'Always smiling.' Wing Luke's influence on Seattle and Washington Wing Luke would have turned 100 years old in 2025, something that the Wing Luke Museum is commemorating this year. Kyle Norris
The history behind an enduring public health falsehood — that vaccines cause autism For years, RFK Jr. has been an ardent vaccine skeptic who has also repeatedly claimed that vaccines cause autism. But that particular myth didn't start with him. Rund Abdelfatah Ramtin Arablouei Play AudioListen 9 mins
A look at the past — and the future — as Selma marks 60 years since Bloody Sunday Decades after law officers attacked voting rights marchers, we revisit the event that helped spark passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and hear what civil rights activists are doing in Selma today. Debbie Elliott Play AudioListen 8 mins
60 years since U.S. troops entered Vietnam, an Army Vet recalls his journey As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from Specialist Henry Smithers who was among the millions of American servicemen and women deployed to Vietnam during the conflict. Scott Simon Play AudioListen 5 mins
60 years after Bloody Sunday in Alabama, protesters say much still needs to be done Sixty years ago this month, civil rights activists walked across the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama before being violently attacked by law enforcement. The day became known as Bloody Sunday. Debbie Elliott Play AudioListen 3 mins
Radio Diaries: Black preacher and broadcaster Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux had an audience in the millions but fell out of favor in the civil rights era Play AudioListen 14 mins
'Red Scare' revisits the fear of Communism that gripped post-WWII America Writer Clay Risen describes the anti-Communist frenzy that destroyed the careers of thousands of teachers, union activists and civil servants — and connects that era to our current political moment. Dave Davies Play AudioListen 36 mins
Pentagon website removes, then restores, page honoring Black Medal of Honor recipient Charles C. Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Richard Nixon in 1970. But a profile of the Vietnam War veteran was caught in an "auto removal process," the Defense Department says. Bill Chappell
Does the U.S. deserve the Statue of Liberty? Not anymore, one French politician says A French politician suggested the two countries no longer share the values that inspired the gift more than a century ago. The White House sharply rejected his request, which he described as symbolic. Rachel Treisman
Military's DEI purge seen putting its future — and its history — at risk Many Pentagon materials now labeled as "DEI" were a bit more like advertisements — aimed at recruits who have shown a willingness to serve, military experts tell NPR. Bill Chappell
