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The Staples Singers used to perform at Civil Rights rallies, but never recorded those songs. Mavis Staples has finally put much of that music on her new album, We'll Never Turn Back.

The Democratic National Committee approved a resolution that will likely upend the party's traditional presidential primary calendar.

New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell talks with Scott Simon about how American movies have dealt with racial issues over the years. This year's Oscar nominee Crash expands the debate beyond black and white.

Research shows the average time between sentencing and execution has increased by two-thirds in the past 20 years.

From biographies of NPR's founding mothers to suburban mothers raising owl babies, here are 10 books about the joys and heartaches of parenthood and what it means to be a mom, in all its intricacies.

June's primary calendar kicks off Tuesday with seven states holding contests. One local race to watch: LA mayor.

The cast is more diverse, which allows the reboot to address conflicts and give voice to characters the old Showtime Queer as Folk never could, while keeping the soapy melodrama of it all.

The refrain — "Glory, glory, hallelujah" — shows up at labor protests, conservative rallies, church services and football games. It turns out the song, originally a war march, is flexible by design.

At the height of the space race in the 1960s, Air Force Captain Ed Dwight was chosen to attend a special astronaut training program. He tells the story of what happened next.

The White House said President Biden and Vice President Harris spoke with Cherelle Griner on Wednesday, as more of the WNBA star's supporters publicly petition him to do more to secure her release.