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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Steven Hall, the former head of Russian operations at the CIA in Moscow, for a spy's perspective of the historic U.S.-Russia summit.

Asian-Americans have displaced African-Americans as the most economically divided group in the U.S., according to the Pew Research Center. Food pantries are seeing growing needs among Asian-Americans.

Galax, Va., is a small rural city that has one of the fastest-growing Hispanic populations in the state. Residents talk about their attitudes toward immigration and President Trump's policies.

In southwest Virginia, Galax was once a traditional small-town mountain community. It now has one of the fastest-growing Hispanic populations in the state.

Former CIA officer John Sipher wrote in The Atlantic recently that U.S. spies had reason to worry about the Helsinki summit. NPR's David Greene asks Sipher how the summit result impacted his concerns.

In one of his most high-profile appearances since leaving the White House, former President Barack Obama urged listeners to resist cynicism as he celebrated the legacy of Nelson Mandela.

The U.S. and Russia still inspect each other's nuclear arsenals and have sharply curtailed the number of weapons poised to launch. That's thanks to two arms control treaties, which are now at risk.

Morton Gould wrote his American Symphonette during an era when lots of things were slightly small than regular size, including dinettes and luncheonettes.…

Written in the thick of WWII, Aaron Copland's piece seems to have hope woven between its notes. Mandalit del Barco asks why so many who hear it, from presidents to prog rockers, are still so moved.

The BelugaXL's paint job "features beluga whale-inspired eyes and an enthusiastic grin." For several hours on Thursday, the whale soared over southern France.