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One thing the history of leprosy tells us: When you restrict people's freedoms, they go underground, and fail to seek treatment.

Four state Senate Democrats broke ranks in tabling a bill that would have banned the sale or transfer of certain assault-style weapons. It also would have banned magazines with more than 12 rounds.

States including California increasingly rely on mail-in ballots that often take longer to count. In Texas, voters will be using brand-new equipment. So a delay does not necessarily mean trouble.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to ESPN's Michele Steele about the NFL's new collective bargaining agreement as well as how worries over the spread of COVID-19 will affect the March Madness tournament.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with former mayor of Philadelphia, W. Wilson Goode, Sr., about his recent op-ed calling for the city to apologize for the MOVE bombing, which took place 35 years ago.

Catholics guided by their faith may be torn between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Opposition to abortion pushes them to Trump, but an emphasis on Catholic social teachings may push them to Biden.

Octavius Catto led the fight to desegregate Philadelphia's horse-drawn streetcars, raised all-black regiments to fight in the Civil War, and pushed for black voting rights — all before the age of 32. Despite all that, he's barely remembered today. But a new book sheds life on his groundbreaking work.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Megan Greene, a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, about the stock market ups and downs in the year since the coronavirus was declared a pandemic.

In The Price of Inequality, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz argues that widely unequal societies don't function effectively or have stable economies. Even the rich will pay a steep price if economic inequalities continue to worsen, he says.

The 63rd annual Grammy Awards were given out Sunday night. And while the stars were on display, it was a very different kind of ceremony for music's biggest night.