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As part of a public art project, 120,000 pennies modified by an artist have been released through delis and bodegas. The project connects the fragility of the economy with the losses of COVID.
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The Vincent Price Museum in East L.A. features a major exhibition of Latinx artists using sound in their work, from demolishing a piano to dedicating musical oldies to incarcerated loved ones.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., chaired a hearing on new laws that restrict classroom discussion of gender, sexual orientation and race. Students, parents and teachers are among those who spoke.
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More and more people are getting used to the idea that COVID 19 isn't going to just disappear one day. There's only one human disease that's ever been truly eradicated. And that's smallpox.
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President Biden heads to Asia Friday for a meeting of the Quad group, which includes leaders from India, Japan and Australia. The unspoken focus of the gathering is China.
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A woman who grew up Mormon and her wife visit the LDS Church's temple in Washington, D.C., as it's briefly open for public tours.
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Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy and Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy first teamed up six years ago on mental health legislation. Now, we check in on this unlikely duo's work to update it.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro spends a day at the Medyka border crossing to see how the flow of refugees has changed over the nearly three months since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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With an enormous budget surplus, high gas prices and ongoing inflation, Democrats are trying to get money back in the pockets of drivers and voters in California, but can't at all agree on a plan.
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What's it like to try to survive 120-degree heat, without air conditioning? Here's how people are coping in the heart of Delhi.