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Puerto Rico, the nation's sixth-largest school district, is in crisis. It's both uniquely vulnerable to natural disasters and unusually ill-equipped to help children recover from them.

Exploring eclectic roots music, host Ralph Hickman takes listeners on a journey from new and legendary artists featuring deep cuts to fan favorites.

On the Download is an independently-produced music discovery show that highlights a wide variety of genres. Tune in to find your new favorite song!

On the Download is an independently-produced music discovery show that highlights a wide variety of genres. Tune in to find your new favorite song!

Read the full transcript from the June 21 hearing from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

From early classics like Seven Samurai, to bloody grindhouse fun like “Lone Wolf and Cub” - the tales of Ronin, Peasants, and Assassins continue to excite audiences to this day. This week, we’re listening to scores from the Japanese sword-fighting film genre “Chambara” and looking at how the sound of the Samurai has evolved.

Let’s put on our trench coats and fedoras and head off on a case to listen to the scores from some of the best private-eye movies ever made. We'll find The Maltese Falcon, Meet the Devil in the Blue Dress, and take a trip down to Chinatown.

They're activist and advocates from Brazil, Colombia, India, Kenya, Lesotho and the U.S. We wanted to know: How do they stay positive in the face of the world's many problems and woes?

NPR Music remembers musicians — singers, songwriters, instrumentalists — and other visionaries we lost in 2016. Explore and celebrate their musical legacies.

Preston Hemphill had been suspended as he was investigated for his role in the Jan. 7 arrest of Nichols, who died in a hospital three days later. Five Memphis officers have already been fired.