Lilly Ledbetter, the activist who inspired fair pay act, dies at 86 Lilly Ledbetter, a supervisor at a Goodyear tire plant in Alabama, discovered she was receiving less pay than men who worked the same position. Her case led to a monumental law on pay equity. Read more on NPR

Native Voters could swing Arizona. Both parties want their votes. Both Republicans and Democrats are trying to marshal Native American voters in Arizona, which could prove decisive to winning the key state. Read more on NPR

August 2024 Monthly Content Review Memo A 10-person cohort met to discuss NPR’s three-week run of coverage from the day of the Biden-Trump debate until the day President Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential race. Read more on NPR

Nobel Prize goes to 3 economists who study the wealth and poverty of nations The award is shared by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of MIT and James Robinson of the University of Chicago for their research on the institutional roots of national wealth and poverty. They will split the prize money of 11 million…

In Chile a language on the verge of extinction, stirs into life Ckunsa, an indigenous language in Chile, was declared dead 70 years ago. But groups in northern Chile are successfuly reviving the language and teaching it to a new generation. Read more on NPR