NPR’s Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Tracy Slater, author of “Together in Manzanar,” which tells the true story of a family of mixed heritage sent to a Japanese internment camp during World War II.
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Efforts to shrink Social Security’s phone wait times are putting a strain elsewhere
The Social Security Administration reassigned some field office employees in an effort to bring down lengthy phone wait times. But workers say these reassignments have been disruptive for staff.
Over 5 million pools sold in the U.S., Canada under recall after reports of 9 deaths
More than 5.2 million aboveground swimming pools sold across the U.S. and Canada over the last two decades are being recalled after nine drowning deaths were reported.
Trump administration releases trove of files on Martin Luther King Jr. assassination
The release came in response to an executive order issued by President Trump. King’s family warned they would object to any use of the records “to spread falsehoods” about King’s life and legacy.
Military bases in New Jersey, Indiana, to be expanded to detain immigrants
NPR has learned that the Pentagon has also approved the expansion of the U.S. Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the same purpose.
Community bail funds face backlash from GOP lawmakers after a 2020 surge in popularity
Bail Funds — where community members donate money to help others post bail — exploded in popularity after the 2020 protests against police brutality. Since then, they’ve faced political blowback, and a wave of legislation working to restrict them.
Airline pilot was about to land in N.D. when he saw a B-52 ‘coming at us’
A Delta Connection flight from Minneapolis was preparing to land in Minot, N.D., when the flight crew spotted a large military aircraft flying toward them.
After his father died in the hospital, a nurse held him in his arms
Alek Hermon didn’t think much of his father’s overnight nurse until his father died.
Beyond polo shirts and presidents, Martha’s Vineyard has an indigenous past and present
In Nothing More of This Land, Aquinnah Wampanoag writer Joseph Lee takes readers past the celebrity summer scene and into the heart of Noepe, the name his people have called the island for centuries.
Assad is gone. But can Syrians go home?
After over a decade in exile, many Syrians living abroad are contemplating what was once unthinkable: going home. But what does home look like today?


