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Jon Corzine, the former CEO of MF Global, has mostly kept silent since the firm imploded and filed for bankruptcy. Thursday, he had a chance to open up. In a rare act of bipartisanship, the House Agriculture Committee voted unanimously to subpoena Corzine, a former New Jersey senator and governor. Speaking before the panel Thursday, Corzine tried to dodge blame for the company's collapse.

Noah talks with two Albanian Kosovar refugees. Adnan arrived in Skopje, Macedonia two weeks ago and is staying at his mother's house. He says that there are as many as fifty refugees staying at the house, mostly women and children -- the men have gone to fight in the mountains. Noah also talks with Luleta (LOO-lee-ette-ah), a 24-year old housewife who arrived in Skopje two days ago, after she was threatened by Serb police.

In 1940, Charles Todd and Robert Sonkin were hired by the Library of Congress to travel around California and record the lives, stories and music of Dust Bowl refugees.

A remembrance by Brent Runyon about his grandfather, who taught family members how to do a loon call. Brent hasn't been able to master it.

The book 10 Billion Days And 100 Billion Nights by Ryu Mitsuse has been called "the greatest Japanese science-fiction novel of all time."

The livestream event debuted in 2020, with two soca stars facing off. Even though Verzuz came first, the American series arguably owes its existence to Caribbean music.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has spent the last two days meeting with her NATO and Russian counterparts in Brussels. They've been talking about NATO plans to deploy a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, to counter "rogue" Iranian weapons. Russia, again, raised objections last month — and even threatened to pull out of the latest U.S.-Russia nuclear weapons treaty.

Artists across the U.S. have been chiseling and hammering away on massive snow blocks for a chance to represent their state in the National Snow Sculpting Championship in Wisconsin.

DiFranco's latest album finds inspiration in a book by activist Valarie Kaur, which urges an understanding of and empathy for one's opponents.

The gap is widening between President Vladimir Putin and young Russians who weren't born when he took power. That split is most visible on social media, which Putin famously shuns.

As kids whose parents worked full time, Corina Ulloa and Brenda Ulloa Martinez spent a lot of time looking after one another in their Los Angeles neighborhood. Corina said it made them who they are.

We meet two followers of the Reddit thread WallStreetbets, who helped push stock of struggling retailer GameStop to new heights.

When Gen. Paul Nakasone, the head of U.S. Cyber Command and the NSA, broadcast his "defend forward" strategy to protect America from hackers, did he help goad Russia into aggressive action?

As feared, the coronavirus varant first discovered in South Africa has been detected in the United States for the first time.

People of color experience more air and water pollution than white people and suffer the health impacts. It has long been an underaddressed issue in the federal government.

Dan Volcko is a Phoenix firefighter. When he was admitted to the hospital with COVID-19, his coworkers found a unique way to visit him while socially distancing.

There's a new COVID-19 vaccine out there. Trump allies clash with fellow Republicans who supported his impeachment. And, Biden signs an executive order addressing environmental racism.

Some Arizona Republicans are demanding an audit of the state party's leadership election, in which Donald Trump ally Kelli Ward was reelected as party chair.

The nation has been hard hit by the pandemic. The president vowed to start a vaccination campaign by the end of 2020. That did happen — but not exactly as they'd hoped.

Flocks of New Yorkers descended to snap photos of the rare bird.

Actress Cicely Tyson has died. In a career that spanned some 65 years, Tyson was an elegant, dignified presence.

President Biden signed executive orders to address systemic racial inequality. Experts discuss with NPR's Sarah McCammon the potential effectiveness of such measures and what they'd like to see next.

How much of a hold does Trump have on the GOP right now and what does his impeachment tell us about where the GOP is headed?

In a career that lasted nearly 7 decades, Cicely Tyson shattered stereotypes with her portrayals of strong black women.

Friday's March for Life will be mostly virtual due to the pandemic. NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to the president of that organization about the future of the anti-abortion rights movement.