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On this week’s “My Unsung Hero” from Hidden Brain, a funeral home employee uncovers a long-held family mystery. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Time now for “My Unsung Hero,” our series from the team at Hidden Brain. “My Unsung Hero” tells the stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. Today’s story…

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly remembers the life of civil rights leader David Mixner with his friend and mentee, Brian Sims. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: A titan in the fight for gay rights has died. David Mixner was an activist and Democratic political strategist working on JFK’s campaign as a teenager, voicing his opposition to the…

Following China’s annual Two Sessions meetings, NPR’s Rob Schmitz speaks with Wilson Center’s Robert Daly about China’s state of affairs and its economy. ROB SCHMITZ, HOST: The world’s second-biggest economy is struggling, and its leader is consolidating power. China just wrapped up its parliamentary session, called the Two Sessions, an annual event that offers a…

The healthcare industry is still struggling to overcome a cyberattack that took the IT company, Change Healthcare, offline in February. The cybercriminal group behind it is part of a professionalize ROB SCHMITZ, HOST: The health care industry is still struggling to overcome a February cyberattack that hit the IT company, Change Healthcare. The group behind…

A visitor plays the retro game “Space Invadors” at the Video games trade fair Gamescom in western Germany. INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images Think back to your earliest video game memories. As technology changes and video games become increasingly released only on digital, many of the titles you grew up on may be unplayable today.…

The House is set to vote on banning TikTok this morning. Drew Harwell, Washington Post technology reporter, talks about the reasons for the bill and what happens if the bill to ban the popular social media app or force its parent company to sell it passes. Read the full article here

Michael Graetz, professor emeritus at Columbia Law School and Yale Law School, former special counsel and deputy assistant secretary for tax policy at the Department of the Treasury and the author of The Power to Destroy: How the Antitax Movement Hijacked America (Princeton University Press, 2024), offers analysis of Biden’s budget proposals and tax policies…

Coming up on today’s show: Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week’s event, plus other city news from the week. Michael Graetz, professor emeritus at Columbia Law School and Yale…

Tuesday on the NewsHour, we report from the U.S.-Mexico border, where migrant arrivals are straining resources and dividing communities on how to respond. A look at bipartisan legislation that could force TikTok’s chinese parent company to sell or face a nationwide ban. Plus, a look at how the illegal trafficking of high-caliber guns from the…

The February consumer price index is out — inflation was 3.2% year over year. That’s just a smidge higher than January. Still, prices in some sectors are down from a year ago. We’ll dig into the data, from price drops in furniture to still waters in apparel. Plus: the state of banking one year after the…