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A long-running fight over how to calculate and repay state funding debts to public HBCUs is flaring across the South, and Emily Siner and Camellia Burris tell the story in their podcast 'The Debt' from Nashville Public Radio and The Tennessee Lookout.

Michelle Llamas is a Volusia County resident and registered Democrat. She says the political issue she's always passionate about is social equality because so many other issues are tied to that.

Boris Kodjoe talks about his new movie, The Gospel, which explores the inner workings of a church, told from the perspective of the faithful filling the pews. The film was released nationwide Friday. Kodjoe previously appeared in the Showtime cable network original series Soul Food.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Jim Messina, former President Obama's White House deputy chief of staff, and Republican strategist Ron Bonjean on how to govern a divided country after the midterms.

President Trump has repeatedly promised that he would save the U.S. auto industry and that aggressive tariffs would drive that industry revival. But how are U.S. autoworkers feeling?

A listener asks: Should light-skinned Asian-Americans — like some East Asians — be able to call themselves "brown"? The answer is complicated, and has to do with how diverse "Asian-Americans" are.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Ranit Mishori of Georgetown University about the CDC's confusing messaging around wearing masks (spoiler alert: we should probably never have stopped masking indoors).

Sarah McCammon asks Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., about the crisis in Ukraine and the American government's response.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Elizabeth Holmes, writer and longtime royal watcher, about the fallout from Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's interview with Oprah Winfrey.

NPR's Asma Khalid talks to Olivia Troye of the gun safety advocacy group 97Percent, about reducing gun deaths. Her aunt was at the mall in El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, when a shooting occurred.

Hockey's Stanley Cup Finals get under way Saturday night. The Detroit Red Wings are hosting the Pittsburgh Penguins in what experts are calling a match-up made in "hockey heaven." Damien Cox, a columnist for the Toronto Star talks with Guy Raz about the series.

Jessica Pegula and Aryna Sabalenka will play Saturday for the championship. The men's field will be narrowed to two players on Friday.

NPR's David Greene speaks with El Paso County Commissioner Vincent Perez about President Trump's upcoming visit. The president is traveling there after a mass shooting this past weekend.

It's the time of year when new lambs are born, and for some shepherds, the process raises difficult questions.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro checks in with Trump voters Kevin Eisbrenner, William Estrada and Linda Caudill about last week's news from the White House.

Authors Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson discuss the importance of teaching young people about the history of slavery and racism in America with honesty and respect.

Mark Emmert oversaw a tumultuous decade-plus as NCAA president. Now that he's stepping down in March, he joins NPR's Ari Shapiro for an exit interview.

Shaun Parker moved from Menasha, Wis., to Los Angeles to pursue his dream to work in film. After nearly two decades of setbacks and stalling, Parker began crafting a new life story -- one that got a kick-start with an appearance at the storytelling series Mortified.

NPR's Miles Parks speaks with two students from Washington, D.C., about their reactions to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas: Ingrid Gruber and Tamia Robinson.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Richard Nephew, former deputy special envoy for Iran, about what Iran may do next, now that both sides have resumed daily bombardments of drones and missiles.

NPR takes a look at where President Trump stands when it comes to public opinion polling on immigration and how that has shifted over time.

For this summer reading list, our listeners suggested a lot of great history, compelling fiction, a few memoirs — and Jane Austen, reimagined with brown people!

Many television and movie sets have been shut down for most of the summer, and negotiations with studios remain at a standstill.

Investigative journalists at ProPublica have uncovered the company's tactics: To target homeowners in distress and pay below market prices for their homes in order to flip them.

New York Times employees are on a one-day strike over pay. Staffers who are taking part are urging readers to boycott all Times products, even the Wordle game.