One of the first Black students to attend an all-white school in the Deep South is preserving the Lower 9th Ward elementary school she helped integrate in 1960 as a civil rights center.
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Robert Menendez Elementary School will change its name after the senator’s conviction
The New Jersey school will drop the Menendez name it adopted in 2013 now that senator was found guilty of bribery.
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What NPR readers want you to know about living with a disability
To celebrate Disability Pride Month, NPR readers tell their disability stories and share what they wish other people knew about living with a disability.
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A bookstore named for James Baldwin is counting down to his 100th birthday
James Baldwin died in 1987. Baldwin & Co. is a Black-owned bookstore and community hub in New Orleans. “His literature, his perspective, his insight … have changed my life,” says owner DJ Johnson.
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Two former FBI officials settle lawsuits with Justice Department over leaked messages
The settlements resolve claims their privacy rights were violated when the DOJ leaked to the news media text messages that they had sent one another that disparaged former President Trump.
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Apple reaches tentative contract agreement with unionized store employees in Maryland
The Apple store in the Baltimore suburb of Towson was the first in the U.S. to unionize. The contract agreement must be approved by roughly 85 employees there. A vote is scheduled for Aug. 6.
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Harris calls herself an underdog with momentum during a fundraiser speech
In her speech, Vice President Harris spoke boldly about the stakes of the presidential election, and brushed off Donald Trump’s latest attacks against her.
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A rocket hit Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, after Israel struck a Gaza school
A rocket has hit a sports complex filled with children playing soccer in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights region Saturday afternoon, on the same day that an Israeli strike in Gaza devastated a school building and killed dozens.
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Swimmers score first Paris gold for U.S. in men’s relay final
On a day when Australians often bested the U.S. in the swimming pool at the Paris Summer Olympics, four Americans seized gold from the Aussies in the men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay.
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FIFA suspends Canada’s women’s soccer coach for one year after Olympic spying scandal
Coach Bev Priestman and two former members of Canada’s coaching staff cannot work in soccer for a year. In addition, the Canadian women’s team received a penalty that likely ends its Olympic hopes.
