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Washington's lack of congressional representation has prompted some residents — even those who've called the district home for years — to maintain voting registration elsewhere.

Issues of vanity aside, the mask has become an emblem of submission to experts, to officialdom — to Washington. By the same token, the refusal to wear a mask becomes another badge of defiance.

The city's first parade celebrating LGBTQ identity took place a year after the Stonewall Uprising. Due to COVID-19, this year's event is virtual, featuring a 24-hour line up of global performances.

We take a listen to some of the protest songs of 2020, including Black Lives Matter by Richard Alexander, Mercy by Joy Oladokun and Anderson Paak's Lockdown.

Silvia Moreno-Garcia's new novel Mexican Gothic features a newlywed, her cousin, and a mansion that terrifies. NPR's Scott Simon talks with the author about the appeal of horror.

Our guests tell listeners which books and TV shows they recommend to better understand the current moment.

Protesters want to remove the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Yale history professor David Blight about why he thinks the memorial should stay up.

From online soccer to missing Grandma, children all over the country sent us postcards about their lives. Along the way, they gave us a glimpse of what it's like to be a kid right now.

Lainy Morse, a preschool teacher, dreads going back to a classroom filled with kids who don't understand hand-washing or social distancing. And she'd make less than she does on unemployment.

On this day in 1904, Leopold Bloom wandered Dublin's streets in Joyce's novel Ulysses. Fans celebrate Bloomsday by walking in Bloom's footsteps. Because of COVID-19, the celebration is online.