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Data centers used to fuel AI are popping up all over the U.S., and they're becoming a midterm issue for voters that's now drawing White House attention.

While not a new concept, Garrett Neiman makes distinct contributions to the conversation; as a rich white man, he has insider's access to that population — and doesn't shy away from self-indictment.

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, National Executive director and Chief Negotiator for SAG-AFTRA, about the decision by the actors' union to strike.

"Sight isn't the only pathway to understand art," says Carol Wilson of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. There, specially trained docents lead tours using sound, description — and even touch.

Some of the songs being played during the Black Lives Matter protests in the U.S. aren't overtly political. Instead, they're rap songs by local heroes — songs celebrating being Black.

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld again dismisses talk that his time is short as the top civilian at the Pentagon. The Washington rumor mill has put Rumsfeld's job on the line in the past -- and been wrong. Renee Montagne talks to John Hendren about Rumsfeld's status, and the status of the initiatives he brought with him to the Pentagon five years ago.

A house located on C Street in Washington, D.C., is home to many powerful conservative members of Congress who share both an ideology and an address. Jeff Sharlet details the house's mission in C Street:The Fundamental Threat to American Democracy.

Author Jon Loomis says Provincetown, Mass., is the perfect setting for his series of crime novels; the funky beach town is so crazy in the summer that it's impossible to create a character who is over the top.

Last week, the Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain released a report examining its own handling of the Arab Spring uprisings that happened there earlier this year. More than 5,000 protesters were interviewed in the investigation, an unprecedented move in the region. Yet, opposition members say the government isn't going far enough in its efforts to reform. Melissa Block speaks with Bahraini government spokesman Abdulaziz bin Mubarek Khalifa, who responds to those accusations.

The legislation would fast-track citizenship for scores of other immigrants living in the country.