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President Donald Trump signs an executive order at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption

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Trump took down police misconduct database, but states can still share background check info

In the flurry of first-day executive orders, President Trump revoked a 2022 police accountability package, including a system to flag misconduct.

Members of the kayak club in Nuuk gather on a Tuesday night to work on building their kayaks. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption

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Culture

How the unique practices of Greenlandic kayaking are preserving the island's heritage

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How the unique practices of Greenlandic kayaking are preserving the island's heritage

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Pioneering Black architect Robert Kennard led the team that designed Carson City Hall in Carson, Calif., which opened in 1976. The team also included Frank Sata and Robert Alexander. Elon Schoenholz/Getty Foundation hide caption

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Black Architects Recognized

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Martin Marty, noted scholar of American religion. Photo courtesy University of Chicago. hide caption

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Marty, Martin

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A man walks past a branch of Signature Bank in New York City on March 13, 2023. After Signature Bank collapsed during the 2023 regional banking crisis, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said it didn't have enough qualified examiners to catch the problems that had led to the bank's failure. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The FDIC's goal is to prevent another banking crisis. It's now also a Trump target

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Dean Karlan, professor of economics and finance at Northwestern University and former chief economist for USAID, in his office at Northwestern on February 25 — the day he resigned. "I literally just emailed USAID and told them, 'I hereby cancel the contract,'" he told NPR. "And that was it." Beth Rooney for NPR hide caption

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Why Dean Karlan, chief economist of USAID, resigned this week

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President Donald Trump signs an executive order at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption

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Trump took down police misconduct database, but states can still share info

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The Black Gospel Archive houses records, cassettes and other artifacts from the "golden era of gospel." The archive, inside Baylor University's Moody Memorial Library, also holds an online collection that can be accessed by anyone. Molly-Jo Tilton/KWBU hide caption

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BLACK GOSPEL ARCHIVE

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