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The already-frayed relations between the U.S. and Russia have unraveled even more over the past several days. Russia has published a list of 18 Americans who will be barred from entering the country because of their alleged involvement in human rights violations.

In Richmond, Va., a new museum will give a more inclusive and expansive view of the Civil War –– telling the history and stories of women, African Americans, Native Americans and more.

A trial date for the two, who were traveling separately when they were arrested this spring, hasn't yet been announced.

Nearly four decades after the end of the Civil War, W.E.B. Du Bois set out to collect images that accurately portrayed the spirit of America's blacks. He wanted the photographs to help counteract stereotypes of African Americans as poor and uneducated. NPR's Michele Norris talks with the author of a new book about Du Bois' collection.

For decades, Illinois has failed to return Native American remains and belongings to their communities despite a federal law mandating states to do so.

Out of print, odd and obscure, Souled American's esoteric take on country music is now available digitally for the first time. We asked composer Sarah Hennies to pick a place to begin.

At an event on Monday honoring Native American veterans, President Trump mocked Sen. Elizabeth Warren, saying "They call her Pocahontas." NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Jacqueline Pata of the National Congress of American Indians about the reaction in the room.

Betto Arcos shares a modern protest anthem from Chile, a re-purposed Peruvian slave song, and more new music from Latin America.

Kelsey Chang of Bloomington and Eva Liu of Naperville were travelling together after graduation from the University of Illinois when an American man brutally attacked them in Germany. The man has been sentenced to life for rape, murder and attempted murder.

Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP, says that without an appropriate response from American Airlines, the civil rights organization will be forced to reinstate an advisory against the airline.