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America's Love Of Drive-thrus from 2023-12-11T23:29:19
Drive-thrus are a quintessentially American phenomenon. The first was in the U.S. and they spread quickly nationwide in the mid-20th century due to the rise of car culture and the highway system.
The News Roundup For December 8, 2023 from 2023-12-08T23:12:55
House Speaker Mike Johnson is playing hardball with the Senate. He told Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer this week that he can't pass any funding for Ukraine's fight against the Russian invasio...
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SOS: Preserving Biodiversity Around The World from 2023-12-07T21:33:06
Plants and animals across the world are struggling for many reasons. Most of those reasons are caused by human activities. But within the last 50 years, we've taken some steps to try and ease that....
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SOS: Reintroducing Endangered Species from 2023-12-06T23:12:30
A million species are under the threat of extinction, scientists say.
Since the passage of the Endangered Species Act in 1973, 11 species on that list have been declared extinct in the Unite...
SOS: Saving Keystone Species from 2023-12-05T21:55:16
What do bison, beaver, wolves and sea otters all have in common?
They're keystone species. That means they have an outsized impact on their ecosystem. It took humans driving some of these to...
SOS: 50 Years After The Endangered Species Act from 2023-12-04T22:22:31
Scientists predict that more than 1 million species could go
extinct in the coming decades.
It's been 50 years since Congress passed the Endangered Species Act in 1973 to protect plants...
The News Roundup For December 1, 2023 from 2023-12-01T23:12:33
New York Rep. George Santos' time in Congress could come to an end this week. A vote to expel him is expected on Friday. He had already previously refused to resign.
Former Secretary of Stat...
Best Of: 'The Golden Bachelor' And Finding Love After 60 from 2023-11-30T20:51:24
For the first time in the franchise's 21-year history, ABC's "The Bachelor" is surprising viewers with "The Golden Bachelor", where all the contestants are over 60.
And the bachelor himself...
WeWork's Bankruptcy And The Future Of Coworking Spaces from 2023-11-29T22:23:09
WeWork – the shared office space company – was once hailed as a revolutionary way to work, with a $47 billion valuation to match.
But earlier this month, the company filed for bankruptcy. We...
Best Of: What We Get Wrong About Forgiveness from 2023-11-28T21:39:14
In June 2015, nine people died at Charleston's Emanuel A.M.E. Church, victims of a racist shooter's rampage.
Some of the victims' relatives publicly forgave the murderer, including Chris Sin...
Linking Math And Games Across The World from 2023-11-27T21:36:39
Marcus du Sautoy is a mathematician who loves games, travel, and, unsurprisingly, math. His new book is titled "Around the World in 80 Games: A Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the Greatest Gam...
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'The Big Dig': The Legacy Of The Costliest Highway Project from 2023-11-26T22:02:03
Whether it's high-speed rail or highway reconstruction, infrastructure projects in the U.S. are often associated with high price tags and lengthy timelines.
Perhaps no project captures this...
The 1A Record Club Listens To Dolly Parton's 'Rockstar' from 2023-11-24T22:20:23
Dolly Parton's resume is as big as her hair. And at age 77 she's adding another title to it: "Rockstar."
Her new album was released on Nov. 17. It's a mix of covers of classic rock songs, fe...
Best Of: 'Strange Planet' Satirizes The Absurdities Of Everyday Life from 2023-11-23T19:30:18
The wildly popular webcomic "Strange Planet" has attracted millions of followers by pointing out absurdities in everyday life.
Beings on Strange Planet live in a place very similar to Earth ...
Best Of: The 1A Record Club Celebrates 50 Years Of Hip-Hop from 2023-11-22T22:15:40
Hip-hop is many things – unapologetic, lyrical, rhythmic, and above all, ubiquitous.
Since its nebulous "creation" at a party in the Bronx in 1973, hip-hop has become one of the world's most...
Best Of: How To Add Some More Spice To Your Life And Diet from 2023-11-21T22:45:29
Chances are you uses spices everyday.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, spice consumption per capita among Americans has more than tripled since 1966.
But spices aren...
Why Does Flying Have To Suck? from 2023-11-20T21:56:48
Complaints against U.S. airlines hit a record high in 2022. And it's not getting any better. Consumer complaints nearly doubled in the first three months of this year, according to the U.S. Departm...
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The News Roundup For November 17, 2023 from 2023-11-18T01:02:44
It's been a busy week for the GOP in Congress. Lawmakers managed to avoid another government shutdown. House Speaker Mike Johnson's grace period in his new role seems to be over.
US Preside...
A Brief History Of Eyeliner from 2023-11-17T01:01:28
William Shakespeare once said that the eyes are the window to the soul. We make eye contact with others to show that we're listening, to connect, or simply as a way of saying, "I see you."
C...
Best Of: Game Mode Gets Cozy from 2023-11-15T20:58:47
It's been over three years since "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" was released. It became one of the best-selling video games of the year — moving over 42 million copies, almost four times as much a...
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What United States Vs. Rahimi Could Mean For Gun Rights Of Domestic Abusers from 2023-11-14T22:06:47
Guns, and who gets to have access to them, is one of the most hotly debated issues in our country.
The Supreme Court will weigh in on gun rights once more in the coming months in the case o...
Ask A War Photojournalist from 2023-11-13T20:17:58
The first photographs of a major military conflict were taken during the Crimean War of the 1850s. Nearly 175 years later, photojournalists are on the ground, on the frontlines of conflicts around ...
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The News Roundup For November 10, 2023 from 2023-11-10T23:22:22
This was an off-year election week to remember. In Kentucky, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear retained control of his office after making abortion a central issue of his campaign.
Five GOP candi...
The GOP Hopefuls Take The Debate Stage For The Third Time from 2023-11-09T22:02:29
Five Republican presidential hopefuls faced off in Miami on Wednesday night for the third GOP debate, the last one of 2023.
Former President Donald Trump will, once again, not be on the stag...
Confronting The Nation's Crisis Of Care from 2023-11-08T21:29:08
By 2030, the Census Bureau estimates that the nation's population will consist of more adults over 65 than children.
As the youngest of the baby boomers enter their sixties, and younger adul...
What Happens When Private Security Patrols Public Streets? from 2023-11-07T21:50:42
If you live near a bustling downtown or shopping center, you may have noticed an increase in private security during the last couple of years. Even places like hospitals, jails, or the occasional W...
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The Challenges Of Reporting The War In Gaza from 2023-11-06T20:11:33
War is inherently difficult to cover in real-time.
The war between Israel and Hamas is no different.
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called the death toll among journalist...
The News Roundup For November 3, 2023 from 2023-11-03T19:44:03
House Republicans are set to put forward a bill to send aid to Israel to the tune of $14.3 billion.
Idaho made its first "abortion trafficking" arrest this week. A mother and son were arre...
'Pharmageddon' And The Future Of Retail Pharmacies from 2023-11-02T20:25:19
Pharmacists say they're overworked and understaffed and have been for years. So they planned a "Pharmageddon" – three days of nationwide walkouts at CVS and Walgreens. The walkouts come after prote...
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The Evolution Of Día De Los Muertos from 2023-11-01T21:04:18
It's easy to mistake Día de los Muertos for Halloween.
Skeletons and marigolds, like the vivid orange macabre of jack-o-lanterns, are synonymous with the tradition. So are the food...
How Horror Creates Meaning from 2023-10-31T21:20:27
Different kinds of horror stories can be scary, dreadful, terrifying, and even gross. But they can also be rich with meaning.
There's no lack of horror subjects and subgenres to venture int...
What's Next For Mike Johnson And Donald Trump? from 2023-10-30T20:29:46
All 220 House Republicans present voted for Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson as the body's next speaker. He was the fourth candidate put forward by the GOP in the three weeks since they ousted for...
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The News Roundup For October 27 from 2023-10-27T19:59:46
After three weeks of a vacancy, and multiple failed candidates, House Republicans finally named their speaker: Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson.
Also this week, Ford and the United Auto Workers U...
The 1A Movie Club Sees 'Killers Of The Flower Moon' from 2023-10-26T22:39:17
For this month's Movie Club, we're discussing "Killers of the Flower Moon," a new film by director Martin Scorsese that some say could be his last.
The film is based on a book by the same n...
The State Of Israeli Politics from 2023-10-25T20:35:34
Benjamin Netanyahu campaigned to be Israel's prime minister on the promise that he'd keep Israel safe.
Now, as the leader of one of the most right-wing governments in the country's history, ...
Who Represents The Palestinian People? from 2023-10-24T22:55:55
Since Hamas's deadly attack on Israel on Oct. 7, a lot has been said about the militant and political group and whether or not they represent the Palestinian people.
Hamas has been declared ...
Best Of: What Is Cultivated Meat? from 2023-10-23T20:08:21
Cultivated meat is green-lit in the U.S. That's meat grown in a lab.
Two food technology companies — UPSIDE Foods and GOOD Meat — are letting people try their cultivated meat. But you can't...
The News Roundup For October 20, 2023 from 2023-10-20T22:19:57
President Joe Biden flew to Israel this week for a brief visit amid the country's preparation for a ground invasion of Gaza. During his brief, 7-hour stay, he managed to help push through a deal fo...
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Diversity, Craft Beer, And The Future Of The Brewing Industry from 2023-10-19T20:27:30
Whether it's an ale, lager, stout, or sour, people all over the U.S. are trying their own craft beer recipes at home. Some turn them into businesses.
The number of craft breweries in the U.S...
An Airstrike At Gaza Hospital Kills Hundreds from 2023-10-18T19:34:02
An air strike has hit the al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City where thousands were seeking safety and treatment.
Hamas has blamed an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military said the hospital...
Why How We Talk About Gender Matters from 2023-10-17T21:48:26
Back in 2015, Schuyler Bailar made headlines for being the first openly transgender athlete to compete on a Division 1 NCAA sports team.
Now, he's an advocate for transgender inclusion. His ...
The Humanitarian Crisis In Gaza from 2023-10-16T20:33:30
As Israel's military prepares for a ground war, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has become increasingly dire with water, food, and fuel in dangerously low supply.
Hundreds of thousands of Ga...
The News Roundup For October 13, 2023 from 2023-10-13T22:51:30
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Israel this week to reaffirm U.S. support for the country's war against Hamas. He told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that America woul...
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How Our Relationships With Our Phones Affect Us from 2023-10-12T23:08:49
A report from Common Sense Media found that teens get over 230 of these distracting notifications each day. Some get over four thousand. But teens aren't the only ones inundated.
According t...
Ask A Playwright from 2023-10-11T21:31:39
While Shakespeare is long gone, but theater – and thus playwriting – is very much alive.
Theater, in contrast to television or film, offers a unique chance for audiences to come together and...
Game Mode Gets Cozy from 2023-10-10T21:51:44
It's been over three years since "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" was released. It became one of the best-selling video games of the year — moving over 42 million copies, almost four times as much a...
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Israel Declared War On Hamas After Hundreds Were Killed In Surprise Attacks from 2023-10-09T21:43:07
Israel has not suffered a blow like this in 50 years.
Death tolls are hard to verify. But Israeli officials say more than 600 Israelis have been killed in attacks from Gaza since Saturday. ...
The News Roundup For October 6, 2023 from 2023-10-07T00:36:09
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy lost his position this week as eight Republicans joined House Democrats in stripping him of his title. The House will now have to vote for a new Speaker.
From Solar Panels To National Policies, What Climate Solutions Actually Help? from 2023-10-05T23:07:12
Climate records have been broken non-stop this year.
2023 saw the earth's hottest summer on record. The record-breaking heat continued into September. The year also saw extreme weather inclu...
'The Golden Bachelor' And Finding Love After 60 from 2023-10-04T20:29:05
For the first time in the franchise's 21-year history, ABC's "The Bachelor" is surprising viewers with "The Golden Bachelor", where all the contestants are over 60.
And the bachelor himself...
Carl Hiaasen, Banned Books, And Censorship In Schools from 2023-10-03T22:54:41
The American Library Association found that the number of books facing challenges for censorship is up 20 percent for the first eight months of this year compared to 2022. That includes more than 8...
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The Science Of Synesthesia And Super Sensors from 2023-10-02T20:56:03
Joy Milne met her husband Les in high school. Nearly 15 years after they met, Joy smelled something different about Les. The scent wouldn't go away, and a decade later, Les was dia...
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The News Roundup For September 29, 2023 from 2023-09-29T22:19:39
A New York Judge has determined that former President Donald Trump and his adult sons committed fraud and canceled the Trump Organization's business certification.
Congress is running out of...
A Closer Look At The Second 2024 GOP Primary Debate from 2023-09-28T21:32:20
Seven Republicans qualified for last night's presidential primary debate: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Chri...
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Dessa On 'Bury the Lede' And Making Pop Music Through Pain from 2023-09-27T21:06:16
What music have you turned to during hard times? That's the question Dessa's latest album hopes to answer.
The award-winning rapper, singer, writer, and podcast (and sometimes 1A) h...
How To Add Some More Spice To Your Life And Diet from 2023-09-26T22:18:12
Chances are you uses spices everyday.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, spice consumption per capita among Americans has more than tripled since 1966.
But spices aren...
Who Do We Think Gets To Think About The Roman Empire? from 2023-09-25T21:01:17
How much do you think about the Roman Empire?
It's a question that men the world over were asked by friends and loved ones who use the video-sharing app TikTok in recent days.
A recen...
The News Roundup For September 22, 2023 from 2023-09-22T22:35:41
House Republicans are struggling to agree on a temporary spending bill which would prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month. Democrats have made no offers to help House Speaker Kevin...
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Rory Stewart On 'How Not To Be A Politician' from 2023-09-21T22:00:59
The United Kingdom has had five prime ministers since it voted to leave the European Union in 2016. Rory Stewart once came close to being one of them. But he decided to quit party politics in 2019....
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What We Get Wrong About Forgiveness from 2023-09-20T20:59:29
In June 2015, nine people died at Charleston's Emanuel A.M.E. Church, victims of a racist shooter's rampage.
Some of the victims' relatives publicly forgave the murderer, including Chris Sin...
In Good Health: When A Popular Decongestant Doesn't Work from 2023-09-19T21:52:01
Last week, an FDA advisory panel unanimously agreed that Phenylephrine, a common ingredient in many over-the-counter decongestant medications, is ineffective. The decision could affect hundreds of ...
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Google's Power And The Biggest Tech Monopoly Trial In 25 Years from 2023-09-18T21:21:44
It's hard to deny Google's power when it comes to the internet. In the Merriam-Webster dictionary, "google" is even a verb.
The U.S. Department of Justice wants to do something about that. ...
The News Roundup For September 15, 2023 from 2023-09-16T01:12:32
Speaker Kevin McCarthy directed the House of Representatives to open an impeachment inquiry over the business dealings of President Joe Biden's family this week. And on Thursday Biden's son Hunter ...
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1A Movie Club: The Best Of The Bad from 2023-09-14T21:14:29
The 1995 film "Showgirls" starring Elizabeth Berkley was one of the largest commercial failures of its time. With a budget of $45 million, (nearly $90 million in 2023 dollars), the film ended up lo...
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Why Panic Attacks Happen And How To Prevent Them from 2023-09-13T19:52:42
Matt Gutman has spent decades in front of cameras and microphones as a newscaster, reporting on current events across the globe. His calm, cool demeanor belied his internal struggle with a lifetime...
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The Diversity Problem With Corporate America from 2023-09-12T20:46:09
This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in higher education. That means colleges and universities can no longer consider a student applicant's race when building their st...
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How Hawaii Is Keeping History And Culture In Mind As It Rebuilds from 2023-09-11T19:35:17
Recovery and rebuilding efforts are underway in Hawaii a month after the deadly fires that swept through Maui. Some 115 people were killed and thousands were displaced by the fires which began in t...
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The News Roundup For September 9, 2023 from 2023-09-08T21:30:59
Another government shutdown is looming as the calendar shifts to the month of September. Congress has until the 30th to settle up on a short-term funding bill that would keep the lights on in Washi...
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The Benefits Of Birdnesting After Divorce from 2023-09-07T22:02:52
Some parents who are no longer married are trying a strategy called birdnesting. It's an arrangement where children remain in their family home while the parents cycle in and out of the house.
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The Passion And Politics Of Pickleball from 2023-09-06T22:30:48
Over the past three years, the number of Americans who reported playing pickleball went from 5 million to 36.5 million according to the Association of Pickleball Professionals.
As the sport ...
What Is Cultivated Meat? from 2023-09-05T21:42:46
Cultivated meat is green-lit in the U.S. That's meat grown in a lab.
Two food technology companies — UPSIDE Foods and GOOD Meat — are letting people try their cultivated meat. But you can't...
Best Of: Spending Time In 'Your Mama's Kitchen' from 2023-09-04T22:20:10
Whether your mom was a natural cook or a reluctant one. Or if your other parent was the one throwing down in the kitchen, food and the place where it's made live inside of us long after we've eaten...
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The News Roundup For September 1, 2023 from 2023-09-01T20:23:40
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell froze when answering questions asked by reporters about whether he would run for re-election. It's the second such incident involving the Kentucky senator. It...
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The 'New' Homeschoolers from 2023-08-31T22:00:04
The pandemic forced many families into homeschooling — and a surprising number of them are sticking with it.In the 2021 and 2022 school year, homeschool enrollment rose by 30 percent. That's accord...
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What's Happening In Afghanistan Two Years After The U.S. Left? from 2023-08-30T21:56:17
On Aug. 30, 2021, the U.S. completed its full withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, bringing the 20-year-long war to an end.
Two weeks earlier, on Aug. 15, with fewer troops to block their ...
Is Rent Control The Answer To Rising Evictions? from 2023-08-29T21:21:42
The pandemic made monthly rent payments soar, rising 15 percent between 2020 and 2022.
Evictions are also on the rise since the pandemic, with some cities seeing filings increases by as much...
Best Of: Seeking Thrills And Staying Safe On Roller Coasters from 2023-08-28T19:30:48
While you may not be a fan of the heart pumping, adrenaline boosting feeling of a roller coaster's twists and turns, for others, it's the best part of the warmer months or even a core memory of the...
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The News Roundup For August 25, 2023 from 2023-08-25T23:18:13
The racketeering case against Donald Trump and his co-conspirators in Fulton County, Georgia, progressed this week. Former New York City Mayor and Trump ally Rudy Giuliani surrendered to authoritie...
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How Cable News Changes American Politics And Culture from 2023-08-24T21:54:05
For more than 80 years, cable television has been at the center of American politics and culture. While streaming platforms have driven many families to cut the cord, there are still more than 72 m...
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Best Of: The Human Labor Powering AI Engines from 2023-08-23T20:52:46
As anxieties over automation mount, AI is already responsible for the employment of millions of workers globally.
From chatbots to text-to-image generators, AI relies on human workers labeli...
'Strange Planet' Satirizes The Absurdities Of Everyday Life from 2023-08-22T22:05:02
The wildly popular webcomic "Strange Planet" has attracted millions of followers by pointing out absurdities in everyday life.
Beings on Strange Planet live in a place very similar to Earth ...
What We Know About Trump's Latest Criminal Indictment from 2023-08-21T17:40:54
Former President Donald Trump is facing his fourth criminal indictment — this time for attempting to overturn election results in Georgia.
Trump has denied the charges, but the alleged crime...
The News Roundup For August 18, 2023 from 2023-08-18T23:06:27
Former President Donald Trump was indicted again this week. He's been charged alongside 18 other co-defendants by a grand jury in Georgia for conspiring to unlawfully keep himself in office in the ...
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Plugged In: Local Governments And The IRA from 2023-08-17T20:47:26
The Inflation Reduction Act is one year old this week, but what has it actually accomplished? That depends on where you are. While the law provides billions of dollars for the U.S. to transition aw...
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Spending Time In 'Your Mama's Kitchen' from 2023-08-16T22:36:21
Whether your mom was a natural cook or a reluctant one. Or if your other parent was the one throwing down in the kitchen, food and the place where it's made live inside of us long after we've eaten...
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Plugged In: How The IRA Is Changing Housing In America from 2023-08-15T20:32:18
The average American home generates roughly 10 thousand kilowatt hours of electricity every year according to the Energy Information Administration.
Millions of Americans are transitioning ...
Plugged In: How The IRA Is Changing America from 2023-08-14T20:16:20
It's been nearly a year since the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 narrowly passed.
President Joe Biden's sweeping climate bill has high hopes for fighting climate change, including a pledge ...
The News Roundup For August 11, 2023 from 2023-08-11T21:46:29
President Joe Biden is keeping his monument streak going, this time selecting more than 404,000 hectares of land near the Grand Canyon for protection. The move is welcome news for activists and mem...
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The 1A Record Club Celebrates 50 Years Of Hip-Hop from 2023-08-10T22:38:10
Hip-hop is many things – unapologetic, lyrical, rhythmic, and above all, ubiquitous.
Since its nebulous "creation" at a party in the Bronx in 1973, hip-hop has become one of the world's most...
In Good Health: COVID's Summer Surge from 2023-08-09T21:55:26
COVID is surging across the globe for the fourth consecutive summer. In the United States, the latest tracking data from the CDC shows a 12 percent rise in hospitalizations due to the virus.
The Debate Over Deep-Sea Mining from 2023-08-08T22:12:22
If you sank deep into the ocean, where the light no longer reaches, you would see, sitting on the seabed floor, nodules that look just like unassuming rocks.
Those grayish clusters are actua...
The Issue Of Religious Public Charter Schools from 2023-08-07T20:37:09
In June, a state board voted 3-to-2 to approve plans for St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Catholic School. It's named after the seventh-century patron saint of the internet. And it would be the first...
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The News Roundup For August 4, 2023 from 2023-08-04T23:50:03
Former President Donald Trump was indicted again this week, this time on four charges related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 220 election.
Moscow's business district was hit b...
1A Remaking America: Guiding Growth In Up-And-Coming Cities from 2023-08-03T21:51:41
The U.S. population has grown by more than 20 million people since 2010. But where those new Americans end up is not even across the board.
The populations of half of all counties in the U.S...
How US Abortion Politics Jeopardize A Global AIDS Relief Program from 2023-08-02T21:48:15
About 20 years ago, Congress pretty much agreed on one thing: PEPFAR.
President George W. Bush introduced the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in his 2003 State of the Union addres...
Best Of: In Search Of The Elusive Lesbian Bar from 2023-08-01T19:50:06
In the 1980s there were roughly 200 lesbian bars across the country. Today, there are less than 30, according to The Lesbian Bar Project.
While many gay bars cater to men, spaces for queer w...
How Extreme Heat Affects Our Mental Health from 2023-07-31T21:30:56
Extreme temperatures remind us just how much heat can affect our physical health in dangerous and sometimes deadly ways. More than 600 people die each year in the U.S. from heat-related illnesses. ...
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The News Roundup For July 28, 2023 from 2023-07-29T00:03:37
A Congressional hearing on UAPs yielded some surprising information this week. Three military veterans appeared before lawmakers on Wednesday, one of whom alleged that the U.S. had recovered "non-h...
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Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, And The Future Of Gaming from 2023-07-27T20:37:21
Microsoft's intention to purchase video game developer Activision Blizzard was first announced in January 2022.
The Federal Trade Commission issued a complaint against the deal, saying it wo...
The Fraught Future Of Volunteer Firefighting from 2023-07-26T21:24:41
Firefighters and fire departments perform a critical service in our communities, including responding to medical emergencies and helping mitigate the effects of natural disasters.
