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How your race and ethnicity are reported for the U.S. census, federal surveys and other forms may change. That could affect data used to redraw voting maps, enforce civil rights and guide research.

Carl Orff's 1937 composition Carmina Burana remains one of the most popular pieces of the classical music repertoire. Conductor Marin Alsop and Scott Simon discuss why so many artists have performed the piece.

Congressional investigators are sifting through thousands of newly released e-mails linked to the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. The Justice Department released some 3,000 pages of material Monday night.

In the wake of Friday's Supreme Court decision striking down Biden's relief plan, borrowers lament the path forward.

By the end of 2008, the United States will spend three-quarters of a trillion dollars on defense. Adjusted for inflation, the Pentagon's latest budget will be the highest since the end of World War II. Yet, over the past seven years, troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have faced equipment shortages and lack of proper armor.

Fed Governor Lisa Cook plans to fight to keep her job with a forthcoming lawsuit challenging President Trump. And, the DNC addresses the Democratic Party's challenges.

Journalist and author Isabel Wilkerson reflects on this year's Juneteenth celebrations — and the push and pull of the Black experience in America.

Meteorologists said the storm is the strongest in a decade, dumping more than 2 feet of snow across the Northeast.

In his first documentary, filmmaker Todd Haynes uses the language of experimental cinema to spotlight the Velvet Underground, a legendary band that flowered within New York's avant-garde art world.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., about current congressional negotiations regarding funding for the Department of Homeland Security.