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Inside SCOTUS: The Supreme Court is riven with distrust among the law clerks, staff and, most of all, the justices themselves after the leak of the draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. As one source tells NPR: "the place sounds like it's imploding." Said another: “I don't know how on Earth the court is going to finish up its work this term.”
Poll on guns: A clear majority of Americans now say controlling gun violence is more important than protecting gun rights, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. The survey also found that 56% of gun owners say it's more important to curb gun violence than protect gun rights.
New Proud Boys charges: The leader of the far-right Proud Boys group and four other members were charged with seditious conspiracy — defined as two or more people conspiring to overthrow or destroy the government — for their actions related to the Capitol insurrection. They’re the second group of people facing the rare charge for their actions on Jan. 6.
Gun control hearing: In an emotional hearing, parents of victims of recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde implored lawmakers to act on gun control by banning assault-style rifles, strengthening background checks and other measures. Among the dramatic testimony was a prerecorded video from Miah Cerrillo, a fourth grade student at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, who testified that she used her friend's blood to pretend to be dead while calling 911 for help during the attack.
COVID testing change: The U.S. is lifting the requirement for air travelers coming to the United States to test negative for COVID-19 before departure. The CDC could reinstate the requirement if there were a new COVID variant of concern. |
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The Shot: Spotlight on Gordon Parks |
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Howard University announced last month that it acquired an extensive collection of photographs taken by Gordon Parks. The collection of 252 images and spans five decades. Find some of Parks' work at NPR.
In them, Parks captures the struggle of Black Americans to gain equal rights during the civil rights movement and shows poverty and racism across the U.S. As NPR's Reflect America fellow Miranda Mazariegos reports, Parks used to say he used the camera as a weapon, shining a light on what would otherwise go unnoticed.
"You could have a film studies class, a race class, a fashion class, and a U.S. history class all looking at the same pictures and understanding different components of why these pictures are so important," said Peter Kunhardt Jr., executive director of The Gordon Parks Foundation. |
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