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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with historian Micki McElya, who wrote The Politics of Mourning, about the significance of the tribute at the Lincoln Memorial in honor of those who died of COVID-19.

The New Yorker contributor moved to Paris during the reconstruction after World War II, and focused her short stories on often-overlooked European experiences. Gallant died Tuesday.

In 2006, two Manhattan housing projects were at the center of a real estate fiasco that would come to epitomize the housing crisis. Charles Bagli's Other People's Money explains how the government of Singapore was among those who paid for the mistakes of New York's real estate giants.

In this very special episode, Host Dave Schlom visits with three researchers who were part of an incredible series of experimental communications with a humpback whale off the coast of Alaska.

Eddie Muller's book, Dark City, chronicles film noir from the '40s and '50s. Justin Chang reviews The Tragedy of Macbeth. Whitehead returns to his home turf with Harlem Shuffle.

NPR National Correspondent Debbie Elliott can be heard telling stories from her native South. She covers the latest news and politics, and is attuned to the region's rich culture and history.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state is flattening the curve, but daily deaths have stabilized at a "horrific rate."

NPR Music's Ann Powers breaks down the mixed reaction to Timberlake's big week, in which a new album and a Super Bowl performance both took a beating in popular opinion and the press.

City manager Bill Lindsay called the proposal an ‘unfounded personal attack’ on the fire chief.

City manager Bill Lindsay called the proposal an 'unfounded personal attack' on the fire chief.