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People turned out in Raeford, North Carolina to honor George Floyd, who was killed in police custody two weeks ago. Floyd was born in North Carolina and many of his friends and family live there.

Communities were counting on historic levels of funding to prepare for climate change-driven disasters. Now, efforts are on hold.

"In general, Georgia Republicans have to just really reckon with the fact that it's not 2006 anymore," said one observer of the state's politics.

Host Michel Martin talks with Maira Mendez from the group Children of Smithfield, about advocating for her parents who are meat plant workers.

"The value of having fought for things and standing at the end, having the experience of having fought for them in the real world, there's nothing like it," Michael Signer tells NPR.

The George Floyd protests have sped-up the push to remove public art and roadways that glorify Confederate heroes and other reminders of a troubled past.

Friday evening, June 5, 2020NAACP Pushes For Legislation Targeting Racial InjusticeIn the wake of mass protests in Utah and across the country over police…

Some 1,600 troops airlifted for possible deployment in the nation's capital are returning to their home bases, after President Trump failed to invoke the law required for using such forces.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Virginia Governor Ralph Northam about his decision to order the removal of a Confederate monument honoring Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va.

Behind the scenes of the nationwide protests, volunteers have created an impromptu supply chain to keep protesters fed, hydrated, and safe.