It's often a derogatory term used to describe digital dinosaurs and technophobes. That wasn't always the case. NPR's Word of the Week looks back at the not so backwards-looking Luddites.
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A student-led group at Emory Law School has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on the judiciary's system for policing bad behavior within its own ranks.
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While some enslaved people did not know about Lincoln's order, many learned of it while the fighting was still ongoing through informal networks, rumors and sometimes from slaveholders themselves.
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Plus, keep an eye out for our World Cup pun, intrigue around a tarp, and the Obama Presidential Center.
In Savings and Trust, historian Justene Hill Edwards tells the story of the Freedman's Bank, which was created for formerly enslaved people following the Civil War. Originally broadcast Nov. 7, 2024.
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A document from the Department of Homeland Security outlines plans to issue local police facial recognition technology used by federal immigration agents, a move that will expand the scope of ICE surveillance.
After a week of the World Cup, visitors to the U.S. are marveling on social media about things like free drink refills. It's a respite as tensions between Washington and its allies run high.
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Kids' screen use goes way up in the summertime. And just as the movie Toy Story 5 portrays, that can be problematic for children. Here are tips for parents to help their kids manage screens and have fun IRL this summer.
Toy Story 5. It opens in theaters on Friday, June 19.'/Open
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The left winger Pulisic was key to the Americans' fluid and effective attack in last week's win over Paraguay. But he was kicked in the calf, left at halftime, and hasn't trained with the team since.
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