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Guillermo Vincente Vidal is the Deputy Mayor of Denver and has an unusual life story, chronicled in his recent book, Boxing for Cuba. Vidal talks about his top leadership role in the city and talks about his journey to success, including how, at age 10, he was one of more than 14,000 children airlifted out of communist CUBA by the U.S.-sponsored "Operation Peter Pan."

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kenya Hunt, who took over as editor-in-chief of Elle UK earlier this year. The September issue is the first to be fully edited under her leadership.

The reality series Lizzo's Watch Out For The Big Grrrls is nominated for six Emmys. NPR's Michel Martin asks director Nneka Onuorah about her unique approach to reshaping the genre.

In 1970, the murder of a Black man in Oxford, N.C., led ordinary people to take extraordinary action. In a country that still struggles with race, stories like theirs show that the past is not dead.

Jan Egeland of the Norwegian Refugee Council, which has been awarded the Hilton Humanitarian Prize for helping millions in crisis, talks about unprecedented challenges and dreams of a better future.

Xi Jinping has become China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. NPR has been speaking with a broad range of Chinese people about the impact he has had. Here is what four of them had to say.

With Jalen Hurts under center for the Eagles and Patrick Mahomes helming the Chiefs, Sunday's game will mark a milestone after decades of effort by Black quarterbacks to overcome discrimination.

Host Michel Martin speaks with podcaster Ashley Flowers about her novel All Good People Here.

A top executive entered the plea on behalf of the company in federal court in Texas Thursday, as relatives of those killed in two crashes push to overturn deal giving Boeing immunity.

In Guatemala's mosquito-plagued lowlands, researchers use a novel tool — they call it an "insectazooka" — to suck up mosquitoes. Then they peer at the blood meal, searching for unknown pathogens.