But more...
What Nutrition Labels Really Tell Us About Our Food from 2023-07-25T21:37:48
Many of us have likely felt confused by food labels before. But nutrition facts can offer important information about what we're consuming. There are several efforts underway to make the labels on ...
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The 1A Movie Club Sees 'Barbie' from 2023-07-24T20:37:09
For this month's edition of the 1A Movie Club, we're seeing "Barbie." The film's star-studded cast includes Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, and Will Ferrell — just to name a f...
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The News Roundup For July 21, 2023 from 2023-07-21T22:01:14
New temperature records were set in the southwest U.S. as climate change continues to push global temperatures to their extremes.
Meanwhile, U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry spent time ...
Composer Ludwig Göransson On 'Oppenheimer' from 2023-07-20T21:18:11
Ludwig Göransson isn't a stranger to the power music can play in film.
He's the composer behind the blockbuster "Black Panther" series, which earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Sc...
Strikes Are On The Rise; Are Labor Unions Missing Their Moment? from 2023-07-19T21:49:49
Strikes. Picketing. Protests. One thing has become clear across dozens of industries in recent years. Workers are dissatisfied.
To resolve some of their workplace qualms, many workers have t...
In Good Health: The Complexities Of Autoimmune Disease from 2023-07-18T21:01:41
About one in ten people have an autoimmune disease, according to a population study of more than 2.2 million people. Autoimmune disease varies widely, and falls into subspecialties across the medic...
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How To Get The Backyard Garden Of Your Dreams from 2023-07-17T21:24:10
It's about that time of year when your garden may be looking lush or... a little sad. And with this weekend's heatwave hitting a large swath of the U.S., it's getting harder to keep plants alive. ...
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The News Roundup For July 14, 2023 from 2023-07-14T22:38:23
Vermont and New York are bracing for more rain and flooding. The capital of the Green Mountain state, Montpelier, was swamped this week after storms dumped two months' worth of water on the city in...
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1A Remaking America: The First Amendment And LGBTQ Rights from 2023-07-13T20:03:34
More than 20 states across the country have public accommodation laws to prevent businesses from discriminating against customers based on things like race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation....
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Local Spotlight: The Black Opry Residency's Impact On Americana Music from 2023-07-12T19:45:54
Americana music encompasses country, bluegrass, folk, and blues and has deep roots in Black musical traditions.
Long before Lil Nas X pushed the boundaries of what constitutes country music,...
Seeking Thrills And Staying Safe On Roller Coasters from 2023-07-11T21:27:05
While you may not be a fan of the heart pumping, adrenaline boosting feeling of a roller coaster's twists and turns, for others, it's the best part of the warmer months or even a core memory of the...
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In Good Health: How Chronic Noise Exposure Affects The Human Body from 2023-07-10T19:45:06
Noise is unavoidable. Whether it's the rumbling of a freight train as it moves along the tracks in your backyard or the constant drip of your leaky faucet – we're surrounded by it.
Qualities...
The News Roundup For July 7, 2023 from 2023-07-07T22:03:26
A federal judge told the Biden administration officials and several federal agencies this week to stop communicating with social media platforms. The decision is in response to a lawsuit brought by...
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The Human Labor Powering AI Engines from 2023-07-06T20:00:59
As anxieties over automation mount, AI is already responsible for the employment of millions of workers globally.
From chatbots to text-to-image generators, AI relies on human workers labeli...
How Youth Sports Affect America's Kids from 2023-07-05T21:05:01
Kids these days are busy.
Even when school is out and it's time to close the books (or maybe, a laptop) time in the summer can fill up quickly. Often, with sports. Whether they're kicking a ...
The Savory Story Of Hot Dogs And America from 2023-07-04T21:16:46
First introduced by immigrants in the 1800s, hot dogs have become synonymous with sports, summer, and the Fourth of July.
And no other food starts debates quite like hot dogs – what's the b...
Best Of: I Love You, Man: The Male Friendship Recession from 2023-07-03T20:34:13
Friendships are one of the few relationships that we choose. They can last longer than our romantic relationships and be just as intimate. They can take on the role of family if our own falls short...
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The News Roundup For June 30, 2023 from 2023-06-30T23:45:09
In a 6-3 ruling, the court struck down race-conscious admissions at two universities, setting the stage for other college and university admissions policies.
Meanwhile, Canadian wildfires ar...
The History And Potential Of MDMA from 2023-06-29T21:23:43
MDMA, also known as ecstasy or molly, is illegal. It is listed as a Schedule 1 drug by the U.S. federal government (the same group as marijuana and psilocybin, or magic mushrooms).
In recent...
The Opioid Crisis Is Causing Grandparents To Become Caregivers Again from 2023-06-28T21:46:40
The U.S. is battling a years-long, devastating opioid epidemic. Last year saw 79,770 reported opioid-involved drug overdose deaths, a 1.5 percent decrease from the previous year, according to data ...
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The Problem With Solitary Confinement In The U.S. from 2023-06-27T17:42:44
More than 122,000 people in the U.S. are estimated to be in solitary confinement, according to a report by Solitary Watch and Unlock the Box. That number is far greater than previous estimates.
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370 Years Later, Connecticut Is Exonerating Accused Witches from 2023-06-26T17:44:29
In May, legislators in Connecticut passed a resolution to exonerate people accused of being witches in the seventeenth century.
Dozens of people were killed, mostly women, over accused witch...
The News Roundup For June 23, 2023 from 2023-06-23T21:36:05
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal trying to get ahead of a report released by ProPublica detailing unreported trips he took with a bill...
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A Year After Roe v. Wade Was Overturned from 2023-06-22T20:06:14
A year ago, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, upending abortion law across the country.
With Roe v. Wade overturned, what could replace it? WNYC's Supreme Court podcast "More Perfec...
A Conversation With Celebrated Carpenter Mark Ellison from 2023-06-21T21:47:47
For carpenter Mark Ellison, a house, a staircase, a doorway are opportunities for beauty.
Ellison has been called many things, including the best carpenter in New York City and the man who...
How Genealogy Is Used To Track Black Family Histories from 2023-06-20T21:00:39
Our names are important to us. They tell us who we are and often, who we come from.
So imagine suddenly discovering the last name you've always carried... might not actually be the name you ...
Best Of: 1A Remaking America: The Birmingham Movement, 60 Years Later from 2023-06-19T20:54
On May 2, 1963, hundreds of school-age kids in Birmingham, Alabama, woke up with a plan. Through coded messages broadcast by local radio DJs, they were given the signal to leave the classroom and...
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The News Roundup For June 16, 2023 from 2023-06-17T12:11:05
Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 counts of mishandling classified documents this week. GOP politicians are split on the matter.
The Supreme Court upheld the Indian Chi...
Strike A Pose: Ballroom Culture Since The '70s from 2023-06-15T19:45:26
Forget the waltz and the tango. For this show, we're headed to a different kind of ball. In these spaces, Houses compete in different walking and dancing competitions.
It's long influenced i...
Best Of: Where Does Nuclear Energy Fit In A Carbon-Free Future? from 2023-06-14T20:43:05
Experts have repeatedly said that the world has to stop burning fossil fuels if we want to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis.
The latest United Nations climate report remind...
1A Remaking America: The Anti-Dollar Store Movement from 2023-06-13T20:40:21
The most common store in the U.S.? It's not Target, not Walmart, or Walgreens.
It's Dollar General.
The chain boasts more than 19,000 locations across the country.
According t...
Best Of: How Climate Change Factors Into Home Insurance Pricing from 2023-06-12T19:30:55
In 2021, the structural damage from wildfires, floods, and other climate-related disasters totaled $145 billion, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Homeowners...
The News Roundup For June 9, 2023 from 2023-06-09T23:38:34
The East Coast deals with the impact of smoke from wildfires in Canada that's blown south. Images out of New York City this week show haze and orange skies.
Justice Department prosecutors h...
I Love You, Man: The Male Friendship Recession from 2023-06-08T21:52:34
Friendships are one of the few relationships that we choose. They can last longer than our romantic relationships and be just as intimate. They can take on the role of family if our own falls short...
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In Search Of The Elusive Lesbian Bar from 2023-06-07T20:42:58
In the 1980s there were roughly 200 lesbian bars across the country. Today, there are less than 30, according to The Lesbian Bar Project.
While many gay bars cater to men, spaces for queer w...
The State Of American Baseball from 2023-06-06T16:45:28
Major League Baseball made some changes to the way the game is played in recent years. Some of the new rules include bigger bases, limits on shifting, and a new pitch timer.
The minor league...
Isabel Allende And "The Wind Knows My Name" from 2023-06-05T19:12:13
Isabel Allende is no stranger to the experience of being an immigrant and refugee. When a military coup overthrew the Chilean presidency in 1973—led by her cousin, Salvador Allende—her family fled ...
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The 1A Record Club Remembers Tina Turner from 2023-06-04T14:30:22
More than 60 years — that's how long Tina Turner's music career blessed crowds. With her powerful vocals, she brought house after house down with her thrilling performances.
She died last w...
The News Roundup For June 2, 2023 from 2023-06-03T14:08:41
The House passed a deal to raise the debt ceiling this week in an attempt to avoid an economic disaster. Now, it moves to the Senate where amendments are expected.
Meanwhile, overseas a top ...
Local Spotlight: The Straw Purchase Of Firearms In Philadelphia And Nationwide from 2023-06-01T22:17:01
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) defines the straw purchase of firearms as "purchasing a gun for someone who is prohibited by law from possessing one, or for someone who does not w...
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1A Remaking America: The Outlook For Trans Youth In Texas from 2023-05-31T21:22:06
This has been a record year for legislation aimed at trans youth. More than a dozen states have passed laws limiting gender-affirming care for minors.
This month Texas became the largest sta...
The 1A Movie Club Sees 'The Little Mermaid' from 2023-05-30T21:43:03
"The Little Mermaid" is back. This time, the Disney classic is reimagined in live action.
Many elements from the 1989 cartoon musical have stayed the same — there's a singing crab, a mermaid...
In Good Health: Living With Sleep Disorders from 2023-05-29T16:44:49
It's estimated that sleep disorders affect between 50 and 70 million people in America. That includes conditions like sleep apnea, insomnia, and narcolepsy. But depictions of living with a sleep di...
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The News Roundup For May 26, 2023 from 2023-05-27T10:00:36
Talks in Washington on the debt ceiling are reportedly not going well. President Joe Biden has remained upbeat in his public comments on the situation. But Congressional Republicans say there's sti...
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ICYMI: In The 'Garden of Evil' With Clarence Thomas' Friend Harlan Crow from 2023-05-26T20:01:02
This week, The Atlantic magazine published an exclusive interview with Harlan Crow, the ultra-rich real estate developer whose friendship and financial relationship with Supreme Court Just...
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'Animal Liberation Now' And The Case For More Humane Treatment Of Animals from 2023-05-25T21:20:23
Fifty years ago, Princeton University ethicist Peter Singer made the case that humans assume they're morally superior to other animals and that their actions against them are justified.
At t...
One Year After The Uvalde School Shooting, Questions Still Go Unanswered from 2023-05-24T20:01:48
Today marks one year since the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, left 19 children and two teachers dead.
Even though nearly 400 officers were at the scene, it took over...
What To Expect From The 2023 Cannes Film Festival from 2023-05-23T21:00:06
Every year, thousands flock to the south of France to watch the most anticipated movie premieres from directors around the world.
The titles on show at this year's Cannes Film Festival are s...
Why Maternal Mortality Increased During The Pandemic from 2023-05-22T21:16:20
The U.S. has the highest number of pregnancy-related death of any developed nation. During the pandemic, those numbers increased.
According to a new report by the Centers for Disease Contro...
The Big Take: Women's Pro Tackle Football Takes The Field from 2023-05-21T09:00:30
We collaborated with our friends at Bloomberg News to bring you the 'Life and Debt' series. We covered everything from the federal debt ceiling, medical debt, credit cards, and the impact of studen...
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The News Roundup For May 19, 2023 from 2023-05-20T12:30:17
Joe Biden is coming home. The President is cutting his trip to Japan for the G7 meeting short to help negotiate a deal ahead of the debt ceiling deadline on June 1.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian Pres...
Life And Debt: What's Next For Student Loan Borrowers from 2023-05-18T21:52:10
According to the Education Data Initiative, the average student loan debt balance is upwards of $40,000. And the cost of college keeps rising. Over the past 20 years, college tuition at in-state pu...
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Life And Debt: Getting The Hospital Bill from 2023-05-17T20:45:03
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reported last year that there's around $88 billion of medical debt in collections, and about 43 million Americans have medical debt on their credit report. ...
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Life and Debt: Why Credit Card Debt Is At A Historic High from 2023-05-16T21:06:07
Credit cards seem like a great deal. But interest rates, late fees, and the cycle of debt can come back to bite cardholders.
Nearly half of U.S. credit card owners had an average of more th...
Life And Debt: Unpacking The Federal Debt Ceiling from 2023-05-15T20:20:57
Congressional leaders will meet with President Joe Biden next week to discuss the federal debt ceiling as they face a looming deadline to avoid a default on U.S. debt obligations.
The Treas...
The Sounds Of America: 'Wang Dang Doodle' from 2023-05-14T16:59:48
It made for an unlikely hit in 1966.
The authentic Chicago blues sound of "Wang Dang Doodle" packed a punch and put a hole through the popular and poppier tunes at the time.
Koko Tayl...
The News Roundup For May 12, 2023 from 2023-05-13T12:00:40
Border restrictions put into place during the pandemic ended this week. The controversial policy known as Title 42 expired on May 11, and states on the Southern border are preparing for a surge of ...
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Best Of: Arguing For The Good In Bad English from 2023-05-12T19:00:10
"Um, like, literally, you know?"If those words sound to you like nails on a chalkboard, you're not alone. At NPR, we get lots of messages from listeners critiquing the way our hosts, repor...
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Remaking America: Crossing State Lines For Abortion Care from 2023-05-11T19:42:44
Abortions are now illegal in 12 states, according to the Guttmacher Institute. That means many pregnant people now have to travel hundreds of miles to get an abortion.
When Roe v. Wade <...
The Rise Of The AR-15 from 2023-05-10T20:20:53
The AR-15 is the best-selling rifle in America.
According to polling by The Washington Post and Ipsos, about 1 in 20 adults, or roughly 16 million people in the U.S., own an AR-15.<...
Hollywood Writers Continue Striking from 2023-05-09T21:45:59
It's been more than a week since the 11,500 television and film writers that make up the Writers Guild of America have gone on strike.
Thousands of writers have joined picket lines to deman...
The Coronation, The Kohinoor Diamond, And Its Colonial Past from 2023-05-08T20:30:45
Diamonds are more than just pretty objects. Passed down over centuries, they can tell the story of their pasts. But that story isn't always a happy one.
For many South Asians, the diamond ...
The Sounds of America: The Super Mario Bros. Theme Song from 2023-05-07T14:00:16
Winifred Phillips is a video game music composer. She describes this history-making entry into the National Recording Registry as, "one of the, if not the most memorable game music melodies ever cr...
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The News Roundup For May 5, 2023 from 2023-05-06T11:57:05
On Monday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers that the federal government could run out of money to pay its debts as soon as June 1 if the debt ceiling isn't raised.
The Senate ...
1A Movie Club: 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' from 2023-05-05T20:49:59
Judy Blume's 1970's classic book, "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret." The novel wasn't initially well-received when it was published, being banned in libraries and schools, including the one B...
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1A Remaking America: State-Sanctioned Homeless Encampments from 2023-05-04T19:30:12
Close to 600, 000 people in the U.S. don't have a home of their own, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Of those in America experiencing homelessness, 40 percent of them ...
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Best Of: The Problem With Politeness And The Matter With Manners from 2023-05-03T20:00:56
We are all – to some degree – stressed. And that can affect just how much we feel like saying hello to that person on the street or holding the elevator for the person we see around the corner.
...
1A Remaking America: The Birmingham Movement, 60 Years Later from 2023-05-03T00:12:41
On May 2, 1963, hundreds of school-age kids in Birmingham, Alabama, woke up with a plan. Through coded messages broadcast by local radio DJs, they were given the signal to leave the classroom and...
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How Are States Spending Opioid Settlement Funds? from 2023-05-01T19:20:55
The settlement of opioid lawsuits means that states are seeing an influx of money. Purdue, Walgreens, and Johnson & Johnson are just a few of the companies pumping over $50 billion into state and m...
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The Sounds Of America: 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)' from 2023-04-30T13:00:22
Every year, 25 audio recordings are added to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress.
The registry contains recordings of all types, from music and radio broadcasts to dr...
The News Roundup For April 28, 2023 from 2023-04-29T12:00:23
It was a big week at the White House. President Joe Biden announced his plans to run for reelection in 2024.
Washington became the 10th state to ban the sale of semi-automatic rifles like t...
What's Changed A Decade After The Rana Plaza Collapse? from 2023-04-28T21:25:04
On April 23, 2013, a group of garment factories collapsed in Rana Plaza near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The accident killed more than 1,100 people and injured at least 2,500. It's considered the de...
New State Laws Are Rolling Back Regulations On Child Labor from 2023-04-27T20:50:35
Lawmakers in Republican-led states are proposing and passing legislation to roll back child labor regulations.
In states like Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, and Arkansas, newly passed or pending laws...
Tucker Carlson Is Out At Fox. What Happened? from 2023-04-26T22:55:33
In a statement on Monday, the Fox News said it's parting ways with its biggest star, Tucker Carlson. Before his firing, Carlson had the most-watched show on cable news, with more than 3 million vie...
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In Good Health: Experiencing And Treating Infertility from 2023-04-25T21:33:18
One in six people across the globe experiences infertility, according to a report the World Health Organization published this month.
Going through fertility treatment can be a long, hard pr...
Efforts To Rescue Ukrainian Children Kidnapped By Russia Are Underway from 2023-04-24T20:30:29
An estimated 16,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia or Russian-controlled territory since the start of the war. That's according to Ukraine's National Information Bureau. But some huma...
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The Sounds Of America: 'Pale Blue Dot' from 2023-04-23T15:45:37
Every year, 25 audio recordings are added to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. Each has been chosen because of its historical, cultural, or aesthetic importance to our nat...
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The News Roundup For April 21, 2023 from 2023-04-22T14:32:05
Dominion Voting Systems settled its lawsuit with Fox Corp. this week for $787.5 million, making it one of the most expensive defamation payouts in American history.
An 84-year-old white man...
Arguing For The Good In Bad English from 2023-04-21T21:55:57
"Um, like, literally, you know?"If those words sound to you like nails on a chalkboard, you're not alone. At NPR, we get lots of messages from listeners critiquing the way our hosts, repor...
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How Climate Change Factors Into Home Insurance Pricing from 2023-04-20T22:19:01
In 2021, the structural damage from wildfires, floods, and other climate-related disasters totaled $145 billion, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Homeowners...
The Pragmatism Of Community Violence Prevention Programs from 2023-04-19T20:49:53
There have been 164 mass shootings in the U.S. just this year, according to the National Gun Violence Archive.
As gun legislation stalls in Congress, gun violence in the U.S. continues to ri...
Eating And Dancing At The 'Lakeside Supper Club' from 2023-04-18T17:02:49
Supper clubs burst onto the scene in America in the 1930s. Back then, they were places where you could get a meal and dance.
One fictional venue, set in northern Minnesota, is the stage for ...
Clarence Thomas, Undisclosed Luxury Trips, And Supreme Court Ethics from 2023-04-17T21:26:52
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been on the bench for almost 32 years. For more than 25 of those years, he's been close with a billionaire Republican donor.
A ProPublica ...
The 2023 Sounds Of America from 2023-04-16T17:00:02
The Library of Congress is famous for its collection of American cultural treasures.
And each year, the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress chooses just 25 pieces of ...
The News Roundup For April 14, 2023 from 2023-04-15T13:30:21
Amid an uncertain future surrounding the abortion medication mifepristone, Democratic governors across the nation are stockpiling the drug in order to protect abortion access in their states.
Ask An Astronaut from 2023-04-14T18:03:05
NASA recently announced the crew members for the upcoming Artemis II Mission – among them, the first woman and person of color to go to the moon. The initial mission objective is to land on the lun...
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Where Abortion Pill Access Stands from 2023-04-13T18:16:04
The Trump-appointed Texas judge has ruled to revoke the FDA's approval of mifepristone – a drug used in miscarriage care and medication abortions.
Soon after, in Washington, a different fede...
The Problem With Politeness And The Matter With Manners from 2023-04-12T18:10:10
We are all – to some degree – stressed. And that can affect just how much we feel like saying hello to that person on the street or holding the elevator for the person we see around the corner.
...
1A Remaking America: Behavior And Discipline In Public Schools from 2023-04-11T22:21:34
Several states have adopted or introduced legislation this year about student behavior and school discipline. Many of these bills would make it easier to kick students out of the classroom anywhere...
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Why Colleges Are Leaving The U.S. News Rankings from 2023-04-10T22:00:44
For 40 years, U.S. News and World Report has released rankings of the nation's top colleges, universities, and graduate schools. They've been used in advertising materials for schools and ...
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The News Roundup For April 7, 2023 from 2023-04-08T14:47:43
Former President Donald Trump was indicted this week. He was arraigned in a New York City courthouse on Tuesday and plead not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records.
Extreme weat...
The State Of The Cleanup Efforts In East Palestine from 2023-04-07T16:21:19
It's been two months since a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, and spilled toxic materials into the surrounding environment.
Since then, officials have deemed the town safe, but reside...
1A Remaking America: Safeguarding Free And Fair Elections Ahead Of 2024 from 2023-04-06T21:22:37
It's clear that baseless allegations about the mechanics of elections are still circulating, and they're powerful enough to shape events — and keep affecting our elections.
A bevy of other p...
Donald Trump Becomes The First President Charged With Criminal Activity from 2023-04-06T16:07:47
Donald Trump has become the first president – former or current – charged with criminal activity.
In a 34-count felony indictment, prosecutors allege that Trump conspired to illegally influ...
Some States Want To Say Where You Can And Can't Be In Drag from 2023-04-04T20:19:29
Republicans in state legislatures across the U.S. have found their focus for the 2023 legislative session: drag.
But drag has been around for a long, long time.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Le...
The Future Of Democracy In Israel from 2023-04-03T20:51:34
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed the planned overhaul of the country's judicial system, but his people are still taking to the streets in protest.
The government's plans...
The News Roundup For March 31, 2023 from 2023-04-01T16:26
A shooter entered and attacked an elementary school in Nashville this week, killing three children and three adults. President Joe Biden said he could do no more on his own to address gun violence...
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Where Does Nuclear Energy Fit In A Carbon-Free Future? from 2023-03-31T20:07:59
Experts have repeatedly said that the world has to stop burning fossil fuels if we want to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis.
The latest United Nations climate report remind...
Vaccination Nation: How Do You End A Pandemic? from 2023-03-30T20:40:14
On May 11, the United States will end the public health emergency declaration over COVID-19.
As the emergency phase of the pandemic winds down, so too have infection rates. But the CDC stil...
As Interest Rates Soar, Who's Able To Buy A Home? from 2023-03-29T20:14:15
For some Americans, the dream of ownership is becoming less of a reality.
A new report from the National Association of Realtors shows the rate of first-time homebuyers is at its lowest poin...
