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President Trump had little to say about the coronavirus pandemic during remarks Friday at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

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Despite Rising Coronavirus Cases, Trump's Focus Appears To Be Elsewhere

The president has focused on the economy and the culture wars, but these days he says little about the pandemic that has killed 130,000 Americans.

"I dug my fingers there and here and stretched my arms like ropes. I threw my body through the air and caught myself in all the ways I'd imagined, a bright path of thinking." Yao Xiao/Make Me a World hide caption

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This Book Teaches Kids 'How To Solve A Problem' Like A Rock Climber Would

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Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has started a voting rights organization, and is urging NBA teams to offer their large venues as polling sites during the pandemic. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images hide caption

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Need A Polling Place With Social Distancing? 3 NBA Teams Offer Venues

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Julian Bass went viral for his superhero video with special effects. Julian Bass/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

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A Theater Student Gets Supersized Attention After Superhero Video Goes Viral

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President Trump had little to say about the coronavirus pandemic during remarks Friday at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

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Despite Rising Coronavirus Cases, Trump's Focus Appears To Be Elsewhere

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Recent protests in Philadelphia and across the country have drawn young people. But for most of the pandemic, youth have been quarantined and away from their social circles, which could make depression and other mental illness worse. Cory Clark/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption

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Why Some Young People Fear Social Isolation More Than COVID-19

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Cars on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau County, circa 1960. The urban planner Robert Moses, according to biographers, designed the road so that bridges were low enough to keep buses — which would likely be carrying poor minorities — from passing underneath on the route from New York City to Long Island's beaches. Pictorial Parade/Getty Images hide caption

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'The Wrong Complexion For Protection.' How Race Shaped America's Roadways And Cities

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From L to R: Danielle, Alana and Este Haim. Reto Schmid/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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HAIM's Sunny Sound Gets Somber On 'Women In Music Pt. III'

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