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Guyana, one of South America's poorest countries, is under severe threat by rising seas. That had made it a champion of climate action, but it all changed when ExxonMobil found oil off its waters.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jody David Armour, criminal justice and law professor at the University of Southern California, about the ongoing protests in Los Angeles over George Floyd's death.

A longtime symbol of labor protests, Scabby the Rat, can be seen outside stores, factories or other places where unions don't like hiring practices. But these days, Scabby is in the courts, too.

Family members says they're happy about the guilty verdict for the former police officer, who fatally shot Wright in April. But they say it's not true justice.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison about former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pleading guilty to violating George Floyd's civil rights.

The Canadian powwow and round dance act perform a meditative set for globalFEST.

For the second consecutive year, NPR teams up with globalFEST for a thrilling online music festival we call Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST.

Cervical cancer is highly treatable and preventable, but Black women are at a disproportionately high risk of dying from it.

Cervical cancer, which is largely preventable, and if caught early, highly treatable, has an outsized impact on Black women's mortality, a January study finds.

Scott Simon talks with Tamika Calhoun of Jackson, Miss., about how inflation has affected the budget for her family of seven.