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C'Artis Harris, walking with her children in 2017, was searching for housing that would accept her Section 8 voucher when NPR began following her in 2016. Today, Harris and her family still live in an area of high poverty.

Trump Stokes Fear In The Suburbs, But Few Low-Income Families Ever Make It There

President Trump is appealing to suburban voters by promising they won't have to live near affordable housing. But 50 years after the Fair Housing Act, the truth is housing remains deeply segregated.

In The Final Days Before The Election, Trump Pushes To Attract More Black Voters

The Trump campaign has made a concerted push to win over more Black voters. Polls show signs there could be a bump. NPR discusses whether that support could make a difference in swing states.

After Covering Civil War Overseas, Journalist Examines U.S. Militia Movement

Atlantic writer Mike Giglio profiles the Oath Keepers, a pro-Trump militia group, in a new article. "They believe that there is a very strong likelihood of civil violence in America," he says.

How The Electoral College Came To Choose The President Of The U.S.

The history of the Electoral College is in part tied to America's history of slavery. NPR's podcast Throughline explores the complicated story of how the U.S. presidential election system came to be.

Researchers have observed that the friendliest male bonobos, like this male resident of Lola Ya Bonobo sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tend to be the most successful. Early humans may have had the same experience with their peers.

How Humans Domesticated Themselves

Duke anthropologist Brian Hare argues that humans evolved in a way that left us more cooperative and friendlier than our now extinct human cousins, like Neanderthals and Denisovans.

A voter casts a ballot on Election Day in Atlanta. Georgia could be ground zero for whether Congress will be divided again next year.

Senate Control Likely Decided By Fate Of 2 Georgia Runoff Races

Senate Democrats gained one new seat so far, but they would need two more plus the White House to take the majority. Two runoff races in Georgia give them a very narrow path.

Torey Edmonds lived all of her life in the house that her father built in the East End of Church Hill in Richmond, Va. Over the years she says she has witnessed the detrimental effects of redlining on her neighborhood and community.

In U.S. Cities, The Health Effects Of Past Housing Discrimination Are Plain To See

Researchers analyzed the lingering harms of of decades-old racist lending policies known as redlining. Their project lets you explore the current impacts on maps of 142 cities.

Black Lives Matter protesters display wristbands reading "I VOTED". Activists warn Black and Latino voters are being flooded with disinformation intended to suppress turnout in the election's final days.

Black And Latino Voters Flooded With Disinformation In Election's Final Days

Hoaxes and misleading posts aimed at depressing turnout have spread on social media. Experts say it outpaces 2016, when Black voters were the top target of Russian-backed disinformation.

The GOP's Post-Trump Identity Crisis: What's Next For The Republican Party?

Trump lost the election, but remains popular among Republican voters. New Yorker writer Nicholas Lemann talks about how the GOP might deal with the changes Trump made to the party's ideology.

Clinical data for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine showed it was nearly 95% effective in preventing disease, according to an interim analysis described in a company release Monday.

Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Shines In Clinical Trial

The vaccine is nearly 95% effective in preventing illness, according to an interim analysis of a clinical test involving 30,000 people.

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