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President Biden recently signed into law the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act to hold people convicted of hate crimes accountable. But legal experts say the law may not actually deter those crimes.

NPR's Miles Parks speaks with author and University of North Carolina graduate Will Blythe about the Duke-UNC basketball rivalry ahead of their highly anticipated NCAA tournament matchup tonight.

Ukrainian forces continue to take back territory around the country's capital, as Russian troops retreat from the region.

North Carolina and Kansas face off tonight at the Super Dome in New Orleans for a conclusion of college basketball's March Madness tournament.

New research finds that white Americans made aware about COVID's racial disparities cared less about the virus themselves. The data have potential implications for public health messaging.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Grammy winner Arooj Aftab about finding musical inspiration in the words of the 13th-century Sufi mystic poet Rumi and about how her Pakistani heritage informs her work.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Yulia Gorbunova, a researcher with Humans Rights Watch, about her reporting of alleged human rights violations in Russia-controlled areas of Ukraine.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, about the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for a seat in the Supreme Court.

Two of the best all-time men's college basketball teams meet in Monday night's championship. Kansas faces off against North Carolina — in what is sure to be a classic NCAA title game.

The country's defense minister cites both the Russia-Ukraine war and China for accelerating the rearming of fighter jets and warships.