Austin Horn
Austin Horn is a 2019-2020 Kroc Fellow. He joined NPR after internships at the San Antonio Express-News and Frankfort State-Journal, as well as a couple stints in the service industry. He aims to keep his reporting grounded in the experience of real individuals of all stripes.
He graduated from Columbia University in 2019 with a degree in American Studies. You can find him tweeting about basketball, music or his home state of Kentucky at @_AustinHorn.
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Juneteenth commemorates the effective end of slavery in the United States. Now, New York City will officially observe Juneteenth as an official city and school holiday starting next year. -
Dr. Anthony Fauci said that while the spread of the coronavirus is still a major threat during the summer months, that period of time does not pose the added threat of the flu season. -
The event will begin on Aug. 31 without fans because of the continued spread of the coronavirus. Australian tennis star Nicholas Kyrgios calls the move "selfish." -
The logo had included curves on the handles of sabres meant to mimic the design of serpentine walls on campus. Those walls were originally built to hide enslaved people from public view.
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A group of African nations requested the urgent debate on racism and police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death. The U.S. is no longer a member of the U.N.'s top human rights body. -
Calls to remove the statue have grown following protests against racial injustice sparked by the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. Taylor's death led to large protests in Louisville. -
The pause comes just before Oregon's Multnomah County, the state's most populous county and home to Portland, was set to start its first phase of reopening. -
Discussions on the fate of statues dedicated to the Italian explorer have spread across the country as some other controversial monuments — to Confederate figures — have been removed. -
Japanese organizing officials said Wednesday that they want to "streamline" the games, which may include seeking to reduce the total number of participants. They haven't provided specific details. -
The move is the latest sign of deterioration in relations between North and South Korea. On Tuesday, North Korean officials did not answer a routine daily call from the South.
