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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Buffalo Common Council President Darius Pridgen about the advocacy for Cariol Horne, a former police officer who was fired after stopping another officer's chokehold.

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday on police reform as Senate Republicans prepare to unveil their legislation after nationwide protests.

A record number of women are running for Congress in 2020, surpassing the number set in the historic 2018 midterm wave. It is because more Republican women are running this time.

When two black men were found dead hanging from trees in California, authorities first called them suicides. Family members and activists demand a deeper investigation.

"We will almost certainly see cases here again" Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern predicted last week. "That is not a sign we have failed." The two women in the new cases are in self-isolation.

Aimee Stephens, the transgender woman whose lawsuit led to the landmark Supreme Court ruling that federal law protects LGBTQ workers, died last month at the age of 59.

Hear the cellist talk about the purpose of music in the face of racial tension and health crises, plus his new album, Not Our First Goat Rodeo, which reunites him with old bluegrass buddies.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Austin Mayor Steve Adler about his efforts to curb COVID-19 spikes despite Texas' reopening plan. Over the weekend, Austin hit a record for new hospitalizations in 1 day.

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of workplace protections for the LGBTQ community. The decision said they're covered under civil rights legislation that bans discrimination on the basis of sex.

This spring, congregations are reimagining how to celebrate bar and bat mitzvahs in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Some of these Jewish coming of age ceremonies are going online.