The Government's Plan To Fix A Broken Organ Transplant System from 2023-03-28T20:36:21
Last week, the government announced plans to completely overhaul the organ transplant system in America. This includes breaking up The United Network for Sharing Organs (UNOS)'s multi-decade monopo...
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1A Remaking America: The End Of Pandemic SNAP Benefit Boosts from 2023-03-27T21:23:01
More than 40 million Americans receive federal SNAP benefits.
Congress boosted these benefits during the pandemic. But the public health emergency is ending on May 11, along with the SNAP b...
The News Roundup For March 24, 2023 from 2023-03-25T14:23:31
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced Wednesday that the Fed would be increasing interest rates for a ninth time in a row. And he was blunt about the reason why he was raising the rate by a...
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The 1A Record Club Sits Down With Hozier from 2023-03-24T21:06:14
Andrew Hozier-Byrne has a lot to celebrate.
Later this year, he'll celebrate the 10-year anniversary of his debut single and biggest hit "Take Me To Church."
It's been four years sinc...
Investigating the 1958 Death of James Brazier from 2023-03-23T17:40:32
The fourth season of "Buried Truths" investigates the death of a Black man in a town known for its violent, racist treatment of people of color. In 1958, James Brazier died of brain damage days aft...
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Alaska, The Willow Project, and The Future of Fossil Fuels from 2023-03-22T17:05:31
On March 13 the Biden administration approved a new oil venture in Alaska called the Willow Project. More than 4.6 million people petitioned against its approval.
It will allow the energy co...
The Future Of Sperm-Related Birth Control from 2023-03-20T20:14:17
The burden of finding the right birth control method typically falls to the person who can get pregnant. Some 90 percent of females have taken a contraceptive at some point in their lives, accordin...
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The 1A Movie Club Recaps The 2023 Oscars from 2023-03-19T20:00:51
Hollywood's biggest night has come and gone. And it was a memorable one, even in the run-up.
Excluding Michelle Yeoh of "Everything Everywhere All At Once", this year's slate of best actor n...
The News Roundup For March 17, 2023 from 2023-03-18T13:02:08
Silicon Valley Bank collapsed this week, sending shockwaves through the financial world.
A judge in Texas heard arguments in a lawsuit against a widely-used abortion medication. The Allianc...
Colleges And Universities Are Betting Big On Sports Gambling from 2023-03-17T23:13
The NCAA College Basketball tournament kicks off Tuesday. Millions of Americans are expected to watch and bet on the NCAA College Basketball tournament that kicked off this week.
According ...
1A Remaking America: What Happens To A Community When A Hospital Closes? from 2023-03-16T21:27:06
Madera Community Hospital closed in December and has now filed for bankruptcy. The emergency room now sits empty, and labor and delivery services have stopped. The hospital's three rural clinics ar...
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The USDA Is Making Sure Your Organic Food Is Organic: Does It Matter? from 2023-03-15T19:44:37
This month, the USDA is implementing stronger oversight of organic products in order to reduce fraud. For a growing number of Americans buying organic, that's good news. The industry reached $63 bi...
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Using Diabetes Medication To Treat Conditions Other Than Diabetes from 2023-03-14T21:54:12
Some Americans are turning to a group of diabetes medications for something other than relief from the disease. Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are making headlines for their ability to stimulate wei...
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1A Remaking America: Crime, The Senate, And Washington D.C. from 2023-03-14T15:58:58
Dozens of Democratic senators voted alongside their Republican counterparts last week on the issue of crime and safety in our nation's capital. The Senate voted 81-14 to block a criminal code rewri...
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Gadget Lab: We Really Recommend This Episode from 2023-03-12T17:46:55
We partnered with our friends at WIRED to bring you a special episode of their podcast Gadget Lab.
For this episode of Gadget Lab, the team takes a look at recomme...
The News Roundup For March 10, 2023 from 2023-03-11T02:57:07
In domestic headlines, the Biden administration is considering reviving a policy that would detain families of migrants who enter the country outside conventional channels.
In Texas, five wo...
The Lessons Learned So Far From Russia's Cyber War On Ukraine from 2023-03-09T22:24:04
It's been over a year since Russia's launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Cyber weapons have continued to play a major role in the war.
Both countries have leveraged 21st-century tec...
The Issues Americans Face Getting Insulin from 2023-03-08T22:56:03
Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced on March 1 that it would cut the cost of its insulin at retail pharmacies by 70 percent. That's for patients with or without insurance.
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Bernie Sanders Thinks It's Okay For You To Be Angry About Capitalism, Too from 2023-03-07T21:29:20
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has become a leading voice in the American left during his 30 years in Congress. He's been staunchly opposed to increases in military defense spending, has been a strong...
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How Child Labor Violations Have Quadrupled Since 2015 from 2023-03-06T22:37:33
Children are working some of the most dangerous jobs in the U.S. according to a new investigation by The New York Times.
Child labor violations have nearly quadrupled since 2015, ac...
The News Roundup For March 3, 2023 from 2023-03-04T04:33:38
On Wednesday, Eli Lilly, one of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies, announced it was slashing the price of its most widely prescribed insulin by 70 percent.
The U.S. Supreme Court ...
1A Remaking America: Can Solar Power Help Fix Drought-Ravaged Farmlands? from 2023-03-02T23:11:56
The American West is experiencing its worst drought in over 1,000 years. That's making a lot of farmers rethink their sustainability practices and reimagine land that has become infertile.
O...
The Kids Aren't Alright: The Post-Pandemic Teen Mental Health Crisis from 2023-03-01T21:38:11
In the wake of the pandemic, many people are struggling with their mental health regardless of their age.
But recently published data from the CDC is shedding light on how teens are faring.<...
The State Of Hospice Care from 2023-02-28T23:41:18
Hospice care in the United States began as a social movement in the 1960s and '70s.
What was once provided mainly by nonprofits, is now a $22.4 billion industry. Now, more than 70 percent o...
Can Cities Go Green Without Driving Gentrification? from 2023-02-27T21:34:44
Cities across the country are using green space to combat the effects of climate change. Many are going beyond tree planting by rezoning abandoned infrastructure — like railroads and suspended high...
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The News Roundup For February 24, 2023 from 2023-02-24T23:32:10
President Joe Biden was in Europe this week, prompting commentary from his critics. Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs says he wants future funding to Ukraine pulled and disagrees that it's America's job to d...
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Officials Are Playing The Blame Game After The East Palestine Train Derailment from 2023-02-24T17:00:53
What do you do when a train carrying toxic chemicals crashes in your town?
East Palestine, Ohio, is finding out the hard way.
A train derailed earlier this month, but the mess still...
Know It All: AI And Police Surveillance from 2023-02-23T23:00:19
Today, artificial intelligence is being used by law enforcement for facial recognition and even predictive policing. It can help solve and prevent crimes, but it's not foolproof. That's resulted in...
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Know It All: Where AI Helps And Hurts In Health Care from 2023-02-22T23:11:11
AI is being used for all kinds of tasks in health care — whether it's administrative ones like taking notes, parsing through patient data, or providing some extra help with reading images.
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Know It All: ChatGPT In The Classroom from 2023-02-21T22:56:03
ChatGPT is incredibly popular online, boasting more than 100 million monthly active users within just two months of its launch last November.
The program is powered by a language model that ...
Know It All: What Is AI And How Will It Shape The Future? from 2023-02-20T20:19:08
We've partnered with our friends at WIRED for a series all about AI; "Know It All: 1A and WIRED's Guide to A.I."
We'll be exploring how AI is transforming education, healthcare, an...
The News Roundup For February 17, 2023 from 2023-02-17T23:37:46
On Thursday, President Joe Biden broke his silence on the recent downings of UFOs in U.S. airspace. He said U.S. intelligence has no indication that three objects shot down in recent days were surv...
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Police Unions And Effective Change In Law Enforcement from 2023-02-16T20:38:25
Over two years ago, the death of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests and prompted renewed calls for police reform. Some even came from police unions themselves. But just last month, another Bl...
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A Closer Look At Pedestrian Safety from 2023-02-15T21:01:16
Since the beginning of the pandemic, traffic deaths have surged in cities across America. 2021 shaped up to be the deadliest for pedestrians in four decades.
Data from the Governors Highway ...
The 1A Movie Club Sees 'Magic Mike's Last Dance' from 2023-02-14T20:50:29
He wears a tie without a suit. His chiseled abs make women melt in their seats. And his hips, well, they don't lie.
We're talking, of course, about Magic Mike.
It's been just over a ...
1A Remaking America: Who Gets To Choose When It Comes To School Choice? from 2023-02-13T22:07:03
The perennial debate over school choice is ramping up once again in state legislatures across the country. At least 11 states are considering or have passed legislation this year that would allow p...
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The News Roundup For February 10, 2023 from 2023-02-10T23:33:33
President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union. Intrusions by Republicans and ad-libs by the former Delaware senator made for a feisty address.
A Neo-Nazi has been charged by th...
Rescue Teams And Civilians Scramble To Save Lives In Turkey from 2023-02-09T21:55:55
A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake in southern Turkey has left rescue teams and civilians scrambling to save lives. Since Monday morning, the Turkish, Kurdish, and Syrian people have walked among c...
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What We Learned From Biden's 2023 State Of The Union Speech from 2023-02-09T00:05:34
President Joe Biden gave his second State of the Union speech Tuesday night. It was his first since Republicans have taken control of the House of Representatives.
The State of the Union is ...
Racial Inequality In The U.S. Tax System from 2023-02-07T20:25:59
Tax season is here and a new study is shedding light on inequalities in our tax system. Black taxpayers are at least three times more likely to be audited by the I.R.S than other taxpayers.
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Remaking America: Recovery High Schools And Teens Facing Addiction from 2023-02-06T22:10:47
Schools have spent decades trying to prevent teens from using drugs and alcohol. The Office of National Drug Control Policy spent $2.9 billion on drug prevention last year alone, but the success ra...
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The News Roundup For February 3, 2023 from 2023-02-03T23:04:01
Hundreds of mourners gathered in Memphis on Wednesday to remember Tyre Nichols. The 29-year-old died days after he was beaten by five Memphis police officers, who were later arrested and charged wi...
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Fighting Back Against Health Insurance Denials from 2023-02-02T19:48:54
Navigating the American healthcare system can be a challenge.
Every year, insurance companies reject millions of claims by patients seeking many types of treatment — everything from MRIs and...
Ron DeSantis And The Battle Over Black History from 2023-02-01T22:21:23
This week, the College Board released the updated framework for its advanced African American Studies course amid backlash from conservative lawmakers over the curriculum.
Florida Gov. Ron D...
Is 'Dry January' Getting Drier? from 2023-01-31T21:30:21
There's been a lot of buzz about alcohol lately. Last year, more than a third of U.S. adults of legal drinking age decided to go sober for an entire month as part of a challenge known as "dry Janua...
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What 100 Years Of Disney Means For American Entertainment from 2023-01-30T21:24:34
What comes to mind when you think of Disney? Princesses searching for love? Talking animals saving the day? Theme parks with fireworks lighting the sky?
The answer is different depending on...
The News Roundup For January 27, 2023 from 2023-01-27T22:18:01
California is still reeling after three mass shootings – including two that happened within three days.
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The Return Of The Sundance Film Festival from 2023-01-26T20:54:49
The Sundance Film Festival is returning to Park City, Utah, with a slate of more than 120 independent films making their debut to an in-person crowd for the ...
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The Curious Case of 'Havana Syndrome' from 2023-01-25T17:29:01
Approximately two dozen American diplomats in Havana, Cuba, first heard piercing, metallic hissing in 2016. They began experiencing nausea, vertigo, headaches, and other cognitive ailments, but doc...
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A TikTok Ban Hangs in the Balance Once Again from 2023-01-24T19:02:30
There are growing efforts to ban the popular social media app TikTok by some U.S. lawmakers.
Negotiations with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States on how to keep TikTok ...
Natasha Lyonne Brings Crime-of-the-Week Mystery In 'Poker Face' from 2023-01-23T17:29:12
In the new mystery series "Poker Face", the protagonist possesses an uncanny ability to tell when anyone is lying.
This gift lands the main character – Charlie Cale, played by Natasha Lyonne...
The News Roundup for January 20, 2023 from 2023-01-20T20:32:13
Conservatives who initially blocked McCarthy from the speaker's gavel have walked away with key committee assignment roles. President Biden travels to California to visit areas hit by extreme weath...
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The U.S. Government Reached its Debt Limit. Now What? from 2023-01-19T19:40:02
The government has reached its "debt limit:" the cap on borrowing that, if breached, could send the U.S. and global financial markets into a tailspin.
To avert such a crisis, Congress must v...
Prince Harry and the Future of the British Monarchy from 2023-01-18T17:05:22
By now, you've probably seen the headlines – and memes – about the revelations Prince Harry includes in his new memoir, "Spare."
Overall, the book is a revealing look into the invisible mach...
The Near Future Looks Turbulent for Airlines from 2023-01-17T17:13:13
Millions of Americans are recovering from travel chaos.
Southwest canceled more than 16,000 flights between Christmas and the New Year. Then, it was deja-vu for travelers last Wednesday afte...
Salute to MLK: The Struggle for Democracy and the Vote from 2023-01-16T19:09:57
Who can vote and how they can cast their ballot are questions as important today as they were almost 60 years ago when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped lead the fight for voting rights.
Thi...
The News Roundup for January 13, 2023 from 2023-01-13T20:03:13
The House finally has its new speaker. A Federal Aviation Administration glitch grounded every flight in the U.S. And Elon Musk now holds the record for the most amount of money ever lost.
M...
Listener Picks: The Problems with Puppy Mills from 2023-01-12T19:09:19
Over 2.6 million dogs in the U.S. originate from commercial breeders, more commonly known as puppy mills. There are countless stories of animals being kept in miserable conditions, small cages, and...
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Listener Picks: The Electric Grid and Climate Change from 2023-01-11T16:39:25
Power utilities are moving away from coal and natural gas power plants and embracing renewable energy sources like hydro, wind, and solar.
But it's a slow turnaround. In the meantime, as flo...
Joe Biden's Gone to the U.S.-Mexico Border. What For? from 2023-01-10T18:28:37
This week, President Biden made his first presidential trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, stopping in El Paso, Texas before heading to a summit in Mexico City.
He announced that his Administrat...
Listener Picks: When Foster Kids Become Adults from 2023-01-09T21:45:15
Around 25,000 kids age out of the foster care system every year in the U.S. What happens when they do?
In the years immediately following their 18th or 21st birthday (depending on the state)...
The News Roundup For January 6, 2023 from 2023-01-06T21:53:15
California Rep. Kevin McCarthy has had better weeks. The Republican expected to get his party's nod to become speaker of the House this week as the new representatives were supposed to be sworn in....
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Recreational Marijuana and Restorative Justice from 2023-01-05T21:10:25
Who is allowed to profit from marijuana legalization?
In New York, the law specifically carves out provisions for those who've been disproportionately impacted by drug laws. It's the latest ...
Why Are Women's Health Concerns Dismissed So Often? from 2023-01-04T21:30:14
From chronic pain to emergency room visits, women's medical concerns are often dismissed at higher rates than those of men.
One study shows that middle-aged women with chest pain were twice ...
What State Legislatures Are Tackling This Year from 2023-01-03T23:33:08
The 2022 midterm elections saw the Democrats break records on the federal and state levels.
Both Republican and Democratic parties will be facing busy legislative sessions this year, with ac...
The Science Of Sticking With It from 2023-01-02T23:01:01
We live a lot of our lives on autopilot, moving through daily routines, obligations, or habits.
But with a new year comes a new opportunity to pause, reset, and make a change.
Once we...
Best Of: The 1A Record Club: 'Spiceworld' And The Evolution Of The Girl Group from 2022-12-30T20:00:34
It's been 25 years since the release of The Spice Girls' second album, "Spiceworld." The record, released on November 1, 1997, went five times platinum.
The group that popularized ...
The Best Books of 2022 from 2022-12-30T00:03:07
The end of the year is a fertile time for reflection to look back on where we've been. The books we've read and loved in a year can tell us all kinds of things—what we've learned, how we've felt, a...
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Octavia Butler's 'Kindred' Is Being Discovered By New Readers, And Viewers from 2022-12-28T22:10:33
In the 1979 novel "Kindred," author Octavia Butler sent her main character – a Black woman – back to the antebellum south of the 1800s.
The sci-fi book is a modern classic – a cornerstone ...
Best Of: The Joys And Pains Of Multigenerational Households from 2022-12-27T23:03:02
Multigenerational living is by no means a new arrangement. But it has become more common in recent years. The number of Americans living in multigenerational households has quadrupled since 1971, a...
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Hugh Bonneville on His Career, 'Downton Abbey,' and Playing Robert DeNiro's Leg from 2022-12-26T18:45:57
You might know him from the television program "Downtown Abbey" Or the film adaptation of the beloved children's story Paddington. Or maybe from the time he played Robert DeNiro's leg.
Well,...
The News Roundup For December 23, 2022 from 2022-12-23T23:04:14
The House Jan. 6 committee investigating the attack on the Capitol released its final report this week, recommending that Donald Trump be prosecuted by the Justice Department on four criminal count...
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How America Is Grappling With Homelessness from 2022-12-22T23:08:17
The Biden Administration announced plans to reduce homelessness in the U.S. by 25 percent by 2025.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued a state of emergency on homelessness as her first act i...
The Race To Curb Fentanyl Deaths from 2022-12-21T20:30:20
More than 100,000 people died last year in America from a drug overdose, most of which involved synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Fentanyl is deadly and it's winding up in street drugs of all...
The Economy, Inflation, And Holiday Spending from 2022-12-20T22:06:48
Since inflation first spiked 18 months ago, Americans have been spending consistently. But it seems like that is beginning to change.
Retail numbers fell 0.6 percent in November according to...
The Next Men's Soccer World Cups from 2022-12-19T20:38:32
The 2022 men's World Cup in Qatar is over. Between human rights abuses, half-filled stadiums, surprise quarter-final runs, the tragic death of a soccer journalism icon, and Lionel Messi's last hurr...
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The News Roundup for December 16, 2022 from 2022-12-16T19:52:58
As COVID infections rise this winter, the White House is restarting its free home COVID test program as part of its new winter plan to head off infections during the holidays and beyond.
Chi...
The Future Of Fertility Treatment from 2022-12-15T22:12:43
The overturn of Roe v. Wade in June brought the idea of "fetal personhood" into state legislatures.
Fetal personhood would grant a fetus' or embryo the same rights as a person. That idea — ...
The 1A Movie Club: The Best Films Of 2022 from 2022-12-14T22:46:55
Cinema fans are talking about "The Whale" for a lot of reasons. One is its director, Darren Aronofsky, who is best known for his intense films like "Black Swan" and "Requiem for a Dream."
A...
Maria Ressa on Social Media, Authoritarian Regimes, and Preserving Democracy from 2022-12-12T20:29:29
Maria Ressa is no stranger to protesting authoritarian regimes.
The international journalist and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner is widely recognized for challenging government corruption in t...
The News Roundup For December 9, 2022 from 2022-12-09T21:43:57
Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock won reelection to Congress this week, defeating Republican rival and f...
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Vaccination Nation: Children And RSV from 2022-12-08T21:56:55
Hospitals around the country are straining to manage an influx of patients, many of whom are battling respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
RSV is a common seasonal infection among children a...
Newtown, 10 years After the Sandy Hook Tragedy from 2022-12-07T18:45:27
It's been 10 years since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, when 20 students and six educators were killed.
Davis Dunavin, who covered the Sandy Hook shooti...
What Do Tech Layoffs Tell Us About The Economy? from 2022-12-06T23:29:11
Sweeping layoffs and hiring freezes have hit the tech industry hard this year. According to Layoffs.fyi, over 50,000 jobs were lost in November alone.
The pandemic was good for the tech indu...
Will America's Investment in Semiconductor Chips Pay Off? from 2022-12-05T18:12:20
Semiconductor chips are expected to make a huge economic impact – one with geopolitical implications.
They're found in popular electronics like smartphones and gaming consoles and also in c...
The News Roundup For December 2, 2022 from 2022-12-02T19:22:50
the House approved legislation on Wednesday that would institute a labor agreement between rail workers and their employers.
Now that control of the House has flipped to the Republicans, Hou...
Most Doctors Are Anxious And Burnt Out; What Can We Do? from 2022-12-01T21:49:22
The pandemic has spread healthcare workers thin over the last few years. With staffing shortages and wave after wave of COVID cases, that wear has become increasingly apparent. But burnout is not n...
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The Indian Child Welfare Act Is Before The Supreme Court. What Is It? from 2022-11-30T22:22:54
The Indian Child Welfare Act is before the Supreme Court once again, almost a decade after Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl.
Earlier this month, the Court heard oral arguments in the c...
The 1A Record Club: 'Spiceworld' And The Evolution Of The Girl Group from 2022-11-29T20:00:24
It's been 25 years since the release of The Spice Girls' second album, "Spiceworld." The record, released on November 1, 1997, went five times platinum.
The group that popularized ...
1A Remaking America: Being A Trans Kid In Texas from 2022-11-28T21:42:22
A record number of bills targeting trans people in the U.S. have passed this year.
In February, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott issued a directive, classifying gender-affirming care as ch...
The Concerning Case Of The 2022 FIFA World Cup In Qatar from 2022-11-25T21:17:17
The world's eyes are on the 32 national soccer teams hoping to win big at this year's FIFA World Cup in Doha, Qatar.
It's the first time the competition is being hosted in the Middle East. A...
Tembi And Attica Locke On Food, Family, And 'From Scratch' from 2022-11-24T17:49:54
In 2019, Tembi Locke published her memoir titled "From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home." In it, she tells the story of how she pieced her life back together after losing her hus...
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ICYMI: Checking In On Haiti from 2022-11-23T22:44:25
In February, Haiti declared that after more than a decade of battling cholera, it had fully eliminated the disease.
Less than a year later – cholera is back, and it's devastating the already...
The Joys And Pains Of Multigenerational Households from 2022-11-23T19:45:36
Multigenerational living is by no means a new arrangement. But it has become more common in recent years. The number of Americans living in multigenerational households has quadrupled since 1971, a...
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Best Of: Does Ticketmaster Have A Monopoly On Live Events? from 2022-11-22T21:58:56
Many popular artists take advantage of a pricing system used by live events company Ticketmaster that sets prices based on demand. The more people waiting in line for tickets, the higher the prices...
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1A Remaking America: Is Our Democracy Truly Representative? from 2022-11-21T19:00:21
Almost half of eligible voters cast a ballot in the most recent election, according to the U.S. Elections Project.
Still, voters can feel lik...
The News Roundup For November 18, 2022 from 2022-11-18T23:48:57
Results from the 2022 midterm elections continued to trickle in this week. The GOP took control of the House of Representatives and the Democrats managed to hold onto the Senate.
Meanwhile,...
1A Remaking America: Redistricting And The Midterm Elections from 2022-11-17T22:19:45
Every ten years, election maps are re-evaluated and redrawn to reflect states' populations. But how the maps are drawn differs from state to state.
So was the outcome of the midterms determ...
Here's How Latinos Voted In The 2022 Midterms from 2022-11-16T20:26:08
As the largest minority group in the United States, Latino voters have a huge say in how elections shake out.
While most Latino voters have traditionally leaned into the Democratic Party, b...
Mushrooms, Slavery, and the Ballot Measures You May Have Missed from 2022-11-15T19:06:22
We've heard a lot about candidates and parties, 132 measures were also on ballots across the U.S. last week.
