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Tuesday

Prisoners pass through a courtyard at Waupun Correctional Institution. Officials in some prison towns have come up with creative ways to avoid forming voting districts made up primarily of prisoners. But in many others, political lines are drawn around prisons in a way that critics deride as "prison gerrymandering." Lauren Justice for NPR hide caption

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'Your Body Being Used': Where Prisoners Who Can't Vote Fill Voting Districts

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Saturday

The walls of the Golden Rose restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine, are covered with collages that tell detailed stories about the Jewish legacy of the city. Alex Schmidt hide caption

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Wednesday

Lela Mae Williams, 36, and seven of her nine children on arrival in Hyannis, Mass., May 23, 1962. Frank C. Curtin/Associated Press hide caption

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The Martha's Vineyard migrant flight has echoes of a dark past: Reverse Freedom Rides

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From left, José Yadiel Torres, 10, Lizmary Rivera, 29, José Torres, 38, and twins Janniela and Jamiléth Torres, 9, pose for a family portrait in their house in Utuado. The rooster, the family's most prized bird, is named Matatoro. Erika P. Rodrí­guez for NPR hide caption

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An Alabama helmet on December 31, 2016, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA. Scott Donaldson/Getty Images hide caption

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Should Black Athletes Go To Black Schools?

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Thursday

Elena Hinestrosa and her ensemble, Integración Pacífica, perform at one of Petronio Alvarez Music Festival's educational panels. Maria Paz Gutierrez hide caption

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Colombia's Big Summer Music Festival Is All About Blackness

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Sunday

Trans people in the U.S. have turned to underground silicone injections for decades. And it has particularly impacted trans women of color and those living in poverty. Anke Gladnick for NPR hide caption

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Isabela Moner stars as Dora in Dora and the Lost City of Gold Vince Valitutti/Courtesy of Paramount Pictures hide caption

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Dora The Explorer's Lasting Impact

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Sunday

Members of the Japanese American Mochida family, in Hayward, Calif., await relocation to an incarceration camp during World War II. Dorothea Lange/Getty Images hide caption

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