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The Chinese capital closed some markets, locked down parts of the city and banned outsiders from some neighborhoods after finding links between a massive wholesale market and a spate of new cases.

NPR's Scott Simon dusts off some history behind the naming of two army bases after Confederate officers, and what Braxton Bragg and Henry Benning actually stood for.

More than a half century after the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, there remains little tradition of protest in East Texas, and scant experience with organizing.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rashad Robinson from Color of Change, about the group's longstanding campaign to end what they say are harmful and inaccurate portrayals of police work on television.

The mayor of Atlanta announced the resignation of the city's police chief, just hours after police shot and killed a black man outside a fast food restaurant.

Some police procedurals are getting booted off television. One study reveals how TV portrays police and the criminal justice system can interfere with attempts at reform.

When COVID-19 caused border closures, a woman from British Columbia and her fiancé in Washington state were unable to see each other — not even for their wedding.

California is paying to train a huge contingent of contact tracers by July. Many of the new recruits are librarians: they're curious, tech savvy, and great at talking to strangers.

Protests over racial injustice continued for a third straight weekend in the U.S. and in at least two foreign capitals following the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Gary Younge, professor of sociology at the University of Manchester, about the way racism in the U.S. affects how Europeans think about racism in their own countries.