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Portrait of American jazz musician, composer and band leader Jackie McLean, Hartford, Conn., 1979. Deborah Feingold/Corbis via Getty Images Hartford, Conn., falls under the radar by most standards. A relatively small city smack dab between New York and Boston, it’s been dubbed the “Insurance Capital of the World” and was, at one point, home of…

Dozens of Palestinians were killed while trying to get food from an aid convoy in Gaza. Show more Dozens of Palestinians were killed while trying to get food from an aid convoy in northern Gaza in the early hours of Thursday morning. The US has said it is urgently seeking information on the incident. We…

Across the country, there are ongoing controversies over how and if Black history should be taught in classrooms. Protests have ensued after a Missouri based school board dropped elective Black history and literature courses at its high schools. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: How should students learn about Black history? That question is the source of controversy…

(Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Brandon Bell/Getty Images “Ah, those were the good old days.” Who hasn’t thought something like this before? These feelings of warmth and longing can be about a time in our personal lives or about an era in history. The feeling is called nostalgia. Nostalgia is something we all experience. According to psychologists,…

A new report from the Environmental Working Group finds some of the USDA’s “climate-smart” farming practices getting taxpayer dollars likely don’t reduce emissions. Brandon Bell/Getty Images From gas-belching cows to polluting fertilizer, the agriculture sector makes up an ever growing portion of the country’s planet-heating pollution. That’s why the Biden administration and Congress have allocated…

In this membership-drive mini-series, we get to know about hobbies and building skills and finding communities for fun. Today, Kate Hinds, long-time birding enthusiast and senior producer at All Of It, shares her passion for birding. Kate’s list of organizations with information, and gatherings, for birders: NYC Audubon American Littoral Society – they work at…

A recent report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office reveals poor living conditions inside military barracks – from mold and exposed sewage, to broken windows, nonexistent HVAC systems and more. Today, On Point: U.S. military barracks are in shambles. Will the government take action? Guests Elizabeth Field, chief operating officer for the Elizabeth Dole Foundation,…

On today’s show:  Andrea Bernstein, journalist reporting on Trump legal matters for NPR, host of many podcasts including “Will be Wild” and “Trump, Inc.” and the author of American Oligarchs: The Kushners, The Trumps and the Marriage of Money and Power (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), talks about the financial penalties and political benefits…

LEFT: Maria Lares is a longtime teacher and PTA Treasurer at Villacorta Elementary in La Puente, CA. RIGHT: Sophia Fabela (left) and Samantha Nicole Tan (right) are two students at Villacorta who consider themselves pretty good sales kids. Sarah Gonzalez/NPR Fundraising is a staple of the school experience in the U.S. There’s an assembly showing…

Wednesday on the NewsHour, the Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments on whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in the 2020 election interference case. Republican Mitch McConnell announces he’s stepping down from Senate leadership after 17 years at the helm. Plus, the results of Michigan’s presidential primary and the warning signs they contain for…