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A Conversation with UMES Assistant History Professor Arlisha Norwood

Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear made history as the youngest composers and only all-woman songwriting team for a Disney animated film with Moana 2.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jody David Armour, criminal justice and law professor at the University of Southern California, about the ongoing protests in Los Angeles over George Floyd's death.

Readers responded with moving stories of past journeys and crises — and keepsakes that remind them of their roots and tie them to their family. Here's a sampling of replies.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with assistant professor of history at Cornell, Nicholas Mulder, on the history of U.S. sanctions and the role they're playing now in the tensions between the U.S. and Russia.

At New York City's Tenement Museum, high schoolers explore the American experience through the eyes of one 1860s-era Black family.

A gunman killed at least 19 children and 2 adults at a Texas elementary school. The 18-year-old gunman is also dead, police said.

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.

Liza Donnelly has had a long career writing and drawing cartoons for The New Yorker. In her latest book, she continues her examination of the history of women cartoonists and the storied magazine.

NPR's Andrew Limbong talks to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, about her efforts to tackle antitrust in the tech space – and her vision for the office going forward.