From decriminalizing psychedelic mushrooms to prohibiting slavery, to implementin...
Election Denial and the Future of the GOP from 2022-11-14T21:11:16
The majority of GOP candidates on the ballot this midterm have denied or challenged the results of the 2020 presidential election.
So far, election-denying candidates have performed slightly...
The News Roundup For November 11, 2022 from 2022-11-11T22:44:23
The midterms are largely over, but the nation is still waiting for some key results. The "red wave" Republicans predicted failed to materialize and Democrats managed to hang on to contested seats a...
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Election Roundup: The 'Blue Wall', Down Ballots, And The Latest from 2022-11-10T22:32:13
Results are still being declared in the U.S. midterm elections. Control of Congress hangs in the balance.
Republicans seem poised to take control of the House of Representatives. But the Se...
Election Roundup: The Fate Of Congress Is Still Up In The Air from 2022-11-09T22:56:01
For weeks, Republicans have been predicting a "red wave" would wash over the U.S. this midterm cycle.
But that wave did not materialize.
Control of Congress is still up in the air,...
1A Remaking America: When State And Local Politics Don't Match from 2022-11-08T22:14:59
For many, voting is a chance to make sure their voices are heard. But full and fair representation can feel out of reach depending on where you live and the party that dominates your district.
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What Is And Isn't Allowed At The Polling Place from 2022-11-07T23:19:18
More than 35 million people have already voted in this year's midterm election, that's according to the United States Elections Project.
But poll workers and voters alike are getting ready ...
The News Roundup For November 4, 2022 from 2022-11-04T20:51:26
The first days of Elon Musk's Twitter have been full of controversy. The Tesla co-founder fired the company's board of directors and is planning to lay off about half the existing workforce in an a...
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1A Remaking America: Targeting Voters With Data from 2022-11-03T21:55:23
Political spending is at an all-time high. Campaigns will spend almost $10 billion this year on advertising, according to AdImpact.
But what are the rules? And in a world where every digital...
The Future Of Affirmative Action from 2022-11-02T20:50:55
Affirmative action is once again on the Supreme Court docket.
Two separate cases have been filed that argue against Affirmative Action and court watchers believe the policy could be doomed ...
How Republican Primaries Are Testing Trump's Influence from 2022-05-03T15:50:36
The Ohio primary kicks off a month of similar contests in vital swing states from Pennsylvania to Georgia. And there's one unofficial candidate on the ballot: former President Donald Trump.
How Can Elon Musk Borrow Billions? from 2022-05-02T16:04:30
For almost all of us, $44 billion is an amount of money we can't even fathom—let alone access in order to buy one of the largest social media companies in the world.
But Elon Musk is pois...
Time Travel, Autofiction, And Pandemics. Emily St. John Mandel's New Novel Has It All from 2022-05-01T12:35:16
Her claim to fame came in 2014 with her fourth novel, "Station Eleven" — a post-apocalyptic pandemic survival tale that's garnered new meaning over the last two years.
Now, Emily...
The News Roundup For April 29, 2022 from 2022-04-29T16:04:28
Moderna has asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under six. When can we expect a decision from the F.D.A.?
The top infectious disease expert in...
Elon Musk Bought Twitter. What's Next? from 2022-04-28T15:20:34
This week, Twitter accepted a $44 billion buyout offer from Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk.
As part of the purchase, Musk, who calls himself a "free speech absolutist," will gain tota...
Why Are Masks Such A Big Deal For So Many? Psychologists Have Thoughts from 2022-04-27T16:32:25
If you've been on a flight or taken public transit recently, you might've seen fewer masks on fewer faces. This is because a Florida judge struck down the federal travel mask mandate last Monday.
The History Of America's Fight For Fair Labor from 2022-04-26T16:21:28
The pandemic has prompted a lot of change.
One considerable shift? Workers telling bosses they're not gonna take it anymore. The so-called Great Resignation hasn't slowed so far in 2022. I...
Remaking America: The Supreme Court, The Shadow Docket, And America's Trust from 2022-04-25T15:53:43
The shadow docket sounds like a bad movie from the 1940s. In real life, the phrase denotes the Supreme Court's emergency decisions that are usually procedural and come with little explanation.
Best Of: Getting Gorgeous With Jonathan Van Ness from 2022-04-24T09:00:38
If you've ever watched Netflix's wildly popular show "Queer Eye," you definitely know Jonathan Van Ness.
The show's reboot was a smash hit, catapulting its stars into the spotlight. Recogn...
The News Roundup For April 22, 2022 from 2022-04-22T15:58:35
The federal government's mandate concerning masks on transportation was dropped this week after a judge in Florida overturned it. Airlines announced the change abruptly on social media, in terminal...
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Vaccination Nation: Masks Off, BA.2 On from 2022-04-20T15:07:08
Airports and planes went maskless for the first time in two years the same day that Philadelphia reinstated its indoor mask mandate.
A federal judge in Florida struck down a request to e...
Here's Where And Why The Gender Wage Gap Is Closing from 2022-04-19T16:01:02
When it comes to women succeeding in the workforce, there's a lot to talk about.
The "She-cession," burnout, and, of course, wages.
Despite all of that, there is some progress in ...
The Biden Administration Just Regulated 'Ghost Guns.' What Does That Mean? from 2022-04-18T16:30:28
The Biden administration has unveiled a new rule that regulates "ghost guns" — untraceable firearms that are built privately (sometimes through 3-D printing) and don't have serial numbers.
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The News Roundup For April 15, 2022 from 2022-04-15T14:41:22
President Joe Biden declared that Russia's actions in Ukraine are a "genocide" this week. The president made this remark just one day before the U.S. promised more aid to Ukraine in the form of mil...
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Doctors Who Provide Gender-Affirming Care Prepare For Growing Restrictions from 2022-04-14T14:51:24
More than a dozen states have drafted or voted on restrictions to critical healthcare for trans youth.
But it's not just the 150,000 American kids who identify as transgender trans youth t...
Russia Has Been Accused Of War Crimes. But Will Anyone Be Tried For Them? from 2022-04-13T16:18:25
This week, the European Union announced it will provide funding and support to prosecutors from the International Criminal Court who are investigating alleged war crimes.
The United States...
Why Is Authoritarianism Surging Worldwide? from 2022-04-12T15:25:21
As Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine rages on, authoritarianism is surging.
A report from the pro-democracy nonprofit Freedom House found that global democracy has declined for the 16th year...
Our Climate Is Heating Up And We Know How To Stop It. But Will We? from 2022-04-11T15:11:43
The latest report from the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change focuses on how communities can prevent the worst of the climate crisis. It goes well beyond meatless Mondays and...
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Best Of: Diagnosing Mental Health and 'A Molecule Away from Madness' from 2022-04-10T10:43:18
More than 50 million Americans each year suffer from neurodegenerative disorders, from Alzheimer's Disease to Huntington's Disease.
We speak with University of Pennsylvania neuroscientist ...
The News Roundup For April 8, 2022 from 2022-04-08T13:47:18
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed as President Joe Biden's first nomination to the Supreme Court.
Lawmakers are headed to Europe. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is leadi...
1A Remaking America: The Fight For Abortion Access from 2022-04-07T15:00:30
Texas' new law restricting abortion is felt beyond its borders. In neighboring Oklahoma, the governor says he's ready to approve a bill that would make performing an abortion a felony — punishable ...
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The Promises Of 'Gentle Parenting' from 2022-04-06T15:02:39
The pantheon of classic American parenting techniques is vast. But parenting changes over time, even if its difficulty stays the same. And many families choose to tackle that difficulty differently...
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What We Lose When We Rebuild War-Torn Cities from 2022-04-05T14:03:54
The war in Ukraine is continuing to affect people living in the country's cities.
Bombing in Kiev and Mariupol has left homes, schools, and hospitals destroyed. Comparisons are being draw...
What's Really Behind America's 'Free Speech Problem' from 2022-04-04T16:28:57
"America has a free speech problem."
That New York Times headline recently reignited an ongoing debate over free speech and how it's applied.
Critics were swift to debu...
Best Of: Actors Marlee Matlin And Troy Kotsur Make Movie History In 'CODA' from 2022-04-03T10:30:06
This year, CODA won three Oscars, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
"CODA" takes us into the world of the close-knit Rossi ...
The News Roundup For April 1, 2022 from 2022-04-01T15:30:46
As the war in Ukraine rages on, and oil prices remain in flux. President Joe Biden has promised to send more aid to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his forces while also releasing barre...
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In Case You Missed It: Nutrition 101 from 2022-03-31T15:43:02
From the food wheel, to the food pyramid, to MyPlate, schools in the U.S. have incorporated food education into their curricula. But does the way we learn about nutrition really set us up for a hea...
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In Case You Missed It: Personal Finance 101 from 2022-03-30T15:19:36
If you could put a grade on your financial wellness, what would it be?
When we asked you earlier this year about what you wished you learned in school, many of you said personal finance. ...
In Case You Missed It: Civic Education 101 from 2022-03-29T15:40:08
Each year, the federal government spends roughly $50 per student on STEM education. It spends 5 cents per student per year on civic education.
It's no wonder that nearly a quarter of Ameri...
In Case You Missed It: Media Literacy 101 from 2022-03-28T15:51:36
Our series, "In Case You Missed It," dives into topics you maybe wish you'd learned in school. We speak with leading experts and educators so we can help catch you up.
In this episode, we...
News Roundup for March 25, 2022 from 2022-03-25T15:52
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson concluded a week of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, facing aggressive questioning by GOP lawmakers regarding her past as a public defend...
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes History from 2022-03-24T16:40:37
For the first time since the Supreme Court's founding in 1790, a Black woman may sit on the bench.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's Supreme Court pick, is expected to be...
Who Are Russia's Oligarchs And What Power Do They Hold? from 2022-03-23T15:21:02
More than 1,000 Russians and their families have been hit with economic sanctions since Russia invaded Ukraine. The list includes Roman Abramovich, the owner of the English Premier League team Chel...
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Best Of: The Groundbreaking Latinos Behind Disney's 'Encanto' from 2022-03-22T08:37:57
The Oscars are just around the corner. And Disney's "Encanto" is going for a trio of Academy Awards including best original score, best original song, and best animated feature.
But before...
How The War In Ukraine Is Affecting Afghanistan's Growing Famine from 2022-03-21T16:13:31
It's been more than six months since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
The United Nations refugee agency predicted that by the end of last yea...
News Roundup for March 18, 2022 from 2022-03-18T20:33:40
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Congress in a special session this week, asking the United States to send more aid to his country as they continue to fight off Russian invaders.
What Does 'Return to Normal' Mean For The Immunocompromised? from 2022-03-17T16:28
According to the most recent guidance from the CDC, most of the country no longer needs to mask up in public But those loosened restrictions don't apply to at least 7 million people nationwide who ...
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What Does It Mean To Be Energy Independent? from 2022-03-16T14:52:10
The U.S. produces a lot of oil — currently more than 11 billion barrels a day. It produces so much oil and natural gas that overall, it sells more to other countries than it buys from foreign sourc...
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How Countries Use Sports To Improve Their Image from 2022-03-15T15:05:08
Sportswashing is the practice of laundering one's reputation through sports; whether that be through team ownership, hosting a major tournament, or sponsorship. A country or politician gets involve...
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Best Of: Harvey Fierstein on Broadway, drag, and his legendary voice from 2022-03-13T15:42:12
Harvey Fierstein first questioned his gender when he was 7 years old. The Tony-award-winning playwright behind Broadway hits including "Kinky Boots" and "Newsies" recounts the story in his new memo...
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News Roundup for March 11, 2022 from 2022-03-11T17:22:51
Despite discussions to the contrary, U.S. authorities at the Pentagon have ruled out sending fighter jets to Ukraine, fearing Russian escalation of the conflict.
Governments and companies ...
What The Latest UN Climate Report Says About Our Future from 2022-03-10T15:17:09
A big story has been lurking in the background these last few weeks – climate change. Last week the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report: "Climate Ch...
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The Pandemic Is Making America's Maternal Mortality Rate Worse from 2022-03-09T15:58:21
A new report from the CDC reveals that pregnancy-related death rates are going up. In 2020, pregnancy-related mortality rose by nearly 20 percent compared to the previous year.
This is al...
How Russia Is Stopping You From Knowing What It Doesn't Want You To Know from 2022-03-08T15:30:09
Following the passage of laws in Russia last week, people can now receive up to 15 years in prison for publicly opposing the war in Ukraine—or for even calling it a "war" to begin with.
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America's Truck Driver Crisis Is Complicated from 2022-03-07T14:22:23
Truck driving in America remains in crisis. There are 80,000 fewer drivers on the road than needed, according to the American Trucker's Association.
This dearth is having a ripple effect o...
Best Of: Marlon James On Building A Fantasy World from 2022-03-06T11:46:09
Marlon James is the author of five books. His 2014 novel, "A Brief History of Seven Killings," won the Man Booker Prize in 2015.
"Seven Killings" tells the story of post-colonial ...
News Roundup for March 04, 2022 from 2022-03-04T17:08
U.S. authorities continue to explore the nation's options in Ukraine. Sanctions continue to be placed on Putin's economy, leading the country's currency to fall in value and many Russians to withdr...
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The Number Of People Fleeing Ukraine Is Growing from 2022-03-03T16:37:02
More than a million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded last week.
It's the largest mass exodus in Europe since the Balkan War in the 1990s. The U.N. warns that number could reac...
No-knock Warrants Are Under Scrutiny Again from 2022-03-02T15:34:45
Last month, 22-year-old Amir Locke was killed by a Minneapolis SWAT officer during a raid in the apartment in which he was staying.
The officer was using a no-knock warrant, allowing law ...
How Spanish-Language Misinformation Will Play A Role In The 2022 Midterms from 2022-03-01T15:45:20
Texas kicks off the 2022 midterm elections March 1. But Democrats and political strategists have been raising the alarm about a problem months before ballots were ready to be cast: Spanish-language...
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What's Next For the Russian Invasion Of Ukraine? from 2022-02-28T16:13:16
The battle for Ukraine could come to an end soon. Despite Russia's best efforts to invade its neighbor this weekend, Ukrainians held the capital city of Kyiv. Now, ceasefire talks between the two n...
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Best Of: Pop-punk's Sophomore Slump Or The Comeback Of The Year? from 2022-02-27T12:49:02
Twenty years after Avril Lavigne released her first album, "Let Go," the pop-punk star is back with a new record.
Her return coincides with a resurgence of the pop-punk genre. Olivia Rodri...
News Roundup for February 25, 2022 from 2022-02-25T16:46:14
After weeks of speculation and diplomacy, Russia invaded Ukraine. Explosions reported in Ukraine Wednesday night into Thursday and Russian troops are moving into the region.
The House Inte...
The Fallout From Two Controversial Sets Of Restrictions from 2022-02-24T15:12:06
Last September, a set of voting restrictions known as SB-1 was signed after a flood of protests, peaking with state Democrats flying to Washington to break quorum and delay a vote on the bill.
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What We Need To Know About Crypto from 2022-02-23T16:00:45
Why is so much money flowing into crypto? Whether its ads for new apps or the big bucks behind those lobbying for digital currencies, it is here. Central Bank digital currencies (CBDC's) are coming...
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Putin Makes His Move In Ukraine from 2022-02-22T15:19:47
After weeks of tension between Ukraine, Russia, and the West, things seem to have quickly bubbled over.
Last night, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his defense ministry to send tr...
The Scientific Method: How We Understand Anxiety from 2022-02-21T14:58:35
Many of us know what it feels like to have anxiety even if we don't know what to call it. It may feel like tightness in your chest or an overwhelming fear of what's to come.And it's no surprise tha...
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Best Of: British Roots Musician Yola On Standing For Herself from 2022-02-20T12:20:34
When pandemic lockdowns hit in 2020, Yola had a choice to make: stay in her hometown of Bristol, England, or move full time to Nashville and finish her new album, "Stand For Myself."
Yol...
News Roundup for February 18, 2022 from 2022-02-18T17:03:11
As the year progresses, case counts of the omicron variant are falling to levels below the peak of the delta variant. However, deaths due to COVID-19 remain steady.
The Biden administratio...
Going Back To The '90s With Chuck Klosterman from 2022-02-17T17:19:09
When the 1990s began, hardly anyone in America was online. When it ended, nearly everyone was.
In between, a lot happened: Nirvana, "Seinfeld," "Friends," the Clinton presidency, "The Matr...
The Bills Targeting LGBTQ Students from 2022-02-16T14:32:07
Schools continue to be at the center of today's political conflicts. Lawmakers across the U.S. are introducing bills that would significantly impact LGBTQ students.
We talk about why these...
The Presidential Campaign That Changed American Politics from 2022-02-15T15:08:30
Some political historians believe the roots of our presidential nomination process and much of the polarization in our politics can be traced to a presidential campaign 50 years ago.
In 19...
A 1A Valentine's Day: Broken Hearts And Why Romance Novels Are More Timely Than Ever from 2022-02-14T16:25:53
In honor of Valentine's Day, we're taking on two love-centered topics.
First we'll explore how a 'broken heart' is more than just a figure of speech and the science behind heartache.
Best Of: 'Believe In Yourself': Remembering 25 Years Of 'Arthur' from 2022-02-13T14:03:38
After 25 years on the air, PBS Kids' "Arthur" is ending.
But don't worry. We'll find out what the characters are like all grown up in the show's finale, which airs at the end of the month....
News Roundup for February 11, 2022 from 2022-02-11T14:28:51
Despite state after state easing masking restrictions in both indoor and outdoor spaces, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to recommend using masks in indoor settings.
What We Can Learn About Privacy From Faith-based Apps from 2022-02-10T17:00:06
For-profit faith apps are rising in popularity and the tech industry is on board.
The popularity of the apps was buoyed by the pandemic. Religious services moved online and people sought o...
Why Is the Rent So Damn High? from 2022-02-09T16:05:43
Rental rates across the country are increasing, and when it comes to whose rent is rising fastest Austin, Texas, is on top. According to Redfin's rental market tracker, Austin's rental rates for n...
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How Much Longer Can Spotify Back Joe Rogan? from 2022-02-08T15:41:37
Joe Rogan and Spotify came under fire again last week.
In response to the aftermath of an interview Rogan did with a doctor that spread falsehoods and misinformation about the COVID-19 vac...
The Pandemic Is Taking A Toll On Parents Of Young Children from 2022-02-07T15:07:08
For parents with young children, the anxiety induced by the pandemic has been compounded by the stress that accompanies school closures and childcare shortages.
Additionally, children unde...
Best Of: Rachel Lindsay On Being The First Black Bachelorette from 2022-02-06T10:33:01
Now entering its 20th year, ABC's popular franchise, "The Bachelor", is one of the longest running and most popular programs on the air.
But, despite the show's long history on the air, i...
News Roundup for February 04, 2022 from 2022-02-04T15:48:10
The situation at the border between Ukraine and Russia continues to develop. U.S. troops were sent to Poland and Romania as peace talks between Russia, the U.S., and other NATO member nations stall...
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How Supervised Drug Consumption Sites Could Help Solve The Opioid Crisis from 2022-02-03T17:01:16
More than one million people have died of overdoses in the U.S. since 1999. That rate has increased in the age of COVID-19.
Two months ago, New York City opened the United States' first o...
What Reconstruction Teaches Us About Today's Politics from 2022-02-02T15:30:25
A new report from the nonprofit Zinn Education Project found that 45 states have insufficient or non-existent lesson coverage of Reconstruction in schools.
Historians warn that eclipsing t...
What China and Africa's Partnership Means For the World from 2022-02-01T16:08:41
The world's eyes will once again fall on China at the end of the week when the country hosts the 2022 Winter Olympics.
But China itself will be keeping at least some of its attention a con...
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is Retiring. What's Next? from 2022-01-31T16:22:57
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement last week. The departure of the oldest justice on the bench allows President Joe Biden to make good on his promise to nominate a Black ...
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Best Of: Hanya Yanagihara And Bernardine Evaristo from 2022-01-30T08:20:38
For this episode of 1A's Sunday Podcast, we bring you two conversations with two authors.
First, we speak with Hanya Yanagihara about her new novel, "To Paradise." It's topped al...
News Roundup for January 28, 2022 from 2022-01-28T15:24:33
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced plans to retire. Now, President Joe Biden has the chance to make his first SCOTUS nomination, indicating he will select a Black woman as his pick to s...
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Could Animals Be The Solution To America's Organ Problem? from 2022-01-27T16:01:58
This year, scientists at the University of Alabama performed the transplant of genetically-modified pig kidneys into a brain-dead human being. And this month, surgeons at the University of Maryland...
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What's Happening Inside Our Brains When We Navigate from 2022-01-26T15:47:25
Most of us also know how good we are at navigating. If you rate yourself on a scale of one to ten, a scientific test will likely give you about the same score.
Scientist and science writer...
How The Pandemic Is Changing American Cinema from 2022-01-25T15:45:36
With vaccines in play and a better understanding of air ventilation, theaters were supposed to open their doors again. And they did... sort of.
Ticket sales in 2021 outpaced 2020. But wer...
Can The Situation Between Russia And Ukraine Be Resolved Before An Invasion? from 2022-01-24T15:23:50
The potential for a Russian invasion in Ukraine continues to grow. According to the U.K.'s Foreign Office, Russian officials are already discussing potential pro-Russian leadership to replace Ukrai...
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News Roundup for January 21, 2022 from 2022-01-21T18:39:24
The post-holiday omicron wave seems to have crested as case totals in states across the nation are beginning to fall. COVID-related deaths, however, are still high, totaling approximately 2,000 a d...
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When the Air You Breathe Is Toxic from 2022-01-20T13:52:54
Nestled near the small town of Institute in West Virginia is the Union Carbide chemical manufacturing plant. And while it's been a source for jobs in the area for decades, many residents of Institu...
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Why It's A Bad Time To Need A Hospital Bed Even If You Don't Have COVID-19 from 2022-01-19T16:27:58
Omicron is surging. That means hospitals are filling up again.
That also means it's a pretty bad time to need an ICU bed if you don't have COVID-19. Dozens of hospitals across the country...
Remote Learning Ushered In A New Era Of Online Academic Surveillance. What's Next? from 2022-01-18T16:02:16
According to a recent survey from the Center for Democracy and Technology, around 80 percent of K-12 schools are now using software that tracks students' computer activity.
Companies can ...
The News Roundup For January 14, 2022 from 2022-01-14T15:39:24
Omicron continues to spread through the U.S. this winter. Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have doubled in more than a dozen states.
The President Joe Biden announced a plan to require he...
What The End Of The Child Tax Credit Means For Childhood Poverty from 2022-01-13T14:56:44
The advanced child tax credit has ended. Families will have to pay for rent, food, and child care without that help from the federal government.
The credit, however, wasn't meant to be tem...
The Lessons Learned From America's Reliance On Military Contractors In Afghanistan from 2022-01-12T15:52:38
In 2020, the Department of Defense awarded more money in federal contracts than all other government agencies combined. And one study found that nearly half of defense spending for the wars in Iraq...
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The Future Of The Frenzied Auto Market from 2022-01-11T16:21:24
2021 was a challenging year for the auto industry. A chip shortage and supply chain issues meant that we saw an estimated seven million fewer cars on the market.
And fewer cars means consu...
