Sixty-two years ago today, The Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Listen to: Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell to testify before Congress - one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5704...

There is a growing number of Americans participating in a boycott this month, targeting tech companies who, they believe, are not doing enough to stand up against President Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...

On this day in 1990, Harvard Law Review elects its first black president, Barack Obama.

BREAKING: Congress has scheduled a vote on the SAVE America Act, a bill that would restrict the freedom to vote for millions of Americans.

This Black History Month (and every month) we celebrate Dr. Charles R. Drew, the very first medical director at the American Red Cross. Dr. Drew was an African American physician, researcher and academic. (1/2)

Poll: Most Americans say ICE has 'gone too far' in immigration enforcement www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...

Supreme Court lets California use its new congressional map www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...

Today is the birthday of Rosa Parks, an American civil rights activist, whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement."

On this day in 1870, the 15th Amendment was ratified, granting Black men the right to vote. The promise of equal access to the ballot has been challenged ever since.

From Venezuela to Greenland to Iran, President Trump has carried out a militarized, imperial foreign policy that has sidelined cost-effective diplomatic tools—relying almost entirely on force or coercion.

Our teams across #Gaza received seven patients, including two children, with injuries from Israeli attacks, in just three days, between Jan. 31 and Feb. 2, 2026. Hundreds of people have been killed since the #ceasefire agreement.

Today marks the first day of Black History Month, a month commemorating Black history and the many contributions of Black Americans. With the Supreme Court as a topic of discussion, it’s a good time to remember Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice. (1/2)

The first Social Security check, check number 00-000-001, was issued in the amount of $22.54 on January 31, 1940, to Ida May Fuller, a retired schoolteacher and legal secretary in Battleboro, Vermont.

The U.S. is on the brink of losing its elimination status for measles www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...

ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection are behaving more like regime secret police than federal law enforcement officials protecting the American public—they must be stopped.

Tim Walz says Trump administration wants to 'twist reality' in Minnesota www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...

On this day in 1969, the Beatles played their concert on the roof.

Free speech protects the right to speak without fear of prosecution or suppression by the government.

Today would have been the 107th birthday of Fred Korematsu, the activist who sued to challenge the internment of Japanese Americans in the 1940s. In 2004, he said, "No one should ever be locked away simply because they share the same race, ethnicity, or religion as a spy or terrorist. (1/2)

Call Your Senators: No More Funding for ICE

Elon Musk focuses on robotics as Tesla profits slumped 46% last year www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...

This didn't age well.

As people observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) faces widespread comparisons to the gestapo.

Today is the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day survivors and world leaders remember the 1.1 million people killed by forces at the Nazi concentration camp in Poland during the Second World War.

Families of killed men file first U.S. federal lawsuit over drug boat strikes www.npr.org/2026/01/27/g...

President John F. Kennedy held the first live presidential TV news conference on January 25, 1961.

The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.

"Minnesota has had it" said Governor Tim Walz www.npr.org/2026/01/24/n...

On this day in 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.