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NPR Poll: Financial Pain From Coronavirus Pandemic 'Much, Much Worse' Than Expected

In the largest U.S. cities, at least half of all households have seen a serious financial loss such as lost job, wages or savings. Many problems are concentrated in Black and Latino households.

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis testifying in October 2017 on Capitol Hill about immigrant military recruits.

Pentagon Will Train Recruits Holding Green Cards Following Court Order

A federal judge ruled that the Pentagon provided no rationalization for recruiting immigrants and then delaying their military service.

How The 3 Nobel Winners For Economics Upended The Fight Against Poverty

How does their approach work in practice? And why is it considered so ground-breaking?

Demonstrators hold placards reading "BLACK LIVES MATTER," "Walter Wallace JR." and DEFUND PPD" as they gather in protest near the location where Wallace, a 27-year-old Black man, was killed by two police officers in Philadelphia. Police officers said he was armed with a knife.

Policing Reform, Civilian Oversight And More: After Months Of Protest, Voters Decide

Months of protests over police brutality has brought some change, but major reform has so far eluded many communities.

In this Saturday, March 14, 2020 file photo, a Transportation Security Administration agent hands a passport back to a traveler as she screens travelers, at a checkpoint inside an airline terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.

'Confused And Frustrated': Virus Screenings Jam US Airports

Long lines and hourslong waits for required medical screenings greeted weary travelers returning to some U.S. airports amid coronavirus-related travel restrictions.

President Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus on April 22, 2020.

READ: Trump Signs Proclamation Temporarily Suspending Immigration

The order "will ensure that unemployed Americans of all backgrounds will be first in line for jobs as our economy reopens," Trump said at the White House Wednesday.

Chewy (Joonas Suotamo having taken over from the late Peter Mayhew) and Rey (Daisy Ridley) reunite in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon for the final episode of the Skywalker Saga, "The Rise of Skywalker."

Spoiler-Free Review Of 'Rise Of Skywalker'

A life-long 'Star Wars' nerd's perspective

Robert Lee Johnson in his old neighborhood in Compton. Johnson remembers moving in one day in 1961. "I see moving vans, trucks and everything all down the street," he says. Johnson was 5 years old at the time, so he says he thought "it was moving day for everybody." And he noticed that all the other families moving in were were Black, too.

Black Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership

Owning a home is a part of the American dream. It's also the key to building intergenerational wealth. But Black Americans continue to face discrimination in housing, including through higher costs.

In this April 4, 2019 photo, provided by the U.S. Army, a mobile surveillance camera system manned by soldiers monitors a sector near the Presidio Border Patrol Station at Presidio, Texas.

US Adds Cameras At Mexico Border Despite Drop In Crossings

he Trump administration has quietly added surveillance cameras at the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The cameras and deployment of 540 more troops come despite a nine-month decline in apprehensions that indicate fewer people are crossing illegally.

Demonstrators raise their arms and chant, "Hands up, don't shoot" on Aug. 17, 2014, as they protest the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.

Fatal Police Shootings Of Unarmed Black People Reveal Troubling Patterns

Since 2015, police officers have fatally shot at least 135 unarmed Black people nationwide. The majority of officers were white and for at least 15 of them, the shootings were not their first or last.

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