The CDC's New COVID Guidelines and American Workers from 2022-01-10T16:11:02
New CDC guidance says people who've tested positive for COVID-19 only need to quarantine for five days as long as they wear a mask in public for five more days and are no longer symptomatic.
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The News Roundup for January 07, 2022 from 2022-01-07T17:34:38
This week saw the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Thursday, saying, "You can't love your country only when you win."
After The Riot: Young Voters On The State Of Our Democracy from 2022-01-06T17:03:56
A new poll from the Harvard Institute of Politics paints a grim picture of the way most young Americans view our democracy: "in trouble" or "failing."
We ask three young voters to reflect ...
After The Riot: The Extremism That Fueled The Capitol Insurrection from 2022-01-05T15:40:51
Nearly 90 percent of those arrested in relation to the Capitol insurrection were not part of far right extremist groups or militias. And though their actions were extreme, their motivations and bel...
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After The Riot: The 'Big Lie' and the future of the GOP from 2022-01-04T15:21:09
When Trump supporters stormed the Capitol a year ago, they were motivated in part by what some analysts and authorities call "the big lie."
It's a conspiracy theory embraced by former Pre...
One Year Later: Police action and accountability after the Capitol insurrection from 2022-01-03T16:58:14
Last year on Jan. 3, an internal Capitol Police intelligence report warned that Congress could be targeted by a mob of Trump supporters in the coming days. Later that day, then-U.S. Capitol Police ...
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How Singer-Songwriter Joy Oladokun Is Defending Her Own Happiness from 2021-12-29T15:20:36
Nashville singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun found wild success this past year despite a deep uncertainty surrounding the music industry.
Her soulful, honest lyrics are finding their way into ...
Brené Brown on the power of naming our emotions from 2021-12-27T14:13:20
If you were asked to describe all the different emotions you've felt in the last year, what would you say?
You might say you've felt fear or worry. Maybe you'd recall moments of joy and wo...
The News Roundup for December 23, 2021 from 2021-12-23T17:39:53
Omicron is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the U.S., accounting for 73 percent of new cases. Health authorities say this strain is likely to result in more infections but fewer hospitalizati...
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A holiday update on the omicron variant from 2021-12-22T16:04:26
The holiday season is underway, just as the nation grapples with an alarming surge of COVID-19 cases.
In New York state, reports of new cases shot up 80 percent in two weeks. Washington, ...
What modern drone warfare means for both civilians and soldiers from 2021-12-21T16:31:22
Last week, the Pentagon announced that no one would be disciplined for the U.S. drone airstrike that killed ten Afghan civilians in August.
New reporting suggests that decision follows a p...
The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope is almost here. What will we discover? from 2021-12-20T16:48:16
It's been more than 20 years since scientists set their sights on creating a successor for the Hubble telescope.
Now, the James Webb Space Telescope — a $10 billion infrared instrument — i...
Jane Goodall Wants You To Remain Hopeful from 2021-12-19T11:32:02
Jane Goodall is best known for her groundbreaking work studying chimpanzees in the wild. She's dedicated nearly 60 years to environmental activism, and says she's remains hopeful.
We tal...
The News Roundup for December 17, 2021 from 2021-12-17T16:14:44
The COVID death total in the United States has now passed 800,000. Measures to fight this pandemic are developing. Dr. Anthony Fauci announced that the current COVID booster shots are strong enough...
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The Facts Of, The Myths About, And The Solutions For Child Trafficking from 2021-12-16T15:11:40
The prosecution rested its case last week in the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, the New York socialite and alleged accomplice of billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Advocates for survivor...
The Midwest Tornadoes, Climate Change, And The Future Of Extreme Weather from 2021-12-15T16:31:01
On Friday, deadly tornadoes tore through parts of the Midwest and the South. They touched down in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi, and Missouri, with western Kentucky the harde...
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What We've Learned About Identifying And Treating Long-Haul COVID from 2021-12-14T16:10:59
It's estimated that over half of the 270 million people diagnosed with COVID-19 worldwide since December 2019 will experience post-COVID symptoms.
These symptoms can be wide-ranging and de...
What's In The $768 Billion Defense Bill? from 2021-12-13T18:55:01
A $768 billion defense bill passed the House last week. This was over $20 billion bigger than what President Joe Biden had asked for. Now, it's going to the Senate.
The United States alrea...
The News Roundup for December 10, 2021 from 2021-12-10T16:12:50
Some 60 percent of Americans are now fully vaccinated. Pfizer says tests show that its booster shot is promising in protecting against omicron.
Mark Meadows, President Donald Trump's forme...
When A Kid Takes A Gun, Who's Responsible? from 2021-12-09T17:13:33
It's extremely rare for gun owners to be held responsible when a child gets a hold of their weapon.
A Washington Post investigation found that there were 84 school shootings fro...
What Happens When Social Workers, Not Armed Officers, Respond To 911 Calls? from 2021-12-08T15:41:10
In September, Albuquerque became the latest city to establish a new category of first responder: social worker.
It's part of a growing movement to shift 911 calls for mental health, substa...
Anita Hill On Gender Violence, The Law, And 'Believing' from 2021-12-07T15:30:17
It's been thirty years since Anita Hill testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee over allegations of sexual harassment against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.
Since the...
When It Comes to Omicron, Do Travel Restrictions Work? from 2021-12-06T16:12:27
Countries worldwide are scrambling to address the spread of the omicron variant. Part of that response has included travel restrictions.
The U.S. has restricted travel from a number of cou...
Nick Offerman On Being An 'Ignorant American' from 2021-12-05T09:00:06
Nick Offerman is an actor, a woodworker, and he's also written a few books. But you may know him best as the super libertarian Ron Swanson from NBC's hit comedy, Parks and Recreation.
The News Roundup for December 3, 2021 from 2021-12-03T16:52:25
Following South Africa's initial reports, the omicron variant was detected in the United States. Officials at the Centers for Disease Control are working to impose strict testing requirements for i...
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SCOTUS v. Roe v. Wade from 2021-12-02T15:48:28
The future of Roe v. Wade is uncertain.
The case legalized a woman's right to an abortion in 1973, and this week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that considers the legali...
St. Jude Makes Big Promises. Do They Hold Up? from 2021-12-01T15:18:14
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital fundraises on the promise that "families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is...
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The Omicron Variant, Infected Deer, And Where The Pandemic Goes From Here from 2021-11-30T15:26:06
An estimated 53 million Americans returned from their holiday travel this weekend to news of a new variant of COVID-19.
The Omicron variant was first detected in South Africa and cases hav...
Transgender Troops On Protecting Their Right To Serve from 2021-11-29T15:59
On January 25, President Biden reversed the Trump administration's ban on transgender people serving in the military.But the door remains open for future administrations to reinstate it.
S...
Food, Traditions, and Turkey Day: Old and New from 2021-11-25T10:00:50
Last year, many families across the U.S. chose to stay home and go without their Thanksgiving and other holiday traditions to limit the spread of coronavirus. But for some, a minimal holiday season...
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The Pandemic Saw A Spike In Traffic Deaths. What's Being Done To Stop It? from 2021-11-24T14:27:39
When cities shut down at the start of the pandemic, streets were emptier. There was more speeding, more drinking and driving, and less seatbelt-wearing. Deaths and serious injuries spiked for drive...
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Why Guilty Pleasures Shouldn't Make Us Feel Guilty from 2021-11-23T16:40:19
In July 2019, Rax King published an essay about Food Network Star Guy Fieri. The so-called mayor of Flavortown is known for his bleached hair, bowling shirts, and rhyming exclamations ("so much sal...
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Judges from 2021-11-22T14:19:24
Kyle Rittenhouse has been acquitted of all charges in a criminal trial that's underscored deep divides over gun rights, vigilantism, and racial justice protests.
And throughout the trial, ...
The News Roundup for November 19, 2021 from 2021-11-19T15:56:16
The 12 jurors charged with deciding the verdict in the case of Kyle Rittenhouse began deliberations Tuesday morning.
Eighty percent of Americans 12 and over have received at least one shot...
2021, The Year Of The 'Sad Girl' from 2021-11-18T15:36:12
Between Adele's new album"30," Taylor Swift's re-release of "Red," and a new song from Mitski, it's been quite a month for so-called "sad girl" music – a category of female artists whose searing, p...
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Homicide Or Self-Defense: The Rittenhouse And Arbery Cases from 2021-11-17T15:30:41
Jury deliberations are underway in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. The 17-year-old is charged with homicide following the shooting deaths of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum. The shooting occurred...
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Clearing Camps: The Pandemic, America's Cities, And Homelessness from 2021-11-16T16:26:01
The pandemic exposed many gaps in modern society, but few people are more familiar with those gaps than those experiencing homelessness. That's especially true in Washington D.C., where the number ...
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The Maps Are In: The Redistricting Process And The Midterm Elections from 2021-11-15T15:19:43
It's that time of the year: states are releasing their new congressional maps.
The maps drawn during the redistricting process are significant because of what they could reveal about the 2...
'Southern Belle Insults' with Keke Palmer And Jasmine Guillory from 2021-11-14T11:19:31
If you follow Keke Palmer on social media, you're probably familiar with her alter ego, Lady Miss Jacqueline, and her southern belle insults.
Now, the character is being brought to life as...
The News Roundup for November 12, 2021 from 2021-11-12T22:44:40
Republican Rep. Paul Gosar came under for this week for tweeting an animated video of him killing Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and President Joe Biden. Gosar's face is superimposed over...
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When Schools Ban Books from 2021-11-11T15:36:54
In late October, Republican Texas state legislator Matt Krause wrote a letter to the Texas Education Agency asking it to look into how 850 books are being used in state schools. According to a brea...
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Travis Scott, Astroworld, and Crowd Safety from 2021-11-10T14:07:49
At least eight people have died and 300 hundred were injured due to crowd surges this weekend at a Houston-based music festival called Astroworld. It's estimated that 50,000 people attended. It was...
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Probing COP 26's Promises from 2021-11-09T15:28:15
Climate change is a global problem. That's why most of the world's leaders have been meeting in Scotland for the last week at a United Nations Climate Conference known as COP26.
It's the ...
Codifying Consent: California's New Law On 'Stealthing.' from 2021-11-08T16:30:39
Last month, California became the first state to outlaw "stealthing" — the slang term for removing a condom during sex without consent.
Advocates say the ban could catalyze a legislative s...
Huma Abedin Steps Out Of The Background from 2021-11-07T08:56:47
From Hillary Clinton's time in the White House as the first lady to her most recent presidential run, Huma Abedin has walked briskly behind.
She's been called Hillary's shadow and right-ha...
The News Roundup for November 5, 2021 from 2021-11-05T15:01:59
It was a big week for elections around the nation. Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia gubernatorial election. Michelle Wu became the first-ever pe...
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The News Roundup for November 5, 2021 from 2021-11-05T15:01:59
It was a big week for elections around the nation. Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia gubernatorial election. Michelle Wu became the first-ever pe...
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When It Comes to Immigration Where Does the Biden Administration Stand? from 2021-11-04T14:32:53
President Joe Biden campaigned on the promise to build a fair and humane immigration system. Now, immigration advocates are pressuring him to end two policies from the Trump Administration, includi...
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The NRA's Misfire from 2021-11-03T15:30:40
The National Rifle Association is in trouble. The organization filed for bankruptcy in January 2021 in an attempt to head off ongoing litigation threatening the group. The most serious is a case br...
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The Daylight Saving Debate from 2021-11-02T15:00
This weekend marks the end of Daylight Saving Time... for this year anyway.
But there's a bill in Congress to make it permanent, which would mean never changing our clocks again.
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Inflation Nation: The Long-Term Effects Of Rising Costs from 2021-11-01T16:49:06
Prices are going up, and according to economists, there's a good chance they're not coming back down for a while.
A breakdown in the global supply chain and a shortage of workers are driv...
Listen If You Dare: Exploring Our Belief In Ghosts from 2021-10-31T16:08:58
Phantoms. Spirits. Apparitions. The other side. Nearly half of Americans believe in ghosts. The concept of spirits is present in cultures around the world. Their existence permeates books,...
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The News Roundup for October 29, 2021 from 2021-10-29T15:20:31
Reports indicate that the Biden administration privately told interested lawmakers that the portion of the social spending bill devoted to climate will amount to $500 billion. If true, the climate ...
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Extremely Online: What's Up With WhatsApp? from 2021-10-28T15:10:04
WhatsApp has over 2 billion users worldwide, but some Americans were unaware of just how popular it is until the Facebook outage earlier this month.
WhatsApp has also fallen victim to pr...
What It's Like To Come Of Age During A Pandemic from 2021-10-27T15:35:02
The last year and a half has certainly been rough on teens across the country.
But what else has it meant? Introspection? Growth? Connection? Action? For three high school students, all o...
Life In Prison Gets a New Chapter from 2021-10-26T15:26:23
Since 2017, the podcast Ear Hustle has showcased the daily realities of life inside San Quentin State Prison in California. Eight seasons later, it's still going strong.
Earlonne Woods is ...
How Safe Are America's Film Sets? from 2021-10-25T15:59:05
Last week, actor and producer Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his new film "Rust." The film's director, Joel Souza, was also hit and injured ...
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From Chili-Eating Contests To Ultramarathons, Why Do We Seek Pain For Pleasure? from 2021-10-24T14:37:53
If you've ever burnt your hand on a stove and someone told you it's "all in your head," they're technically not wrong. Our sensory receptors communicate with the brain to create the sensation of pa...
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The News Roundup for October 22, 2021 from 2021-10-22T15:11:30
The Freedom to Vote Act failed in the Senate this week. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the bill was an overreach by Democrats in an attempt to federalize elections.
Members of...
How Whistleblowers Have Put Big Tech On The Back Foot from 2021-10-21T14:58:43
As the power of Silicon Valley's tech companies has grown, so too has the number of people willing to air their dirty laundry.
Facebook is the latest in the line of fire after whistleblowe...
The Future of The Child Tax Credit from 2021-10-20T15:13:35
Since the the Child Tax Credit went into effect in July, millions of children have been lifted out of poverty according to one study done by Columbia University. The program is set to end in a few ...
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The History And Impact Of Non-Unanimous Jury Decisions from 2021-10-19T14:59:59
Non-unanimous jury convictions are no longer constitutional according to a 2020 Supreme Court ruling. But earlier this year, the court decided the decision does not automatically apply retroactivel...
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What We Lose When We Lose Local News from 2021-10-18T16:11
A new investigation by The Atlantic looks into Alden Global Capital, the secretive hedge fund that's gutted newsroom staff and owns more than 200 papers across the country including Th...
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Dave Grohl On Punk Rock, Nirvana, and Fatherhood from 2021-10-17T09:25:16
Dave Grohl's shadow looms large over the music industry. He's the founder of the Grammy-winning rock group Foo Fighters. And he was the drummer for the groundbreaking grunge band Nirvana.
The News Roundup for October 15, 2021 from 2021-10-15T21:25:42
The Biden Administration's investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection is heating up. Former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen appeared before the committee to give testimony. Four other persons...
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Allegations Of Harassment, Institutional Failures, And The NWSL from 2021-10-14T14:57:45
A major investigation by The Athletic has brought accusations of sexual and verbal harassment by coaches in the National Women's Soccer League to light.
It prompted a weekend of g...
Vaccines, Misinformation, And Pregnancy from 2021-10-13T15:30:14
The CDC is amping up its plea for pregnant people to get vaccinated.
Vaccination rates for pregnant people are far lower than those of the general public – fewer than one-third were vaccin...
What Villains With Facial Differences Mean For People With Facial Differences from 2021-10-12T15:32:03
In the newest James Bond movie, "No Time to Die", the main villain in the film, Safin, has scars covering his face. This has been the case for many past Bond villains.
But the trope isn't...
Facebook Under Fire: The Whistleblower, The Outage, And The Future from 2021-10-11T16:32:43
Last week, whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before Congress about Facebook's problems.
A leaked trove of documents revealed that the company purposely hid research about its platform...
The News Roundup for October 08, 2021 from 2021-10-08T15:59:39
A whistleblower has come forward to detail how Facebook's products "harm children, stoke division, and weaken democracy." Then, a worldwide outage of Facebook's products, including Instagram and Wh...
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The Indian Child Welfare Act Faces Its Biggest Challenge Yet from 2021-10-07T14:59:55
The Indian Child Welfare Act was signed into law following decades of U.S. policies aimed at forcibly assimilating Native children — including sending them to boarding schools.
Now, it's f...
Why The Debt Limit Is Looming Over The Infrastructure Bill And Social Policy Package from 2021-10-06T15:07:09
The four-month-long stalemate over the fate of two big bills in Congress continues. Progressives refuse to budge on infrastructure until there's movement on a social policy package. Party leaders s...
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From Panama To Pandora: How The Ultra-Rich Hide Their Wealth from 2021-10-05T13:22
The "Pandora Papers" investigation involves a massive leak of 12 million documents obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and examined by news organizations worldwide...
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Gone For Good: How A Species Is Declared Extinct from 2021-10-04T15:39:28
More than 20 animals and one plant were declared extinct by the Fish and Wildlife Service last week — one of the longer extinction announcements in the history of the agency.
Declaring ext...
Seeing Silence: One Photographer's Mission To Find The World's Quietest Places from 2021-10-03T08:58:27
When you think of Mt. Everest, you might picture towering, snow-covered peaks. But what do you hear? What does a snowstorm atop the world's highest peak actually sound like?
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The News Roundup for October 01, 2021 from 2021-10-01T14:17:07
The Senate is expected to vote on a revamped spending bill that would forestall a government shutdown at the end of the week. In the face of Republican resistance, Democrats have left action on the...
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Facebook Paused The Development Of Instagram For Kids. Now What? from 2021-09-30T15:46:26
On Monday, Facebook announced it was pausing the development of Instagram Kids — a service designed for children 13 and under.
The move comes after a Wall Street Journal investiga...
The Dire Need For Day Care from 2021-09-29T15:16:57
Everyone is talking about the Great Resignation—employees leaving their jobs en masse due to burnout amplified by the pandemic. When it comes to childcare, those employee exits are causing a domino...
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The Current State Of Surveillance from 2021-09-28T15:30:46
It's been nearly 20 years since the Patriot Act was passed. How has surveillance changed over the years?
And why, exactly, are we so watched now?
We discuss changes in privacy, s...
How America Can Reliably Resist Ransomware from 2021-09-27T15:45:04
The Biden Administration is attempting to curtail an uptick in ransomware attacks on American businesses.
In June, the world's largest meat processing company was hit by a ransomware group...
The News Roundup for September 24, 2021 from 2021-09-24T15:13:48
The FDA authorized a booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine for people aged 65 and older. The company is also claiming that its vaccine is safe for children. Dr. Anthony Fauci says it could be availabl...
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Extremely Online: The Fight Against COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation from 2021-09-23T15:12:38
A now-infamous tweet by rapper Nicki Minaj is the latest example of false messaging about the COVID-19 vaccines.
It's reignited a conversation about how to fight vaccine misinformation onl...
Hey Hun, Want To Talk About MLMs? from 2021-09-22T14:39
You may have been one of the many people recently glued to their screen watching Amazon's "LuLaRich" documentary. The series uncovers the rise and fall of the multi-level marketing clothing busines...
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Teaching Climate Change in the Classroom from 2021-09-21T14:54:15
What role can schools play in making the country greener and cleaner?
Public schools serve nearly one in six Americans, and a new commission concludes the role of schools in the U.S. has y...
The Push For Nursing Home Reform In The Middle Of A Pandemic from 2021-09-20T14:56:48
According to AARP, at least 186,000 nursing home residents and staff have died from COVID-19.
For many, the pandemic has exposed cracks in our long-term care system — such as staffing shor...
NBA Star Carmelo Anthony On Childhood, Community, And His Legacy from 2021-09-19T09:00:24
Carmelo Anthony has spent his adulthood at the top of the NBA. He was drafted in 2003 after leading Syracuse University to an NCAA championship win his freshman year. Since then, the ten-time NBA a...
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The News Roundup for September 17, 2021 from 2021-09-17T15:18:39
One in 500 Americans has died of COVID-19. Intensive Care Units in many states, especially in the South, are critically full, causing those without the disease to wait to see a physician or receive...
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The Skirmish Over School Boards from 2021-09-16T15:02:29
School boards are used to dealing with local grievances. But these days, their meetings are becoming venues for national issues. These often mundane gatherings have become ground zero for heated de...
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Taxing The Rich For The Social Safety Net from 2021-09-15T15:56:13
Congress is back in session and one of its most important tasks now is to figure out how to pay for President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion dollar plan to expand the social safety net.
Democra...
You Have Questions About Texas' Abortion Law. We Have Answers. from 2021-09-14T17:05:49
A week after the Supreme Court declined to block Texas' new abortion restrictions, the Justice Department sued the state of Texas.
Attorney General Merrick Garland, who announced the lawsu...
What Can the Pandemic Tell Us About State of States' Rights? from 2021-09-13T14:58:56
As the delta variant rages on, President Joe Biden says he will issue an executive order that would require certain businesses to mandate the Covid-19 vaccine for their employees.
There's ...
It's Wedding Season... In A Pandemic from 2021-09-12T08:28:40
It's wedding season... during a pandemic.
Many couples set their eyes on 2021 to host their big day with hopes of a semi-normal summer after a year of uncertainty. That normal summer did...
The News Roundup for September 10, 2021 from 2021-09-10T16:50:36
As the new school year starts, current cases of Covid-19 have now topped 40 million. A fourth of these cases are children.
President Joe Biden warned the nation of a "code red" climate eme...
What It Meant To Be Muslim In America After 9/11 from 2021-09-09T15:28:11
As we near the 20-year anniversary of the September 11th attacks, many Americans are reflecting on that moment and its fallout.
For Muslim Americans, that fallout included a rise in Islam...
The California Governorship, A Recall Election, And Gavin Newsom's Political Future from 2021-09-08T16:03:44
In less than a week, Californians will head to the polls in a recall election to decide the fate of their governor, Gavin Newsom.
It's the second recall of a California governor in the sta...
A Former Guantánamo Detainee Shares His Story from 2021-09-07T15:15:27
At the age of 18, a Yemeni man named Mansoor Adayfi says he was traveling in Afghanistan when he was kidnapped and sold to the CIA by Afghan warlords. The U.S. government had distributed flyers acr...
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Aaron Copland And The Spirit Of Labor Day from 2021-09-06T10:00:39
The world of work has inspired some of our best-known classical music. From Schumann to Shostakovich, to one of the most respected American classical composers of the twentieth century: Aaron Copla...
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The News Roundup for September 03, 2021 from 2021-09-03T16:56:18
A million Americans are still without power after Hurricane Ida made landfall in the South. Rescue efforts are underway as the storm makes its way north, flooding the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast...
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Riz Ahmed On Identity, Music, And Magical Realism from 2021-09-02T18:31:34
In his latest film, Mogul Mowgli, actor and rapper Riz Ahmed stars as Zed, a rapper diagnosed with an autoimmune disease right before he's set to go on a major tour.
The film's su...
How Hurricanes Are Heating Up And Speeding Up And Texas' New Abortion Law from 2021-09-01T17:04:19
Legislation that bans abortions after about six weeks is now the law of the land in Texas. It effectively ends Roe v. Wade protections in the state. The law, passed in May, bans all abortions in th...
