America is back at work, with the unemployment rate at the lowest it's been in nearly 50 years.

But the economic recovery since the Great Recession hasn't been a cause of great celebration in the country.

Missouri's governor has signed a bill that criminalizes abortions in the state after 8 weeks of pregnancy.

It's the latest in a series of restrictions passed by Republican-controlled legislatures that now threaten nearly 50 years of federal protections for abortion.

Today, China is a world superpower. But over a century ago, the country was in complete turmoil.

@ThroughlineNPR explains how one man's vision led to a revolution that reshaped China:
https://n.pr/2VYWc83

In 1965, a white minister was killed in Selma, Alabama. After three men were tried and acquitted, witnesses buried the truth for decades.

We returned to try to uncover it.
http://npr.org/whitelies

In 1973, Roe v. Wade made abortion legal across the U.S.

In 2019, more and more states are restricting abortion rights.

@sarahmccammon tracks the developments that led to this point — and examines the likelihood of abortion rights returning to the Supreme Court.