Mitch McConnell, who blocked an Obama Supreme Court nomination because it was an election year, says in a statement less than 50 days before the election: 'President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.'

So happy for, and proud of, my colleague Carrie Kahn Carrie Kahn.

The best way to start this Sunday! I promise you! Lulu NYT Sophia Alvarez Boyd npr.org/2020/04/05/826…

You should know NPR runs on technical directors who put us on the air. As many on-air staff file from home, engineers stay to get out top-quality broadcasts. It's because they come in that I volunteered for the limited on-air staff who come in also. They work for you.

Polling shows most No Party Preference voters in California want to participate in the Democratic primary.

If you have a NPP vote-by-mail person in your life, time for an intervention. These instructions will help: laist.com/2020/01/03/how…

LA after it rains. Beautiful.

U.S. Formally Begins To Leave The Paris Climate Agreement n.pr/2ohITQq

You May Have To Wait To Borrow A New E-Book From The Library n.pr/334TaPa

North America Has Lost 3 Billion Birds, Scientists Say n.pr/2V1yQep
Researchers site a variety of potential causes for the loss of birds, including habitat degradation, urbanization and the use of toxic pesticides.

18 years ago at 1 in the morning, outside St. Vincent's Hospital in NYC, I met Katherine Muñoz, desperate to find her husband Francisco's name on the list of those who'd been accounted for after the WTC attacks. 1/3

Since 2013, Code Switch has been dedicated to providing thorough, nuanced, disciplined race coverage.

We started in the Obama era, when many newsrooms thought race coverage was a low priority. We continue to cover race with the same depth and rigor we always have. (1/?)

I’m on vacation in Latin America and seeing the horrific news about the #amazonfires and the government of Brazil’s inexplicable response. In 2015, the warning signs were already there when I went. What is happening now is a disaster that will impact the whole planet.

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Toni Morrison, Whose Soaring Novels Were Rooted In Black Lives, Dies At 88 n.pr/2upjSow

Take 25 minutes to listen to this week's NPR's Code Switch. I take you to the streets to tell the story of how small protests erupted into the largest, most remarkable political uprising Puerto Rico has ever seen. n.pr/2Zpa6hw

ICYMI: The race question on the #2020Census will ask non-Hispanic white people where they originally came from👇

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Security person outside debate site just now : “are you here to pick up press credentials?”
John Hickenlooper: “...I’m a candidate”

Excellent questions by Monica Hesse. Perspective | We celebrated Michael Phelps’s genetic differences. Why punish Caster Semenya for hers? wapo.st/2vvarBY?tid=ss…

After two years of being on red alert here at the Justice Department, I've got to wonder: is a version of the Saturday Night Massacre actually underway at the Department of Homeland Security instead?

This girl — released by US authorities after being held under a highway bridge in El Paso — was waiting with her family for food and temp housing from a shelter organization. We are here reporting on the growing number of Central American migrants seeking asylum. Morning Edition