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Tens Of Thousands Of Refugees Have Left Afghanistan. Now What? from 2021-08-31T15:29:49
The deadline for the U.S. to withdraw from Afghanistan has arrived. Since the Taliban seized Kabul on Aug. 15, the U.S. has helped evacuate around 116,000 people.
Thousands of Afghan refu...
The State Of Care For Perinatal And Postpartum Depression from 2021-08-30T15:38:41
Nearly one in seven people who give birth experience postpartum depression.
Right now, there's only one PPD medication, called brexanolone, currently approved by the FDA.
While i...
Daring To Date During The Delta Variant from 2021-08-29T08:46:43
Love is in the air. And unfortunately, so is the Delta variant.
Even before the pandemic, getting (and staying) in a relationship had its challenges. Now there's the added task of navigati...
The News Roundup for August 27, 2021 from 2021-08-27T14:14:48
The Food and Drug Administration fully approved the Pfizer Covid vaccine. The endorsement has caused a wave of vaccine mandates from offices, universities, and even the Pentagon.
Covid-19...
OnlyFans And The Future of Sex Work On The Internet from 2021-08-26T15:37:12
It was news that broke the internet.
OnlyFans, a website synonymous with porn, would ban.... well, porn. Site officials say the over 2 million creators on OnlyFans have earned over $5 bil...
Boosters, Breakthroughs, And The FDA's Blessing from 2021-08-25T16:39:31
The Pfizer Covid vaccine has received full approval from the FDA. This could pave the way for more vaccine mandates as well as reassure some Americans who are vaccine-hesitant.
But we're ...
Afghan Women On What's At Stake For Women In Afghanistan from 2021-08-24T16:59:50
The Taliban, now in control of the country of Afghanistan, has promised that women will be treated well under its new government.
Advocates working on the ground say those promises are no...
The Paralympics Finally Get To Prime Time from 2021-08-23T14:59:38
This week marks the start of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, where over 4,000 athletes will compete during the ongoing pandemic. And while the audience for the games is large, equal treatment for th...
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The News Roundup for August 20, 2021 from 2021-08-20T14:27:43
The withdrawal from Afghanistan has left analysts, government officials, and the American public wondering what two decades of the "forever war" really accomplished as Taliban fighters made their w...
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Who Gets Left Behind In Afghanistan? from 2021-08-19T14:52:14
In June, President Joe Biden said those who helped the U.S. military would not be "left behind."
He vowed his administration would step up plans to evacuate thousands of Afghan interprete...
Back To School: Can Special Education Make Up For Lost Time? from 2021-08-18T15:12
Remote learning has meant unexpected challenges for schools around the country. For students who receive special education, those challenges have been especially acute.
For starters, stude...
Back To School: Getting The Okay For K-12 Students from 2021-08-17T15:16
Between virtual classes, a little bit of in-person learning, and a whole lot of anxiety, kids did not exactly get a full school year in 2020.
This means some students fell behind, espec...
Back To School: Corralling America's Kindergarteners from 2021-08-16T15:41
For a lot of students, school is back in session. But for those in early childhood education, the path isn't very clear.
Last year, America's public schools lost more than one million st...
Amanda Knox Is Fighting to Take Back Her Story from 2021-08-15T09:39:06
Amanda Knox was incarcerated in Italy for four years after being wrongfully convicted of the 2007 murder of her roommate, Mereditch Kercher.
Now, the new film "Stillwater," directed by To...
The News Roundup for August 13, 2021 from 2021-08-13T16:09:11
Students are heading back to class as the Delta variant breathes new life into the coronavirus pandemic. Pediatric hospitalizations are on the rise.
The Food and Drug Administration has a...
On The Road Again: Summer Travel Alongside The Delta Variant from 2021-08-12T14:27:47
Millions of Americans are suddenly wondering whether it's safe to pack up and get out of the house with the delta variant on the rise.
And for those with kids or unvaccinated relatives, th...
Vaccination Impatience: The Anger Towards The Unjabbed from 2021-08-11T15:52:36
People are tired. They're frustrated. They're angry. And they've had enough. The country is averaging about the same number of Covid-19 as it did in February.
The surge we're seeing now ...
Kids And Covid: Your Questions Answered from 2021-08-10T13:58:32
The delta variant of COVID-19 is having a major impact on kids.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, the number of kids filling up emergency rooms has risen since early July. Las...
What Will It Take To Put Clean Electricity On The Grid? from 2021-08-09T15:59:11
As the debate over the bipartisan infrastructure package continues, some Democrats have turned their attention to the climate actions the deal left behind.
Including a clean electricity st...
The News Roundup for August 06, 2021 from 2021-08-06T15:46:14
All 50 states have reported an increase in Covid-19 vaccination rates. That means, at least 70 percent of American adults have now received at least the first shot of the vaccine.
New York...
Why Does Menopause Give Us Pause? from 2021-08-05T15:24:09
By 2025 over 1.1 billion people will be postmenopausal, but if you ask the average person on the street, they'll likely say no one talks about it.
We get into the nitty-gritty of what hap...
Are The 'Forever Wars' Coming To A Close? Or Is The U.S. Just Rebranding? from 2021-08-04T13:52:42
President Joe Biden announced last week that the U.S. combat mission in Iraq will end this year. The news follows a similar notice earlier this year that U.S. troops will withdraw from Afghanistan ...
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Fulfilling Our Fast Fashion Fix from 2021-08-03T14:42:28
Pandemic lockdowns didn't change our shopping habits. But it did change where many consumers wanted to buy clothes.
Instead of spending time and money at the mall, many turned to online r...
Who Are The Unvaccinated? from 2021-08-02T15:07
Covid-19 is surging in largely unvaccinated parts of the country. Parts of the South are being hit especially hard by the Delta variant.
But the danger has been slow to translate into poli...
The News Roundup for July 30, 2021 from 2021-07-30T16:16:05
As the Delta variant continues its rapid spread in the U.S., the CDC released updated guidelines recommending that vaccinated citizens wear masks indoors in areas where Covid-19 transmission is hig...
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Where The House Hearing Into The Insurrection Goes From Here from 2021-07-29T14:46:24
It wasn't without controversy, but the House managed to put together a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
And this week, Capitol police officers who were present ...
How One Chicago Neighborhood Is Coping With The Toll Of Gun Violence from 2021-07-28T13:09:36
More than 30,000 people have been shot in Chicago over the past decade. Of them, five out of six survived.
A new series from The Trace investigates the impact of gun violence on s...
The Epidemic Inside The Pandemic from 2021-07-27T14:31:48
As the pandemic rages worldwide, opioid overdose deaths in the US rose, with deaths up 29 percent in 2020 compared to 2019. The 93,000 deaths are attributed to isolation, disruption of addiction se...
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Baby Bust: Explaining The Declining U.S. Birth Rate from 2021-07-26T15:44
According to the Centers for Disease Control, the U.S. birthrate fell by 4 percent in 2020 — hitting a record low. People are having fewer children than the 2.1 needed to maintain a steady populat...
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The News Roundup for July 23, 2021 from 2021-07-23T15:14:44
The Delta variant is ripping its way through the United States, where it now accounts for 83 percent of new U.S. Covid-19 cases.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two Republican selecti...
As Extreme Weather Becomes Common, Can We Adapt? from 2021-07-22T12:57:22
Extreme weather has dominated headlines for most of 2021. Fires, floods, droughts, and record-shattering heatwaves have swept over the U.S. and the world.
The United States has already sp...
The Rise Of The Four-Day Work Week from 2021-07-21T13:18
In early 2021, the CEO of the crowdfunding website Kickstarter, Aziz Hasan, announced that the company will be piloting a four-day work week in 2022. The schedule consists of 32 working hours per w...
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Branson, Bezos, And The Billionaires: The Future Of Space Tourism from 2021-07-20T15:37:06
Jeff Bezos successfully completed Blue Origins' first ride to the edge of space. It's a clear milestone in the Amazon founder's long-held desire to reach the final frontier. It's just about a week ...
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How The Expanded Child Tax Credit Could Cut Childhood Poverty In Half from 2021-07-19T16:08:48
In early 2021, Congress voted to temporarily expand the child tax credit, opting to send monthly payments to more families. The first payments rolled out last week.
Families received betw...
The News Roundup for July 16, 2021 from 2021-07-16T15:23:52
Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer, Cory Booker, and Ron Wyden drafted legislation this week to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. Laws permitting either medical or recreational marijuana us...
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Birth Control: Future from 2021-07-15T15:29:32
It's been 60 years since the birth control pill hit the market in the U.S.
The pill transformed lives, but when it comes to contraceptive options, it's no longer the end-all, be-all. Scien...
Birth Control: Present from 2021-07-14T15:26:59
It's been 60 years since the birth control pill became available on the market. Since then, the array of contraceptive options available to the public has grown substantially (the shot, the patch, ...
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A Look Back on Birth Control from 2021-07-13T15:30:43
It's been over 60 years since the Food and Drug Administration first approved the birth control pill.
The pill provided more control over fertility and reproductive health for generations ...
What's Driving Millions Of Americans To Quit Their Jobs? from 2021-07-12T15:03:59
A record 4 million people quit their jobs in April alone, according to the U.S. Labor Department.
It's all part of a larger uptick that economists are calling "The Great Resignation." And ...
The News Roundup for July 9, 2021 from 2021-07-09T15:16:05
According to the Centers for Disease Control, The Delta variant of COVID-19 is now the dominant strain in the U.S. Studies suggest the approved vaccines protect against it. However, the Biden admi...
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The Power Of Plants To Heal And Harm from 2021-07-08T15:08
Michael Pollan's latest work looks at your mind on plants — specifically, three psychoactive plants.
In the follow-up to his 2018 bestseller, How to Change Your Mind — What ...
Danny Trejo's Road From Prison To Hollywood from 2021-07-07T15:28:28
Trejo has become one of Hollywood's go-to badasses and bad guys. He's got over 380 acting credits to his name.
Growing up, he was in and out of the most notorious prisons in California, en...
Red, White And The Blues from 2021-07-05T14:35:51
The blues grew out of the Black experience in the American South. It generated jazz, R&B, rock and roll, rap – virtually every piece of modern music.
We're spotlighting blues recordings se...
The News Roundup for July 2, 2021 from 2021-07-02T13:59:16
In the midst of a historic heatwave, President Joe Biden met with governors in affected states, cabinet officials, and private sector partners about the droughts and wildfires. The administration a...
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From Twitter to Hollywood: Zola Hits The Big Screen from 2021-07-01T13:51:06
In 2015, Aziah "Zola" Wells fired off a thread of 148 tweets. It was later known by its hashtag — #TheStory— and went viral.
The thread has now been adapted into a feature film from direc...
Doomsday Prepping Goes Mainstream from 2021-06-30T14:23
Doomsday prepping is no longer a fringe obsession. The survivalist movement is evolving.
While prepping has its roots in American individualism and self-reliance, it's also big business. P...
Uncovering The 'Unspoken Traumas' Of Native American Boarding Schools from 2021-06-29T15:38:28
Last week, the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan found 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school, just one month after more than 200 unmarked graves were found at another ...
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An Englishman's American Dream from 2021-06-28T15:55:24
As a young scouser in Liverpool, in the 80's, Roger Bennett dreamed of one day living in the U.S.
He's made that dream a reality. Bennet is now a naturalized American citizen. His new boo...
The News Roundup for June 25, 2021 from 2021-06-25T16:14:13
President Joe Biden has unveiled a strategy to combat a spike in violent crime. The strategy includes using coronavirus relief funding to hire more police officers.
And a report commissio...
Doorbell Cameras Are Saving Footage To The Cloud. What Happens Next? from 2021-06-24T13:43:49
The popularity of home security surveillance systems like Amazon's Ring and Google Nest is rising. The devices are easy to use and they save footage from users' homes to the cloud.
But is...
From Rapping, To Writing, To Podcasting, Dessa's Resume Is Getting Longer from 2021-06-23T13:43:44
While the pandemic meant a major touring hiatus for a lot of musical artists, writer, rapper, and singer Dessa kept creating content.
She hosts a new BBC podcast called Deeply Human <...
How One Reporter Wants To Change The Way We Pay For Health Care from 2021-06-22T14:27:18
Medical debt soared during the pandemic as people lost jobs, lost health insurance, and spent weeks in hospitals recovering from COVID-19.
ProPublica reporter Marshall Allen spent years in...
Local Spotlight: Returning Ancestral Land To Native Hawaiians from 2021-06-21T14:30:37
For this installment of our Local Spotlight series, we talk to two reporters who investigated the Hawaiian homesteading program that aimed to return Native Hawaiians to their homeland.
The News Roundup for June 18, 2021 from 2021-06-18T15:06:20
Democrats look to pass the Biden administration's American Jobs and Family Plan through the Senate via a simple majority vote in July.
Nine years from the passage of Deferred Action for C...
Chronicling Capitalism: America's Relationship With The Free Market from 2021-06-17T15:22:33
The NPR podcast "Throughline" looks at the history behind headlines.
In their upcoming series, hosts Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei look at capitalism.
According to a 2019...
Putting The B In LGBTQ from 2021-06-16T13:24:32
A recent Gallup poll found that a growing number of adults identify as LGBT. One in six Gen Z adults identified as LGBT compared to the around one in 10 millennials. The survey also found that mor...
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The State Of Voting Rights In America from 2021-06-15T15:03:25
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announced he'd vote against the For The People Act, dealing a blow to Democrats in the fight over voting rights.
The bill promised to expand voting rights a...
Colson Whitehead And Barry Jenkins On Making 'The Underground Railroad' from 2021-06-14T12:54:06
When the novel The Underground Railroad was published in 2016, it caught the world's attention for its stark portrayal of slavery in America.
The story reimagines the metaphoric...
The News Roundup for June 11, 2021 from 2021-06-11T15:30:59
Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Moderna say they expect their COVID-19 vaccines to be available to children as young as 6 months by the fall.
COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen in sta...
The Writers' Room: Young Adult Fiction And Social Media from 2021-06-10T14:58:01
Young Adult fiction is a genre can range from high fantasy to contemporary. The subject matter can be as heavy as books written for older readers. And while its characters are usually teenagers, th...
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The FDA Just Approved A Major Alzheimer's Drug. Now What? from 2021-06-09T15:24:18
The FDA has approved a new medication for treating Alzheimer's, called aducanumab.
It's the first new drug for the disease in almost 20 years, but the FDA's approval comes despite an inte...
Teaching Race And History In America's Schools from 2021-06-08T15:08
The latest culture war is being fought in the classroom, with several states banning Critical Race Theory.
The theory is an academic pursuit examining how race intersects with history. Wh...
Head Out Of The Game: Athletes, The Press, And Mental Health from 2021-06-07T14:50:15
Naomi Osaka, the No. 2 female tennis player in the world, withdrew from the French Open citing her struggles with depression and anxiety. Her withdrawal came after she announced she wouldn't be spe...
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The News Roundup For June 4, 2021 from 2021-06-04T14:15:52
In America's fight against COVID-19, President Joe Biden has set his sights on getting partial vaccination rates in the U.S. up to 70 percent by July 4.
In Texas, Democrats and Republican...
Paula Stone Williams On 'Power, Sex, And The Patriarchy' from 2021-06-03T14:38:47
Rev. Paula Stone Williams led a conservative evangelical church for over two decades. Then, in 2013, she came out as a transgender woman. Now, she fights for gender equity and LGBTQ rights.
The Hit List Podcast Special from 2021-06-02T14:09
Pop culture recommendations abound in the summer: beach reads, bingeable television shows, songs of the summer, and – of course – podcasts.
So we chatted with some podcast experts, and he...
The Tulsa Race Massacre, 100 Years Later from 2021-06-01T15:22:56
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, which most Americans have never heard of.
In 1921, white Tulsa residents destroyedListen
The News Roundup For May 28, 2021 from 2021-05-28T17:16:33
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How COVID-19 Is Changing Celebrity Culture from 2021-05-27T17:48:11
The pandemic has shaken our relationships with celebrities. From the backlash to the "Imagine" video to the Kardashians private island getaway, the tide has been seemingly turning against the rich ...
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When The Police Investigate The Police from 2021-05-26T17:56:10
While the results of internal affairs police investigations are often kept confidential, a new Listen
How Taxes Keep American Wealth White from 2021-05-25T17:06:49
Building wealth has never been easy, and the racial wealth gap makes that obvious. As recently as 2016, the median wealth of a white household was $171,000 dollars. That's eight times the median $2...
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Why Is It So Hard To Talk About The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? from 2021-05-24T18:39
How America talks about one of its closest allies is starting to change — at least, on the left. But U.S. policy toward Israel remains the same.
What's different about the conversation thi...
Talking, Laughing And Cringing With Ziwe from 2021-05-22T07:00:01
Comedian Ziwe Fumudoh is a master at managing discomfort.
During the pandemic she pivoted from a YouTube series to Instagram Live, unflinchingly challenging her guests about their own bias...
The News Roundup For May 21, 2021 from 2021-05-21T14:11:11
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell came out this week in opposition to a House proposal to create a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The House voted to pas...
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Seeing 'Love In Color' from 2021-05-20T14:00:29
What is love?
Turn on the radio, watch TV or stream a movie, and there's a high likelihood that those four little words are a common theme.
Author Bolu Babalola takes a new look ...
Behind The Scenes: U.S. Diplomacy In The Middle East from 2021-05-19T13:34:41
Families are once again trapped in the middle as Hamas militants and the Israeli military trade rocket fire.
At least 12 people have been killed in Israel and more than 200 have been kille...
Exploring Who We Are Through What We Wear from 2021-05-18T14:27:26
It's safe to say that living through a pandemic has changed our relationships with our wardrobes.
But our clothes still matter — to ourselves and to the rest of our world.
This id...
Re-entering Another New Normal from 2021-05-17T14:56
The CDC updated its guidance, allowing vaccinated Americans to go largely maskless. That's left a lot of people with questions, and some with 're-entry anxiety'.
As plans are made, soc...
The News Roundup For May 14, 2021 from 2021-05-14T16:28:48
The Biden administration is pushing to at least partially vaccinate 70 percent of the American population by July 4.
A hacking group known as DarkSide conducted a ransomware attack on the ...
Why Is Everyone Talking About Newsletters? from 2021-05-13T14:39:38
In the last ten years, it seems like newsletters have replaced blogs as the platform du jour.
And Substack helps writers profit off their own work. But the platform's success isn't withou...
A 'Ton' Of Fun With Mahjong from 2021-05-12T14:39:30
Mahjong came to America from China in the early 1920s. It was marketed as an ancient Chinese game, but it was actually created in the mid to late 1800s.
After World War II, the game becam...
Susan Page On Pelosi, Trump And The Washington Establishment from 2021-05-11T14:29:19
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has cast a long and influential shadow over Washington and Democratic politics for decades.
As the first female Speaker of the House, Pelosi initially took on th...
Strike A 'Pose:' A Conversation With Angelica Ross from 2021-05-10T15:24:55
We talk with Pose star Angelica Ross about the end of the series, her own work around trans representation in the tech industry, and what's next for queer people of color onscreen.
The News Roundup For May 7, 2021 from 2021-05-07T15:06:40
Now that the supply has outstripped the demand, President Joe Biden is shifting the country's vaccine priorities. He wants to move vaccinations from designated sites to local stores or communal cen...
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Going Medieval On White Supremacists from 2021-05-06T14:58:02
When most Americans think about Medieval times, our brains either go to a chain restaurant or an all-white version of Medieval Europe that never really existed.
The myth is so pernicious,...
From Awareness To Acceptance: Changing How We Understand Autism from 2021-05-05T15:11:50
The Autism Society of America decided to change the branding of the month of April from, "Autism Awareness Month" to "Autism Acceptance Month."
The change represents a long-held belief by...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Fat Acceptance from 2021-05-04T12:38:01
It's 2021, the Fat Acceptance Movement has moved far beyond its original fight for more inclusive policies.
The average weight of Ameircans has increased in the last two decades. And anti-...
NPR: The Next 50 Years from 2021-05-03T15:02:57
NPR is celebrating its 50th anniversary, so we're spending some time thinking about what the next 50 years have in store.
Journalists at NPR headquarters and at member stations are grappl...
The News Roundup For April 29, 2021 from 2021-04-30T15:15:33
President Joe Biden delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress this week, during which he outlined his plan for an aggressive expansion of social spending.
Three men in Ge...
The 1A Movie Klub: 'Mortal Kombat' from 2021-04-29T14:50:45
Video games are good. Movies are good. But can video game movies be good?
We talked about it for the latest edition of 1A Movie Club.
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Vaccination Nation: Masks Off? Not Quite Yet. from 2021-04-28T15:39:44
Millions of Americans are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. And as summer approaches, the behavior of many will change drastically. The CDC has released new guidelines for fully vaccinated adu...
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Slow Your Scroll: Fighting The Urge To Doomscroll from 2021-04-27T15:44:37
Many of us are afraid we might miss something important, but what do you do when it feels like something important is happening all the time?
How do we slow the doomscroll?
Wan...
Food And Plants: Conversations About How We Cope from 2021-04-26T15:21:35
How do food and plants help us make sense of the world?
Musician Michelle Zauner talks about her latest project, — a memoir, Crying In H Mart — that tells the story of her mother'...
The News Roundup For April 23, 2021 from 2021-04-23T15:15:23
Former police officer Derek Chauvin, accused of killing George Floyd by kneeling on his neck, was found guilty on three counts, including murder and manslaughter, this week.
President Bide...
Bassnectar And Grappling With Allegations Against Our Favorite Artists from 2021-04-22T16:18
Allegations against EDM star Bassnectar, or Lorin Ashton, have left fans to grapple with those accusations.
Debates like these have surfaced more and more since the #MeToo movement since ...
A Jury Found Derek Chauvin Guilty. What Now? from 2021-04-21T15:48:04
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck, was found guilty of murder on two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter on Tuesday afternoon.
The Jury Is Out On The Derek Chauvin Trial from 2021-04-20T14:26:43
UPDATE, 5:30 p.m: Former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of all counts of manslaughter and murder.
Millions of Americans have lost faith in a system that too often appears to...
How Policing Works In The Suburbs from 2021-04-19T16:13:56
Against the backdrop of the trial of Derek Chauvin, criticism of the criminal justice system in America is once again under scrutiny.
How are police and local officials responding to chan...
The News Roundup For April 16, 2021 from 2021-04-16T15:07:14
The U.S. paused the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
Protests broke out in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, after a white police officer, Kim Potter, shot and killed Daunte Wright...
What's Changed After The Insurrection At The U.S. Capitol? from 2021-04-15T14:51
While a lot has changed since the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. capitol, a lot hasn't.
We talk about what changes have been implemented and what's been forgotten.
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How Gun Violence Affects American Children from 2021-04-14T14:47:33
"The truth is that this crisis affects not thousands of children, but millions of children. The idea is that because these kids aren't being wounded, they aren't being affected by it, and that's ju...
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It's Infrastructure Week Somewhere from 2021-04-13T14:53:42
President Biden is looking to redefine infrastructure by adding funding for social services to his $2 trillion dollar infrastructure proposal.
We discuss the ins and outs of the bill and w...
The Impact Of The Pandemic In Prisons from 2021-04-12T15:02:05
Some 492,000 cases have been confirmed among people in prison and prison staff. And that number is likely an undercount.
We discuss the ways the pandemic has changed life inside prisons an...
