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The Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority moved six polling locations outside of residential buildings, including Saferstein Towers shown here, to protect vulnerable populations from potential spread of the coronavirus.

Changes to Voting Locations Force Some Senior Citizens to Consider Alternate Voting Options

Changes in polling locations coupled with concerns over the coronavirus are affecting some of the most steadfast voters in the country.

Tyshara Loynes uses her activism to advocate for the disenfranchised.

Indianapolis Activist Works To Preserve Black Communities

Part 3 in a series. As we continue our series on young activists, we meet Tyshara Loynes, a college student working to protect a street with historic...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., during a July news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Analysis: Mitch McConnell Could Lose Even If He Wins

Fans of irony should take note of the U.S. Senate race in Kentucky. The contest between six-term incumbent Republican Mitch McConnell and his Democratic...

Filmmaker Radha Blank stars as a fictionalized version of herself in <em>The Forty-Year-Old Version</em>. The film, which began as a Web series, was inspired by Blank's own experience as a playwright and rapper in Harlem.

'The Forty-Year-Old Version' Is Fast, Funny, Multi-Faceted And No Small Feat

Radha Blank plays a fictionalized version of herself — a struggling artist from Harlem, who was hailed years earlier as a promising playwright. The film is gorgeously shot in black-and-white.

Black Health Care Professionals Help Black Communities Battle Pandemic

Frustrated by COVID-19's disproportionate impact on Black communities, Black doctors came together to launch their own outreach group, bringing testing and care into Philadelphia neighborhoods.

President Trump Says He Is Planning To Sign 'A Very Major Immigration Bill'

President Trump in a Friday interview on Telemundo said that soon he may introduce new measures to protect "Dreamers" — people who were brought to the U.S. as children by undocumented parents.

Thomas Chatterton Williams, along with more than 150 journalists, authors and writers, published a letter decrying the "intolerant climate that has set in on all sides" of debate in <em>Harper's Magazine.</em>

Thomas Chatterton Williams On Debate, Criticism And The Letter In 'Harper's Magazine'

A letter on the importance of open debate was published by Harper's Magazine this week and was signed by more than 150 prominent writers and thinkers, fueling a controversy over debate and privilege.

Political Talk Banned On WLW-AM's 'America's Truckin' Network' Overnight Show

In response to unspecified complaints, WLW-AM'S right-leaning overnight America's Truckin' Network show has eliminated all talk about politics, the...

Illinois Health Care Workers Say Hospitals Will Run Out Of ICU Beds By Thanksgiving

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Vineet Arora, a hospitalist at the University of Chicago, about warning Illinois officials that hospitals will run out of intensive care unit bed by Thanksgiving.

The Cavs return from their nine-month layoff Wednesday night. Terry Pluto says the team needs to find some stability after years of constant turnover.

After Nine Months Off the Court, The Cavs Are Back. Can They Get Your Attention?

The Cleveland Cavaliers return to the court Wednesday night for the first time since the NBA suspended its season in March and left the team out of its restart in Orlando.

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