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Friday

Bertie Bowman, the longest serving African-American congressional staffer, dies at 92

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Tuesday

Curtis Chin recounts coming of age as a Chinese American gay kid in his new memoir

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Tuesday

Olivia Rodrigo's second album, the follow-up to her 2021 breakthrough Sour, is called Guts. Photo by Nick Walker/Courtesy of the artist/Illustration by Jackie Lay/NPR hide caption

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Olivia Rodrigo wants you to decide what her songs are about

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Tuesday

Judges strike down another Alabama congressional map over Voting Rights Act violation

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Thursday

A neurology professor weighs in on the health questions surrounding Mitch McConnell

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Monday

Lahaina teachers memorialize students lost to the fires

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Lahaina teacher leads efforts to remember children killed and missing after wildfires

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Thursday

Yellowknife mayor provides the latest update on evacuations in the Canadian city

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Wednesday

Amid a water crisis, Arizona is using lots of it to grow alfalfa to export overseas

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Friday

Michelle Buteau at the premiere of her new show, Survival Of The Thickest. Cindy Ord/Getty Images hide caption

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Michelle Buteau is creating the empowering TV series she wanted to see growing up

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Thursday

Michelle Buteau's 'Survival of the Thickest' is a love letter to the 'fatty baddies'

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Wednesday

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Pierre Kwenders sings about love — in all of his languages

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An exploration of love was also a journey of self-acceptance for Pierre Kwenders

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Monday

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist has seen the lasting harm of cluster bombs

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Monday

Actress Patricia Arquette brings sass and vulnerability to her 'High Desert' role

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Wednesday

The lost Jeopardy tapes: the 40-year mystery behind an enigmatic champion

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Sunday

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will speak with survivors of Native American boarding schools as part of a tour called "The Road to Healing." Her department found that between 1819 and 1969, the federal government operated or supported more than 400 schools. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption

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Haaland seeks healing for Native American boarding school survivors

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Sunday

"I have been the architect of my creativity and my life in such a specific and obsessive way," Florence Welch tells NPR. Autumn de Wilde hide caption

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On 'Dance Fever,' Florence + the Machine explores her fractured desires

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Saturday

Alabama's state Capitol has been the location of fights over redistricting. The Supreme Court hears a case this fall that could have implications for gerrymandering across the country. Andi Rice for NPR hide caption

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Inside the fight over Alabama's congressional maps

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Sunday

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Progressive activist Ady Barkan says his ALS has increased his platform

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Sunday

In Yellowjackets, a New Jersey girls soccer team must survive in the wilderness after a plane crash. Kailey Schwerman/Showtime hide caption

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Surviving teenage girlhood takes on a whole new meaning on 'Yellowjackets'

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Sunday

Love it or hate it you've almost certainly heard Kenny G's soprano saxophone — be it in an elevator or in your car. Here, Kenny G performs at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival in 2019, in Indio, Calif. Amy Harris/Invision/AP hide caption

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Why everyone loves to hate Kenny G, according to the jazz musician himself

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Sunday

Former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean, who co-chaired the 9/11 Commission, testifies in 2011 in Washington, D.C. Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images hide caption

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9/11 Commission Leader Says Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Panel May Be Too Partisan To Succeed

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