The News Roundup For April 9, 2021 from 2021-04-09T14:27:32
The United States is averaging 3 million COVID-19 vaccinations a day across many age and employment categories. COVID-related deaths are at their Listen
The Writers' Room: Millennial Fiction from 2021-04-08T14:25:58
Millennials include anyone born between 1981 and 1996, making them between the ages of 25 and 40. While the generation isn't monolithic, there are certain cultural touchstones that have come to sha...
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'Oh Baby': The Bugs And The Birds from 2021-04-07T14:41:37
Brood X cicadas are on their way. Our home, Washington D.C., is set to be the epicenter of the swarm. We discuss the basics and what to expect with a bug expert and then fly into the basics of bird...
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The Past, Present And Future Of Black Farmers In The U.S. from 2021-04-06T15:21:35
We talk about the history of Black farmers in the United States, the impact of the American Rescue Act and what it means to reclaim the land.
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Unbanked: What It Means To Be Outside Of The Banking System from 2021-04-05T14:19:51
Bank accounts can be used for a lot of things, including to help you build credit. But almost 63 million Americans are either unbanked or underbanked. That means they don't use banks to make financ...
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The News Roundup For April 2, 2021 from 2021-04-02T15:27:57
COVID-19 surges are reappearing around the country after spring breakers flocked to the nation's beaches. The CDC also issues new travel guidelines.
The murder trial of former Minneapolis...
Vaccination Nation: The Kids Will Be Alright from 2021-04-01T14:50:39
More than a dozen states are opening up COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all adults this week. Meanwhile, Pfizer's vaccine has been deemed safe for kids.
We answer your questions about vac...
What's Happening To Migrant Children At The Southern Border from 2021-03-31T16:31:42
Border Patrol facilities at the U.S.-Mexico border are overwhelmed with the record number of unaccompanied minors arriving at border. Agencies say they need more help.
We discuss what situ...
Across America: When the Economy 'Bounces Back,' Who Actually Recovers? from 2021-03-30T15:33:31
Unemployment claims are down, consumer confidence is up and U.S. jobless claims have fallen to the the lowest level since the pandemic began over a year ago.
But these numbers aren't alway...
What Does Intersectionality Mean? from 2021-03-29T14:46:49
The Atlanta spa shootings brought attention to the long history of hate against Asians and Asian Americans, but it was also a tragedy at the intersection of gender, race and class.
The id...
The News Roundup For March 26, 2021 from 2021-03-26T15:58:20
President Biden is pushing Congress to pass comprehensive gun control legislation after two mass shootings in under a week, while the Senate debates voting rights measures.
Meanwhile, COVI...
What You Need To Know About Air Travel Right Now from 2021-03-25T15:49:37
According to TSA screening numbers, more Americans are traveling since the start of the pandemic. Some are hopping on flights to see family, while others are jet-setting on vacation.
But ...
Where Does The United States Fit Into The Global Vaccination Effort? from 2021-03-24T15:06:53
Wealthy countries make up just a fifth of the global adult population. But they've already snatched up more than half of the world's vaccine supply. Some critics say these countries should share va...
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When Is Racial Harassment Considered A Hate Crime? from 2021-03-23T15:15:05
The shooter in the deadly attack at three Atlanta spas, in which six Asian women were among the eight people killed, is charged with murder. But the shooting isn't currently being ...
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What The Non-Fungible Token? from 2021-03-22T15:05:19
NFTs are a type of cryptocurrency that represent a unique digital asset, like a piece of art or digital item.
We dive into the basics and answer some of your questions.
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The News Roundup For March 19, 2021 from 2021-03-19T15:53:52
Investigators and the public are still learning more about the spa shootings in the Atlanta area. Six Asian women were among the eight people killed. Moderna begins testing its vaccine on children ...
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The Intersection Of Race, Misogyny And The Experiences Of Asian Americans from 2021-03-18T16:18:46
Atlanta police have charged a suspect in the spa shootings, which comes amid a wave of violence against Asian Americans, spurred in part by racist and xenophobic rhetoric surrounding the pandemic. ...
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Through The Cracks: Was Relisha Rudd's Disappearance Unpreventable? from 2021-03-17T14:24:10
In 2014, 8-year-old Relisha Rudd disappeared from the Washington, D.C. homeless shelter where she lived. She was only officially declared missing after she hadn't been seen for 18 days. She hasn't ...
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Ask A Public Defender from 2021-03-16T15:52:01
Public defenders are attorneys who are appointed to work on behalf of defendants who can't afford to hire their own representation. But they aren't always supported in the ways that maybe they shou...
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What's Driving The Spate Of Anti-Transgender State Legislation? from 2021-03-15T15:07:49
In 2021 alone, 25 states have introduced over 70 bills targeting transgender people.
Trans youth are especially affected by this recent legislative push, with a significant number of thes...
The News Roundup For March 12, 2021 from 2021-03-12T16:30:48
The world reflects on a year since the WHO declared a global pandemic. The U.S. passes a new COVID-19 relief bill and Hawaii is in a state of emergency as floods rip through the state.
Me...
Biden At the Border from 2021-03-11T15:33:29
A growing number of migrants are arriving at the U.S. border with Mexico every day. We talked about the steps President Biden has promised to take to manage immigration at the southern border.
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The Rise In Anti-Asian Attacks During The COVID-19 Pandemic from 2021-03-10T15:31:53
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, racism and harassment toward Asian Americans have increased. But anti-Asian racism isn't new and this uptick of violence forces us to examine the centuries ...
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Deb Haaland And The Future Of The Department Of The Interior from 2021-03-09T16:37:19
Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., is President Joe Biden's choice to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior. If confirmed, she'd make history as the first Native American to lead the department responsib...
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The Third COVID-19 Relief Bill Passed The Senate. What Now? from 2021-03-08T16:29:53
The latest COVID-19 relief package is now headed over to the House.
With the expiration for unemployment benefits looming, Democrats hope to get it to Biden's desk soon. The plan's met ch...
The News Roundup For March 5, 2021 from 2021-03-05T15:45:07
Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine was authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration and is now the third vaccine available to the American public. And the latest C...
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The 'For The People Act' And The Future Of Voting In America from 2021-03-04T16:04:34
The House of Representatives is set to vote on a sweeping set of voting rights measures known as H.R. 1 or the "For the People Act." The bill is an attempt to expand access to voting — something at...
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Music Education In The Pandemic And Beyond from 2021-03-03T14:04:38
Teaching orchestra, choir or band virtually in a pandemic presents some unique challenges. Even with schools reopening, it's difficult to hold in-person band practice in a way that's safe and socia...
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Priced Out: The Federal Minimum Wage And Pandemic Childcare Credits from 2021-03-02T14:33:41
The latest COVID-19 relief plan recently passed the House and is on its way to the Senate. But the provision regarding an increase to the minimum wage and child allowance could prove a hurdle to th...
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Comparing COVID-19 Vaccines After A Conversation With Dr. Anthony Fauci from 2021-03-01T15:26:55
Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control over the weekend.
We answer questions regarding its efficacy a...
The News Roundup For February 26, 2021 from 2021-02-26T15:55:04
Over 500,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States. The Biden administration conducted its first known military operation, against Iranian-backed militias in Syria.
Meanwhi...
Rooting Out Extremism In The Police from 2021-02-25T15:10:15
"We need to talk about increasing diversity in police forces," says Vida Johnson, law professor at Georgetown University.
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What We're Losing If More LGBTQ Nightlife Spaces Close from 2021-02-24T14:52:56
"For me, queer nightlife spaces have always been these places of possibility, of world-making, of learning to style yourself," says Madison Moore, professor of queer studies at Virginia Commonwealt...
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Cryptocurrency: What You Need To Know Now from 2021-02-23T13:55:23
Companies like MasterCard and Tesla are embracing cryptocurrency. But what does cryptocurrency's popularity mean for the U.S. dollar's global influence?
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The Future Of Student Loan Forgiveness from 2021-02-22T15:11:01
"Many, many, many people have student loan debt, but might not have finished their degrees and therefore aren't reaping the benefits of a degree," says The Atlantic's Annie Lowrey.
The News Roundup For February 19, 2021 from 2021-02-19T14:49:03
Texas continues to deal with the aftermath of a winter storm that left millions without power and disrupted water service to the state. The Biden administration projects any American who wants the ...
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What The Texas Snowstorm Tells Us About America's Energy Infrastructure from 2021-02-18T14:30:41
"The weather is playing a huge role in this situation. Our infrastructure isn't built to handle this much demand for heating under these conditions," says Joshua Rhodes, energy researcher at the Un...
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The Mothers Who Raised Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin from 2021-02-17T13:38
"I decided to focus on mothers because of this further erasure that happens to mothers. Motherhood is so overlooked," says Anna Malaika Tubbs, author of "The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Marti...
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Local Spotlight: The Power Of FOIA from 2021-02-16T15:36:24
"[FOIAs] are vital to my work...we've written dozens of stories in the past months alone, based on emails between public officials or reports from universities," says Andrea Gallo about the hundred...
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Delroy Lindo On Spike Lee, Chadwick Boseman And 'Da 5 Bloods' from 2021-02-15T13:31:17
We talked with Delroy Lindo about his journey to becoming an actor, and about the character he portrays in his latest film, Da 5 Bloods.
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1A Presents: 'Through The Cracks' from 2021-02-13T07:31:23
We're bringing you an episode of a podcast we love: "Through The Cracks," from WAMU and PRX. When 8-year-old Relisha Rudd dis...
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The News Roundup For February 12, 2021 from 2021-02-12T14:57:55
House impeachment managers have been making their case in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate. Can the former president's defense team now pull themselves ba...
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The Stories Marginalized Writers Tell When They Don't Center Trauma from 2021-02-11T16:04:06
"There's a way in which when we're telling stories about marginalized groups, theres an expectation to lean into the traumas of that particular community, but I've found that I'm not interested in ...
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The 1A Movie Club Sees 'Malcolm&Marie' from 2021-02-10T17:20:02
This month, we saw "Malcolm & Marie." Many critics were not fans. We talked about why.
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What's Ahead During Former President Donald Trump's Second Impeachment Trial from 2021-02-09T15:03:06
"The Constitution says there are really only two penalties from impeachment — the first of which is a removal from office and the second is another vote to bar someone from ever holding office ever...
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Investigating Our Obsession With True Crime Podcasts from 2021-02-08T15:56:12
"There is no question that true crime and the genre have helped move cases forward. But I wouldn't be honest if I didn't say there were times when I just cringe," says Bill Thomas, co-host of "Mind...
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When You Gotta Go: The Public Bathroom Problem from 2021-02-06T07:53:55
"When public bathrooms are closed, there doesn't suddenly become no need to go," says author Lezlie Lowe.
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The News Roundup For February 05, 2021 from 2021-02-05T16:34:09
"We're starting to see a pattern of curtailing free speech and this could send India down a dangerous path of suppression of freedom of speech and intolerance," says The National's Joyce K...
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The Future Of The Democratic Party from 2021-02-04T15:08:15
"Winning the Senate and the House require winning in moderate areas while also energizing the base. It's a tough thing for folks to square," says The New York Times' Astead Herndon.
How To Fight The Opioid Crisis In The Middle Of A Pandemic from 2021-02-03T15:51:20
In some parts of the country, overdose deaths are on track to outpace deaths from COVID-19. We talk about the need for renewed attention to America's opioid crisis.
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Dollars And Sense: Keeping America Fed In A Pandemic from 2021-02-02T14:36:45
"Hunger is not just an issue of inner cities or a certain demographic of people. Often, it is right next door. Children are the number one sufferers of hunger in America, it's important to remember...
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Wall Street, Main Street And /rWallStreetBets from 2021-02-01T15:37:17
"GDP figures show that last year the economy shrank for the first time since the financial crisis. That's the largest amount it's shrunk by in 70-plus years," Planet Money's Mary Childs sa...
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The News Roundup For August 7, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Schools discuss reopening, and Congress discusses coronavirus aid. The world continues to search for answers in Beirut. And President Trump bans TikTok and WeChat.
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The News Roundup For July 31, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Congress grills Big Tech and continues to quarrel over coronavirus aid. Thousands — not millions — participate in Hajj. And Hong Kong postpones elections.
We bring you all the national and...
The News Roundup For July 17, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Countries worldwide continue to battle the coronavirus. A hack compromises some high-profile Twitter accounts. China and the U.S. continue to fight over Hong Kong. Turkey's Hagia Sophia has been co...
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How To Stay Safe And Healthy As Coronavirus Cases Rise from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the 16 weeks that remain between now and Election Day — can the country recover from the current surge in COVID-19 cases? New models suggest that by then, America's death toll will stand north o...
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The News Roundup For July 10, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
President Donald Trump pushes for schools to reopen as COVID-19 cases surge. The Supreme Court issues several important rulings. Brazil's president tests positive for coronavirus. And U.K. royalty ...
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The News Roundup For June 26, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Texas sets single-day coronavirus case records. Only 1,000 pilgrims will be allowed to make hajj this year. And the Trump administration freezes some work visas and green cards for immigrants.
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The 1A Movie Club: Why 'The Help' Doesn'tReally Help from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
White savior films set racism in a time that's far gone and allow people to be redeemed, says film critic Brooke Obie. "It's comforting to have a white person come in and save the day."
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The News Roundup For June 13, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Policing and police funding is re-evaluated in the wake of George Floyd's murder. COVID-19 cases rise in the U.S. and continue to plague countries like Brazil. And Sweden closes a decades-old murde...
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The News Roundup For May 29, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two viral videos spark protest and unrest in America. The U.S. surpasses 100,000 coronavirus deaths. China crushes dissent in Hong Kong. A top U.K. official breaks quarantine, and an arms deal with...
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The Navy Says UFOs Are Real. Are They Little Green People? Unlikely. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Polls suggest half of all Americans believe in Unidentified Flying Objects. And for the first time, the Defense Department has released videos showing "unidentified aerial phenomena."
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The News Roundup For May 22, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
States reopen, and brace for small business closures. Two dams fail in Michigan and displace 10,000 people. Brazil struggles with their COVID-19 outbreak, and Syrian war criminals go to trial in Ge...
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The Future Of Air Travel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There are a lot of complaints that airlines aren't providing refunds when they should, says Niraj Chokshi, who covers the business of transportation for The New York Times.
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The News Roundup For May 1, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The U.S. reaches one million coronavirus cases. 30 million Americans are unemployed as states are opening back up for business. And the U.K. says they are past the peak of COVID-19. Plus, tensions ...
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The News Roundup For April 17, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The President debates re-opening the country. U.S. unemployment reaches Great Depression levels. The EU apologizes to Italy for its response to COVID-19. And France joins others in questioning Chin...
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Not So Fast: What We Know About Hydroxychloroquine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"If this were to be the answer, millions of pills are already ready, and it's very easy to scale up...this would be an appealing answer because it would be a relatively easy one," says reporter Sar...
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Coronavirus: When Staying Home Isn't Safe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The second a hand is raised? That's abuse. The second you're not allowed to do what you want to do? That's abuse. And a lot of people don't understand that," says retired detective Bob Wile.
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A Governor And Two Patients Weigh In On The Fight Against COVID-19 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We talk to Colorado Governor Jared Polis about his state's response to coronavirus. Then, we hear from two patients with the virus: one who got a positive test and one who wasn't able to get a test...
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The News Roundup For March 20, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cases of coronavirus surpass 10,000 in the U.S. The Senate contemplates sending checks to taxpayers. And China responds to blame regarding the virus' spread.
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Do Self-Help Books Actually...Help? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"A lot of these books are setting the authors up to be who we aspire to be. Maybe some of us don't want that," podcaster and author Kristen Meinzer says. "Unfortunately, a lot of the self help book...
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The News Roundup For February 7, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
President Trump is acquitted, while the DNC calls for recanvassing in Iowa. The coronavirus epidemic continues. And Kenya's longest serving president dies.
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Why Is Michael Bloomberg Running For President? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Is the safe candidate someone who finished fourth in the Iowa caucus (former Vice President Joe Biden)? Or someone who has a limitless checkbook (former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg)," sa...
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Impeachment Check-In: President Trump's Defense And Bolton's Book from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"John Bolton should know everything, as the National Security Advisor," John Gans says. "But he was in some of those meetings but on the outs with Donal...
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Remembering Kobe and Gianna Bryant from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Especially here in Los Angeles, you see the connection [Kobe] built up with these people," writer Paolo Uggetti says. "He played with a hard-nosed dedication...and inspired people to do better, re...
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What The Controversy Over 'American Dirt' Tells Us About Publishing And Authorship from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"We're not telling people you can't write about another community, we're saying you can, but here's how you do it well," says writer and educator K. Tempest Bradford.
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'Get In Line:' What It Takes To Legally Immigrate To The United States from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Over the past few years, [USCIS] has gotten far more difficult to navigate, it is much more difficult to speak to a human being, to make an appointment...so if there is a snafu, it's very difficul...
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The News Roundup For January 24, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The impeachment trial hit the Senate floor. A new strain of coronavirus claims more lives in China. And Saudi Arabia denies hacking Jeff Bezos' cell phone.
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Campus Culpability: Who Should Keep Colleges Safe? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"We don't want to blame students for being the victims of a crime," says John Vinson, campus security expert. "We have to look at: Are there failures in the process?"
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A Language With Chutzpah: Yiddish And American Culture from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Yiddish has been featured in pop culture from Mel Brooks in the '70s to more recently in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. "Yiddish is a part of American life, and people don't want to lose that," says Yi...
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Splitting Up, But In It Together: Divorce In 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"No marriage is the same, and nobody understands a relationship from the outside...every break is different and complicated," writer Lyz Lenz says. "You don't have to play chicken with your life! Y...
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Rep. Zoe Lofgren On Impeachment, Then And Now from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Witnesses can be clever in their answers," says impeachment manager Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California. "But the documents don't lie."
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The News Roundup For January 17, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
President Trump's impeachment trial begins while candidates debate in Iowa. A Russian cabinet resigns. And protests continue in Iran over a downed flight.
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Decrypting The Decryption Dilemma from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Recode's Kara Swisher on the clash between Apple and the Department of Justice: "If you want a surveillance state, that's where this is headed."
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1A Across America: 2020, The View From Michigan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Democrats are shooting themselves in the foot," says Kathleen VanPopplen, a former Republican who left the party because of President Trump. "If you don't want Trump getting reelected, you have to...
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Calling The Shots In The Year Of The Nurse And Midwife from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"When we have less acute conditions, most of the public can get care quickly and economically," one of our guests says. "Clinics are an important part of addressing that, but nurses can provide a v...
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Two Wheels, Lots Of Controversy: Electric Scooters And Urban Space from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Any time that a physical environment in a city is not set up to allow for a new type of vehicle, you're in trouble," journalist Clive Thompson. "If you want that vehicle there, you've got to chang...
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The 1A Movie Club Sees 'Little Women' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
One listener said he went to see 'Little Women' without his wife. "I was happy to be a single male alone in the movie, and it was great."
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The News Roundup For January 10, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Senate Majority Leader takes impeachment into his own hands. Fires continue to rage in Australia. And fallout continues over the assassination of Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani.
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Unplugged: When Governments Cut Internet Access from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Internet blackouts are more like a hammer, they don't take that much sophistication, but there are other censorship techniques that are more like a scalpel," says cyber security policy expert Just...
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On The Trail: It's An Election Year, Charlie Brown from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"It is clear in polling that Democrats believe [former Vice President Joe] Biden is the candidate can beat Trump. It is not clear in fundraising standards," says The Hill's Reid Wilson.
The Iranian American Perspective On The U.S. And Iran from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Were these U.S. citizens, sleeping on the floor of the detention center in Washington state, free to leave? It doesn't sound like it. This was a detention," says immigration attorney David Leopold...
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When Prices Increase, But The Minimum Wage Has Not from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The federal minimum wage is $7.25, and that hasn't changed in over 10 years. Is it enough to make ends meet?
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The News Roundup for January 3, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Pentagon confirmed the death of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. What happens now?
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How Should We Regulate Homeschooling? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As many as 1.5 million families homeschool their kids. Who gets to decide how homeschooling should happen? And how are the rules enforced?
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Breaking Down President Biden's Proposed Immigration Law Overhaul from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"We've been promised and we've been let down for decades in the immigrant rights movement. This is the year for Biden to do something [to reform immigration laws]," says Erika Andiola of RAICES.
From Texas To Minnesota: 1A Across America In 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"If we are not able to have conversations across the aisle as Gen Z or Millennials, it's going to make it harder and harder as we get more entrenched in our beliefs," student Republican MyChale Coo...
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'Taking Chances' With Sharon Van Etten from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I feel like over the course of ten years, I've found writing music my form of therapy," Van Etten told us.
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Changing The Game? The NCAA Opens The Door For College Athletes To Profit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The NCAA maintains as a legal fiction that the reason people care about college sports is that they are true college students," says economist Andy Schwarz.
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The First Steps For The Biden Administration from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"There was a lot on the president's plate on the first day. It's just the start in a flurry of executive orders," says Washington Post reporter Seung Min Kim.
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The News Roundup for December 27, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Questions remain about where the articles of a presidential impeachment go from here. Protests continue to rock France, India and Iran. And Cuba has a prime minister for the first time in 43 years....
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'She Had Me, I Had Her:' Robyn Crawford Opens Up from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Robyn Crawford said that she and Whitney Houston "just were," and their love was bigger than anything imaginable.
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Jingle Sells, But Who's Buying? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What is it that makes so many artists want to sing about Christmas? And after decades of holiday hits, is there anything new to do with the genre?
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The Perks And Perils Of Plant Parenthood from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Sometimes you are going to lose a few plants. Sometimes leaves will turn yellow," plant blogger and author Darryl Cheng told us.
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'For Their Own Good': The Detention Of Muslim Ethnic Groups In China from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The last time I was able to directly speak with anyone in the country was July 2017," said Salih Hudayar, founder of the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement.
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The News Roundup for December 20, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Donald Trump was impeached by the House. Democratic presidential candidates debated in Los Angeles. U.S. and China agree on new trade terms. Climate talks wrap up in Spain. And Australia declares a...
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The News Roundup For November 13, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The U.S. breaks its single-day coronavirus infection record. President-elect Joe Biden's national lead in the election widens. The European Union agrees to buy a coronavirus vaccine. Iran's supply ...
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Return Of A Jedi: The Legacy Of "Star Wars" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Professor Nicholas Cull told us that Star Wars was an instant hit. He said George Lucas brought a blend of movie genres to the big screen in a way that reassured Americans.
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The Confirmation Of Brett Kavanaugh from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The moment of [Christine] Blasey Ford's testimony was so searing because it was so real," author and reporter Ruth Marcus told us. "She didn't even understand fully that this would be televised na...
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What We Know About Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"It seems the states that had previously avoided COVID-19 are getting hit," says reporter Dan Diamond. "And in those states, there may have been fewer protections over the last few months because p...
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From 'Place Your Order' To Your Door: Inside Amazon's Delivery Process from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"It might not sound hard driving a truck to get something to a front door," reporter Ken Bensinger told us. "But try doing it 250 times in a day."
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Meet America's Most Powerful Flight Attendant from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Flight attendant Sara Nelson told us that yes, you do need to listen to the pre-flight safety briefing. "Every part of that briefing is there because someone lost blood."
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The News Roundup for December 13, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
House Democrats submitted two articles of impeachment, federal workers scored a win and the military has a new Space Force branch.
Around the world, Saudi's Ambassador to the U.S. traveled...
