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Approaching 30 year anniversary, people share why Lifelong Learning institute at Western Iowa Rech Community College has been a uccess.

Ian Roberts is resigning from his position as superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools after he was arrested by ICE last week.

Katie Myers is covering economic transition in east Kentucky for the ReSource and partner station WMMT in Whitesburg, KY. She previously worked directly with communities in Kentucky and Tennessee on environmental issues, energy democracy, and the digital divide, and is a founding member of a community-owned rural ISP. She has also worked with the Black in Appalachia project of East Tennessee PBS. In her spare time, Katie likes to write stage plays, porch sit with friends, and get lost on mountain backroads. She has published work with Inside Appalachia, Scalawag Magazine, the Daily Yonder, and Belt Magazine, among others.

In February 1960, four young black men sat down at a whites-only lunch counter in North Carolina. Their protest would be followed by others across the nation and become a key moment in the civil rights movement. McCain once said that he wasn't scared. He was angry.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee. He speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about Attorney General Jeff Sessions' resignation which he called a "break the glass moment."

Liberians cram into sports bars to cheer on their favorite teams. That wasn't happening when Ebola was at its peak. But now, the fans are gathering again.

On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain: Megan Atherton and a friend were sitting in an auto shop. They didn't have enough money to fix her car and were far from home. Someone intervened.

Grant Brenner and Ari Gildengers met in elementary school in the 1970s. They sit down to remember the moms they lost at very different stages of life.

The former housing secretary backing the Massachusetts senator is the most high-profile endorsement yet from a former candidate.

President Obama is the first sitting American president to address the African Union. The speech capped a five-day trip to Kenya and Ethiopia.