babies in South Asia alone have died because of the inability of pregnant women to get appropriate care. India is seeking solutions.

Singer Allison Russell Shares Personal Saga Of Trauma And Triumph On 'Outside Child'

Allisson Russell has spent her career collaborating – but for Outside Child, her first solo record, she is stepping boldly out in front, sharing her tales of healing.

U.S. Poet Louise Gluck Wins Nobel Prize In Literature

The 2020 prize was awarded to Gluck for what the Swedish Academy said was "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."

News Brief: Israel Pummels Gaza, Insurrection Probe, New Coronavirus Detected

Ten days of fighting take a big toll in the Gaza Strip. House passes bill to create a commission to probe Capitol insurrection. A new coronavirus is discovered in Malaysia, and it's coming from dogs.

An Alaska Parks And Rec Department Turns To Humor In Hard Times

Juneau's office of Parks and Recreation is essentially closed, so the staff has turned its hiking hotline into a joke hotline. The demand has overwhelmed the number.

Natasha Trethewey served as U.S. poet laureate in 2012 and 2013. She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her 2006 collection <em>Native Guard.</em>

After Years Of 'Willed Amnesia,' Trethewey Opens Up About Her Murdered Mother

When Natasha Trethewey was 19, her stepfather killed her mother. Tretheway says she aimed to "forge a new life for myself that didn't include that past." Her new memoir is Memorial Drive.

A portion of Australia's Great Barrier Reef photographed from the International Space Station. The Flinders Reef area of the Great Barrier Reef is one of 11 sites around the world where scientists are looking for decisive geological evidence of a new epoch called the anthropocene.

Drawing A Line In The Mud: Scientists Debate When 'Age Of Humans' Began

Scientists on five continents are hunting for geological evidence to pinpoint exactly when humans became a major force shaping life on Earth. But settling on the date could unleash a larger debate.

Bay Area Headlines: Tuesday, 6/16/20 AM

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How The U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan Has Affected Its Relationship With The U.K.

NPR's Mary Louise talks with British Ambassador to the U.S. Karen Pierce about how the pullout from Afghanistan has impacted the so-called "special relationship" between the U.S. and the U.K.

Escape To A Picturesque Scotland In Sarah Moss' 'Summerwater'

Scott Simon speaks with Sarah Moss, author of the new novel Summerwater.

Second Week Of Derek Chauvin Trial Comes To A Close

At the murder trial of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, the county medical examiner is expected to take the stand as the prosecution prepares to wrap up its case.

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