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Many schools are closed through the academic year. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Bree Dusseault of the Center on Reinventing Public Education about how distance learning varies across the U.S.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jim Goodwin, the Oklahoma Eagle publisher, about the legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre and the state of race relations today.

A natural gas leak in a Los Angeles community is spewing 1,200 tons of methane into the air daily. Renee Montagne talks to Mitchell Englander, the LA City Councilman who represents Porter Ranch.

A record 6,000 families preregistered for emergency food distribution at the San Antonio Food Bank, and when word got out on social media, another 4,000 cars showed up.

President Trump's campaign was trying to woo African American voters by promoting the earlier low black unemployment rate. But now the economy is in a tailspin.

The Mardi Gras season is usually a fun and festive affair. But this year, a year after the celebration led New Orleans to become one of the nation's first COVID-19 hot spots, it's different.

The island village of Patchogue, N.Y., appears to be an all-American suburb. But in 2008, it was the site of a brutal murder that left residents struggling to reconcile deep-rooted issues of racism and hatred with the town's idyllic appearance.

Akhil Sharma took over a decade to write his novel, Family Life, a mostly autobiographical account of an immigrant family and an accident that shatters their dreams for the future.

Military medics who are normally deployed to combat zones are now on a feel-good mission at home. They are helping to administer COVID-19 vaccinations at a dozen sites across the country.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with reporter J. Brian Charles of The Trace about how mass shootings have soared during the pandemic and their disproportionate impact on Black neighborhoods.