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Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign rally in June 2016 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, Calif. He launched a second presidential campaign on Tuesday, with a big burst of donations from supporters, but new challenges ahead.

Are Democrats Ready To 'Feel The Bern' Or Is Sanders The 'MySpace' Of 2020?

The Vermont independent showed he can still raise boatloads of money, but with so many progressive choices, Sanders may be at a disadvantage.

A Menstruation Movie Is On The Short List For An Oscar Nomination

It all started when a guy wanted to create a better sanitary pad for his wife. And now there's a new documentary about the impact of his work.

What A Case Of Mistaken Identity Tells Us About Race In America

Reports that a white shooter killed a 7-year-old black girl led to a national outcry, but in the days since, deputies have charged two black men. Gene Demby spoke about what this incident reveals.

Mayan indigenous people protest against the government of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales on the day he gives an address to Congress in Guatemala City, Monday.

Killings Of Guatemala's Indigenous Activists Raise Specter Of Human Rights Crisis

Indigenous groups and human rights activists worry that the violence that raged through their communities in the 1970s and 1980s is making a comeback.

U.S. Attorney William McSwain and colleagues announced a civil lawsuit Wednesday in Philadelphia against the nonprofit Safehouse. "We have a responsibility to step in," McSwain says, though he adds, "We're not bringing a criminal case right now."

U.S. Prosecutors Sue To Stop Nation's First Supervised Injection Site For Opioids

The U.S. government is intervening to stop the creation of a medical facility in Philadelphia where people could inject heroin without risk of overdose. Canada and Europe already have such sites.

Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, exits federal court after his sentencing hearing Wednesday in New York City.

What You Need To Know About Another Wild Week In The Russia Investigation

The president's former personal lawyer is going to prison. A Russian woman is set to plead guilty to acting as a foreign agent. A former Trump national security adviser will soon learn his fate, too.

Celebrate the extraordinary career of producer and director Harold Prince (pictured), winner of a record 21 Tony Awards. His six decades in the theater form a bridge from the "Golden Age" of Broadway's mid-century to the contemporary theater of today.

GREAT PERFORMANCES: Harold Prince: The Director's Life

Airs Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018 at Noon on KPBS TV

Rise Above Movement members wearing their skeleton masks pull away a counterprotester's flag at a Patriots Day rally last April in Berkeley, Calif. Four RAM members were arrested for violence at the rally and a string of others.

4 White Supremacists Face Federal Charges In California Attacks

Members of a far-right group were charged for violently attacking counterprotesters, journalists and one police officer at political rallies across the state.

A man carries a child on his shoulders in the rain as a caravan of several hundred migrants set off walking toward the distant U.S. from a main bus station in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, late Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. Yet another caravan of Central American migrants set out Monday from Honduras, seeking to reach the U.S. border, following the same route followed by thousands on at least three caravans last year.

New Migrant Caravan Sets Out From Honduras For US

Hundreds of Hondurans trekked out of a violent northern city Tuesday, part of a new caravan of migrants hoping to reach the United States or Mexico.

Moscow's Fyodor Dostoevsky Library was renovated in 2013 and now sees some 500 visitors a day, up from just a dozen or so per day in earlier years. The library hosts language clubs, readings, lectures and concerts.

Once Centers Of Soviet Propaganda, Moscow's Libraries Are Having A 'Loud' Revival

"A library can be a loud place," says a city official in charge of Moscow's 400-plus public libraries, which have begun attracting visitors with coffee shops, theater rehearsals and lectures.

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