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Black Bookstores Face Increased Demand Amid Protests Against Racism

Some Black-owned bookstores are facing a sudden demand — new customers are seeking books to help navigate America's moment of racial reckoning.

New York's Subway Installs Vending Machines With Personal Protective Equipment

New York's subway is trying to convince commuters that it is safe to ride. Recently, it has added vending machines with personal protective equipment at 10 of the busiest stations.

Federal Government To Invest Over $2 Billion Into Coronavirus Vaccine Development

The federal government on Tuesday announced grants for the development and manufacture of vaccines and treatments for COVID-19 totaling over $2 billion.

A manager of a financial services store in Ballwin, Mo., counts cash being paid to a client as part of a loan in 2018. Consumer groups blasted a new payday lending rule and its timing during a pandemic that has put tens of millions of people out of work.

CFPB Strips Some Consumer Protections For Payday Loans

Federal regulators issue a new rule that removes a key provision crafted during the Obama administration. Lenders no longer have to check that borrowers can repay a loan.

When photographer Sachi Cunningham started photographing surfers two decades ago, there were very few women in the field. "I wanted to take photos of women because I had never seen photos of women," she says. Above, Cunningham's photo of Bianca Valenti at Ocean Beach, on Feb. 14, 2017

Need A Day At The Beach? Tag Along With Big Wave Photographer Sachi Cunningham

When Cunningham started photographing surfers two decades ago, there were very few women in her field. "I wanted to take photos of women because I had never seen photos of women," she says.

SCOTUS Refuses To Reinstate KXL Pipeline Water Permits

The United States Supreme Court has refused to reinstate water crossing permits for the Keystone XL pipeline. That decision puts construction on hold…

Why U.S. Schools Are Still Segregated — And One Idea To Help Change That

Rebecca Sibilia, founder of EdBuild, says a Supreme Court case shaped a funding model for public schools that reinforces inequity. She tells All Things Considered about a new model that could help.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks to reporters about the coronavirus at the White House in March.

States Sue Education Department Over Allocation Of Pandemic Funds To Schools

Five states and the District of Columbia have accused the Trump administration of trying to unlawfully divert COVID-19 relief funds from public schools to private schools.

The sign for J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Va., named after the slaveholding Confederate general, photographed in 2017. The name was changed to Justice High School two years ago.

Virginia Governor Calls For Renaming Schools That Honor Confederate Leaders

Gov. Ralph Northam wrote a letter to school boards across the state saying he wants to change the names that have a "traumatizing impact on students, families, teachers and staff of all backgrounds."

This light micrograph from the brain of someone who died with Alzheimer's disease shows the plaques and neurofibrillary tangles that are typical of the disease. A glitch that prevents healthy cell structures from transitioning from one phase to the next might contribute to the tangles, researchers say.

New Clues To ALS And Alzheimer's Disease From Physics

Structures inside healthy brain cells nimbly move from one state to the next to perform different functions. But in certain degenerative brain diseases, scientists now think, that process gets stuck.

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