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Washington D.C. has created a public school designed to meet the needs of young men of color. Reporters from NPR and Education Week, spent the past year documenting the birth of this new school.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dahlia Lithwick, legal analyst for Slate, about how President Trump's judicial nominees have responded to questions about Brown v. Board of Education.

Republican Sam Brown will face incumbent Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen, who also won her primary Tuesday night, in a race that could help decide which party controls the U.S. Senate.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with SCOTUSblog reporter Amy Howe about Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's possible influence on the high court, if the full Senate votes to confirm her this week.

This year’s U.S. Senate race in Nevada is expected to be one of the country’s most competitive congressional contests this fall. It could decide which party controls the Senate.

North Carolina's West Charlotte High School was widely seen as a national model for how schools could integrate in the 1970s, years after the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling.

The top St. Louis County prosecutor says Darren Wilson will not face criminal charges for the 2014 killing. Like previous investigators, Wesley Bell says he can't prove a crime was committed.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former Homeland Security official Juliette Kayyem about the security implications of the mass shooting at Brown University and her personal response to the tragedy.

Michael Brown's mother is still seeking justice 10 years after her son's death. We hear testimony she provided in an appeal to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

NPR's Pien Huang speaks with St. Louis Alderman Alisha Sonnier, about what's changed in the 10 years since Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, Mo.