The News Roundup For November 6, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Votes are still being counted in the presidential election. The pandemic reaches a grim milestone. The U.S. withdraws from the Paris Climate Agreement, and a large iceberg breaks off of Antarctica....
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Beyond Adam And Eve: Religion And The Gender Binary from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"It's been my faith in God that guided me to come out of the closet as someone who likes girls, then someone as non-binary," guest Alex Griffin told us. "It was always a feeling of God loving me ex...
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The Current Playing Field For Sports Journalism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I don't think anyone should ever be told to stick to sports. It's a false statement," Only A Game's Karen Given told us. "However, as a journalist, I avoid putting my political o...
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'Switched On Pop': Breaking Down What Makes A Banger from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"What we want to do is understand why songs edge up to the top of the charts and get in our ears. What are the qualities that make them so sticky?" music journalist and podcast host Nate Sloan told...
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Chanel Miller Wants You To Know Her Name from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"To me, it was a very clear case. How could that have been a consensual encounter if that was how I was abandoned?" Chanel Miller told us. "Instead, I found that my assailant was pushing back as ha...
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The News Roundup for December 6, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
House Democrats will begin drafting articles of impeachment. Attorney General William Barr weighs in on protests against police. And Sen. Kamala Harris drops out of the presidential race.
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Designing Our World: Accessibility In Tech from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It seems like technology becomes more integrated into our lives every day. But is this new technology accessible for everyone?
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'Canyon Dreams:' High School Basketball On The Navajo Nation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"It's important not to think of basketball as the only way out, but it's absolutely a cohesive and coherent force," author Michael Powell told us.
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The News Roundup For October 30, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The United States passed nine million coronavirus cases. Tens of millions of Americans vote early during the home stretch before Election Day. France deals with a new wave of COVID-19 lockdowns and...
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No, Koalas Aren't 'Functionally Extinct.' But They Are In Danger from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"There is absolutely a grain of truth to all this," but they're not functionally extinct, National Geographic wildlife reporter Natasha Daly told us.
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Politics Of Pain: Ireland, Britain And Brexit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The fundamental problem is that the U.K. thinks about Brexit as a nationalist revolution," journalist Fintan O'Toole told us. "But the EU is not an empire like how Britain was ... it's not oppress...
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Lost In The World Of Audio Fiction from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Audio fiction is a form of performance for fiction. You have a story that you want to tell and sometimes you do that with one voice or many voices with sound design or music," podcast critic Elena...
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What We Write About When We Write About Food from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A lot of time people say "stick with the food," food writer Osayi Endolyn told us. "But it's never just about the food."
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Tech Check: The Google Antitrust Suit And Section 230 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Big Tech have [...] become gatekeepers over things like commerce and speech," says reporter Cecilia Kang. "There are a handful of tech companies with tremendous power."
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1A Across America: A Conversation With Young Conservatives in Alabama from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Experiencing an active shooter situation last fall, "made me more aware of the gun control policies...but it has not changed my core beliefs that we should have our second amendment rights," says M...
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The News Roundup For October 23, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Days before the election, we watched the final presidential debate. Judge Amy Coney Barrett now faces a full Senate vote for her Supreme Court confirmation.
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1A Movie Club: 'A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I think that a lot of adults, myself included, really don't know what to do with our feelings," writer Beandrea July told us.
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Guns & America: The Good Guy With A Gun from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Research shows people will successfully defend themselves with a gun in less than 1% of violent crimes.
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Breaking The Rules With Charli XCX from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I don't like to limit myself and make one type of thing ... I really like flexing my muscles in all types of ways," Charli XCX told us.
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The News Roundup for November 22, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
E.U. Ambassador Gordon Sondland sounds off in impeachment hearings. Democratic presidential candidates debate in Atlanta.
Around the world, Israel's Prime was indicted on multiple charges...
How Young Activists Are Fighting For Change from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Grassroots activism is so important for an issue like climate," says Kiera O'Brien, of Young Conservatives for Carbon Dividends. "What we've seen for the last 20, 30 years is a complete punt by ou...
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Two Former Ambassadors Weigh In On A Week Of Impeachment Proceedings from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"[Ambassador Gordon] Sondland was in over his head. He didn't act in a way that a normal ambassador would have acted," Ambassador Nicholas Burns told us.
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The News Roundup For October 16, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Trump and Biden answered questions at two separate town halls, while Amy Coney Barrett answered questions at her SCOTUS hearings. COVID cases rise in the US--and Europe--as the holidays near, causi...
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Has The President Gone Too Far In Clearing Three Service Members? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The Pentagon has made it very clear to me that they pretty much uniformly were against these decisions," reporter Dan Lamothe told us about President Trump's recent pardons.
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Presenting The Debutante Ball from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"You need to allow teenage girls their agency, but you also have to ask, who is this for, and who is it helping, and who is it hurting," author Kristen Richardson says.
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How We Talk When We Talk About Abortion from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"[Safe, legal and rare] is extremely antiquated in that it's focusing on shifting politics but not actually thinking about who are the people who are at the center of this issue: people like me who...
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The News Roundup for November 15, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The House held the first public hearings of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Another candidate joined the 2020 presidential race. And the Supreme Court weighed the fate of about 700,00...
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1A Across America: Mass Incarceration in the Deep South from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Some of the prisons, you wouldn't put your dog in there," an Alabama state senator told us.
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Color Me Crimson: Can Football Unite Alabama? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Alabama football serves as an escape for a lot of people, like going to the movies," entertainment and sports producer Ben Flanagan told us.
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The News Roundup For October 9, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The president is home from the hospital after a positive diagnosis for coronavirus. German leaders are preparing for the possibility of a new COVID-19 outbreak. And conflict between Azerbaijan and ...
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1A Across America: The Legacy Of Jeff Sessions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Sessions was a Republican in the state of Alabama before it was popular to be a Republican in the state," political science professor Lori Owens told us.
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The News Roundup For December 4, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Congress finds a starting point on a COVID-19 relief plan. President Trump mulls another campaign in 2024. The U.K. approves a COVID-19 vaccine. And deforestation in the Amazon is at a 12-year high...
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What Matters To Urban Suburban Voters from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Suburban women are a coveted voting demographic. They were key to President Donald Trump's win in 2016, and they're shaping up to be a pivotal demographic in this year's election too. But President...
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'America's Great Undiscovered Literature:' Letters From U.S. Soldiers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The heart of this project is to convey the humanity of these troops. It is to ensure these stories are preserved," said Andrew Carroll, the founding director of the Center for American War Letters...
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The News Roundup for November 8, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A top diplomat revises his testimony to impeachment investigators. Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions announces a run for Senate. And Virginia may no longer be a swing state.
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Tracking The Coronavirus Cluster At The White House from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I've spoken with five former residence staffers and they are losing sleep over this. They're concerned about the butlers in particular," journalist Kate Brower says about White House employees in ...
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'Ok Boomer:' Apathy, Anger And A Viral Meme from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I think it's important to note that while the comment itself is being described as dismissive, it's actually a response to the dismissive point of view that older generations have," wrote one of o...
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Blown Away: Why Police Rely On Faulty Breathalyzers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The machines are often unreliable and they generate skewed results — whether too high or too low — with alarming frequency," New York Times reporter Jessica Silver-Greenberg told us.
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Visiting The Smithsonian With Lonnie Bunch from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I think it's important for us to realize that in this story, slavery is at the center — but it's not the only story. We wanted people to understand the diversity of the black experience," Smithson...
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Getting Thirsty With 'Thirst Aid Kit' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Thirst is an expression of desire. "The idea of noting what you like, having that written down," said Bim Adewunmi, co-host of the podcast "Thirst Aid Kit."
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Dance Theatre of Harlem Takes Ballet Outside The Theater from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Ballet is an exclusive art form. It is meant to be the finest of the fine, the most exquisite expression," says Virginia Johnson, artistic director of Dance Theatre of Harlem. "The issue is right...
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Changing The Game? The NCAA Opens The Door For Athletes To Profit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The NCAA maintains as a legal fiction that the reason people care about college sports is that they are true college students," says economist Andy Schwarz.
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The News Roundup for November 1, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
All but two House Democrats voted for the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Twitter plans to stop all political advertising on the platform. And the Washington Nationals won the World Serie...
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The Hit List: From 'The Crown' To 'Good News,' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We're breaking down the latest movies, music and television we love with writer Brooke Obie, NPR TV critic Eric Deggans and Vox's Emily VanDerWerff.
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What Gave Life To The Idea Of The Zombie? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The Haitian zombie and the modern zombie are two different things tied by a misnomer," author Max Brooks told us.
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When 'Public Safety' Blackouts Are Meant To Prevent Wildfires from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The less power you shut-off, the more narrowly targeted the shut-offs are, the higher the fire risk is... It's going to take a lot of time and money to fix that problem," said Tod Nordhaus, the fo...
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The News Roundup For November 20, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Over 250,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the United States. The acting Defense Secretary announces American troop withdrawals in Afghanistan and Iraq. We got to all that plus a lot more, as we ...
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The News Roundup for September 25, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
President Donald Trump raises questions about the 2020 election, while a grand jury ruling on the police officers that killed Breonna Taylor reignites protests. China commits to carbon-neutrality. ...
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The 1A Movie Club Sees 'Jojo Rabbit' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"My grandmother survived the Holocaust and I don't think there was anything offensive [about the film]," one caller told us. They said it's a good opportunity to educate viewers.
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Polling Your Leg? The Pitfalls Of Predicting An Election from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Feeling like you can't trust the polls again?
We talked about the perks and perils of political polling with The Marist Institute for Public Opinion's Listen
1A Presents...'Driving The Green Book' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We're sharing the first episode of a new show called "Driving The Green Book," produced by Macmillan Podcasts and hos...
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The News Roundup For September 11, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Wildfires continue to rage in the Western U.S. The race for a COVID-19 vaccine faces some setbacks. Disney is criticized for filming parts of Mulan in the Chinese province of Xinjiang. The...
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The News Roundup For September 4, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Protests continue to rock the U.S. as presidential candidates hit the campaign trail. Historic protests continue in Belarus as leader Alexander Lukashenko refuses to step down.
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The News Roundup For August 14, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Biden ticket is announced with celebration—and criticism. The USPS is under fire as election day approaches. Russia claims to have a COVID-19 vaccine, and Israel reaches an "historic" peace dea...
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The News Roundup For January 29, 2021 from 2021-01-29T15:46:59
The United States is alerted to the threat of more right-wing extremist attacks. Wall Street came under fire and COVID-19 vaccination efforts continued across the country. Around the world, crowds ...
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The Hit List (Or, The 1A Pop Culture Roundup) from 2021-01-28T15:39:30
"Pixar really understands the 'hero-goes-on-a-journey' story. This is a story about who you are and what you need to be and how you judge yourself," says KPCC's John Horn about Disney-Pixar's S...
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The Future Of The Senate Filibuster from 2021-01-27T16:40:06
"The filibuster was not part of the original Senate, and it was not something the framers intended," says author Adam Jentleson.
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The Climate For The Fight Against Climate Change from 2021-01-25T15:29:58
"We all should be talking about addressing climate change as a path to build on our innovation. If we seize this moment, we'll be creating more opportunity and security," says Senator Tina Smith, D...
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The News Roundup For January 22, 2021 from 2021-01-22T18:08:33
"This raft of [executive] orders is trying to communicate to the public that this administration is going to take a more leading role in response to the pandemic," says The Washington ...
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The Inauguration Of Joe Biden And Its Place In History from 2021-01-20T14:01:23
"I think the best president that would serve as an example for Biden might be Abraham Lincoln, who was facing a war... and used his second inaugural address to bring healing to the country. I think...
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How The Future Of America Is Thinking About Our Future from 2021-01-19T15:50:59
"We want to have this multigenerational move toward social justice, and it just feels like our leaders and the party aren't doing that," says 17-year-old Aiden Kohn-Murphy. He says it's difficult t...
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Eerie Theories: The Psychology Behind Conspiracy from 2021-01-18T15:59
Donald Trump did not win the presidential election last November. Why do so many people believe he did? We explore the psychology associated with conspiracy theories.
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The News Roundup for January 15, 2021 from 2021-01-15T17:05:16
A week after a deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, the House of Representatives voted to impeach the president for the second time. World leaders react to the news. The U.S. has labeled Yemen's Hout...
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America Couldn't Ease Homelessness Before The Pandemic. What Can We Do Now? from 2021-01-14T15:20
"The virus [is] causing people to lose their jobs and causing economic problems and these are the kinds of situations that lead to more homelessness," says Steve Berg, Vice President of the Nationa...
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Big Tech, Speech And The President Of The United States from 2021-01-13T16:21:55
"The First Amendment, like all of the U.S. Constitution, applies only to government. It's a set of rules about what government can do to its citizens," says RonNell Andersen-Jones, professor of law...
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In America, Who Gets Policed And How? from 2021-01-12T16:24
"The fair and objective application of the law is what builds trust in our communities and in our neighborhoods. It's when police stray from this, that's when we see these fissures," says Frank Str...
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What's Next For Congress After The Attack On The Capitol? from 2021-01-11T18:19:12
Five people are dead after pro-Trump insurrectionists attacked the United States Capitol. Now, it's up to the country's elected leaders to steer what some Americans fear is a sinking ship.
The News Roundup For January 8, 2021 from 2021-01-08T18:09:48
Insurrectionists storm the Capitol. The Electoral College's vote for Joe Biden is certified. World leaders react to a mob breaking into the Capitol. The U.K. finally completes Brexit.
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How The United States Arrived At Pro-Trump Extremists Breaching The Capitol Building from 2021-01-07T17:47:29
Pro-Trump insurrectionists breached the Capitol Building. We bring you the latest on what we know about how the United States got here.
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What The Georgia Runoff Results Mean For The Senate from 2021-01-06T16:31:18
"I think the divide within the GOP is only growing bigger right now," The 19th's Amanda Becker says. "No one knows what the party will look like in two or four years and how long Trump's imprint wi...
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The COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: Your Questions Answered from 2021-01-05T16:51:51
After a slow start, millions of Americans are expecting their first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. How can we pick up the pace of vaccination? And what do we know about how the vaccine rollout has gon...
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The 1A Georgia Senate Runoffs Preview from 2021-01-04T18:31:38
When will we get results from the Senate runoffs in Georgia?
"I think it's safe to say, it's gonna be Election Week," says WABE's Emma Hurt.
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Why Animated TV And Film Is Thriving During The Pandemic from 2021-01-01T12:00:23
While live-action movies and television crews have slowed or stopped their work during the pandemic, America's TV and film animators have been busy as they work from home.
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Designing Our World: When The Customer Actually Comes First from 2020-12-31T09:00:40
How many companies really get to know their customers before launching a product? A lot of businesses would say they do. But design thinkers disagree.
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Designing Our World: Clothing Without The Gender Binary from 2020-12-29T12:00:46
More and more fashion designers are exploring the boundaries of gender and identity in their clothing. But some say the industry has to go further still.
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Designing Our World: The Connection Between A Sound And A Brand from 2020-12-28T12:00:08
Humans can hear 20 to 100 times faster than we can see. Companies have capitalized on our tendency to link emotions and decision-making to what we hear. We explored the power of a connection betwe...
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Is This American Opera's Makeover Movement? from 2020-12-25T09:00:10
The most expensive of the performing arts is at a crossroads after months without ticket sales and year of tough conversations about racism in the industry. What's next for the opera?
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Ask A Foreign Correspondent from 2020-12-24T09:00:21
"We are not just reporting, as our fellow correspondents do here for the U.S.," White House correspondent for MVS Noticias Bricio Segovia says. "We are translating concepts. That comes with an extr...
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The Hit List: 2020's Best Music from 2020-12-23T12:29:20
We talked about the best music of 2020, from Megan to Fiona to Cardi to Taylor to Phoebe to Flo Milli.
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Ina Garten On Cooking For The Holidays In A Pandemic from 2020-12-22T12:16:05
Maybe your holiday plans are different this year. If you're not sure what to cook, or even how to add some festive cheer to this holiday season, we got some ideas from Ina Garten.
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The Purpose Of A Stimulus Check from 2020-12-21T12:00:23
The next pandemic relief package is expected to contain a direct payment of up to $600 for qualifying Americans. What is this money supposed to do? And what did we learn about the effectiveness of ...
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The News Roundup For December 18, 2020 from 2020-12-18T13:27:44
President-elect Biden nominated Rep. Deb Haaland to be the Secretary of the Interior. The vaccine rollout has begun. And Congress keeps working on a second coronavirus relief deal. Plus, Russia's h...
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What Could Happen If A Federal Eviction Hold Expires from 2020-12-17T14:36:15
"We're going to have people with property out of their house and with nowhere to go," says Kimberly Dike, a Texas attorney who represents tenants. "It's horrible to think of, but that's going to ha...
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Federal Executions And The Trump Administration from 2020-12-16T15:07:02
Before President Donald Trump took office, there hadn't been a federal execution in 17 years. Now, the Trump administration is on track to complete the most federal executions in modern history.
How Activists Were Finally Heard About The AIDS Epidemic from 2020-12-15T13:00:16
"It felt to me like we had run out of symbolic ways to protest," says former ACT-UP activist David Robinson. "Doing die-ins, chalking outlines of bodies. But this felt like...the reality of our gri...
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The Plan And The Pushback: Drilling In the Arctic Refuge from 2020-12-14T15:57:53
Alaska's Arctic Refuge is one of the last great expanses of untouched land in the United States. Proponents of drilling for oil and gas say it would bring economic development to the region. But op...
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The News Roundup For December 11, 2020 from 2020-12-11T14:04:06
Americans still traveled for Thanksgiving, despite Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warnings to stay home. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin puts forward a stimulus plan. The U.K. adminis...
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At-Home DNA Testing, Placed Under A Microscope from 2020-12-10T13:52:06
Genealogy is reportedly one of our most popular hobbies, and at-home DNA tests are a trendy holiday gift. But what, exactly, is in the box?
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Fotos Y Recuerdos: The Legacy Of Selena from 2020-12-09T12:39:40
"When Selena [came] along, she represented this kind of transcendence without compromise," Maria Elena Garcia, creator and host of the "Anything for Selena" podcast says. "She celebrated an identit...
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Black Pumas' Eric Burton On Psychedelic Soul Music And Grammy Nominations from 2020-12-08T12:57:55
"We just try and move with as much honesty as we know how, because being as human as we are, we don't always know the right moves," says Black Pumas' Eric Burton. "It seems that there's a little bi...
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The Health Of Public Transportation Systems from 2020-12-07T13:58:02
MTA Chairman and CEO Pat Foye describes the MTA's financial crisis as a "tsunami."
"The deficit we face over a period of years without federal aid is nearly 16 billion dollars."
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'Black Futures' With Kimberly Drew And Jenna Wortham from 2020-12-03T12:41
Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham co-edited "Black Futures," a new book of stories, essays, and art by Black creators using the Black present to predict the Black future. We talked to them about it. ...
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What #FreeBritney Tells Us About Conservatorship Laws from 2020-12-02T14:51:38
"Britney Spears has been under her father's conservatorship since 2008," says Vox's Constance Grady.
"We know that every purchase Britney makes is something that her conservators have to d...
The Climate Crisis: President Trump's Legacy And Biden's Plan from 2020-12-01T12:52:33
"The Trump administration is known for having an aggressive deregulatory approach. People joke that Trump doesn't have a climate policy. Well, he does and it's to undo every climate policy we have ...
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The 1A Movie Club Sees 'Mangrove' from 2020-11-30T15:41:37
All three of our 1A Movie Club panelists gave Steve McQueen's 'Mangrove' five stars. We talk about why.
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The News Roundup For November 7, 2020 from 2020-11-27T13:09:44
John Kerry joins the Biden administration. Millions travel for Thanksgiving despite COVID-19 concerns. The leaders of Israel and Saudi Arabia meet secretly. A soccer icon passes away.
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Explaining The Science Behind An mRNA Vaccine For COVID-19 from 2020-11-25T12:43:07
Scientists have dreamed about the possibilities of custom-made messenger RNA (mRNA). mRNA technology is now driving the latest vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. How do mRNA vaccines work? And we'll...
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Donald Trump's Destruction Of Documents from 2020-11-23T14:44:03
"Because of the desire to avoid disclosure of information...people have been moving to these commercial messaging systems like Signal...this is really changing the way civil servants and government...
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Native Voters Shaped the 2020 Election. What's Next? from 2020-11-19T13:13:07
"It brings joy to my heart," says Kansas Representative Sharice Davids about the historic number of elected Native candidates this election. "I think more native folks in congress is going to mean ...
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An Epidemiologist And A Psychologist Talk About The Holidays from 2020-11-17T12:21:56
Are you canceling your Thanksgiving plans? If you are, you're not alone. After a massive surge in coronavirus cases, getting together is becoming even more risky. We talked about what to do during ...
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Why Do We Still Have The Electoral College? from 2020-11-16T12:21
It might have seemed like a good idea to the framers of the Constitution in the 1780s, but we've been arguing about the Electoral College ever since. Who is at the forefront of the fight for a fair...
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1A Presents: Gun Play from 2020-11-14T09:00:20
2018 was the deadliest year in U.S. history for school shootings. In the podcast "Gun Play," hosts <...
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Prop 22 Passed. What's Ahead For Gig Workers Nationwide? from 2020-11-12T14:19:50
After Prop 22 passed in California, organizers and tech companies expect the fight over whether gig economy workers should be classified as employees or independent contractors to go national.
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A Conversation With Author Kiese Laymon from 2020-11-10T13:11:34
"It's sort of hard to hurt yourself and not hurt anyone else," says author Kiese Laymon about his republished essay collection, "How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America."
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How Whiteness Affected The Election from 2020-11-09T12:28
Professors Eddie Glaude Jr. and Brittney Cooper joined us to talk about the role of race in President-ele...
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Answering Your Questions About Lawsuits And The Election from 2020-11-05T12:38:39
"I have yet to see a single lawsuit filed on the Trump side that I think could credibly call into question a significant number of votes that could plausibly affect the outcome in any of these stat...
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The 1A Election Results Roundup from 2020-11-04T15:36:33
One thing we know for sure? "The polls were very, very wrong in these swing states," says politics reporter Reid Wilson.
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1A And The Moth Present 'Voting Day' By Juliette Holmes from 2020-11-03T12:05:40
Juliette Holmes' parents could technically vote, but they had to pass a test. The questions were not fair.
"How many jelly beans are in this jar? How many bubbles are in this bar of soap?"...
Poverty, Politics And The Presidential Election from 2020-11-02T13:43:02
"64 million people who are poor or low wealth are eligible voters," says Rev. Dr. William Barber. "They could change who sits in the White House, who sits in Congress, who sits in the governor's ma...
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The Latest On Senate Races In North Carolina, Georgia And Maine from 2020-10-29T14:42:32
"There's outright voter suppression and tacit voter suppression. When voters have to bring lawn chairs to vote that's a problem. That's what happened in 2018," says reporter Greg Bluestein, of vote...
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How Armed Militia Groups Are Preparing For Election Day And Beyond from 2020-10-28T12:55:21
Guns & America reporter Heath Druzin defines a militia as "a group of people who do weapons training, for a potential conflict, often with the explicit or implicit idea that if a tyrannical governm...
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The 1A Movie Club: Bad Hair from 2020-10-27T13:54:15
"Black movies and movies about the Black experience, they deserve to get criticism just like the white movies," says critic Ronald Young, Jr. But because there are not enough Black movies, we are a...
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W. Kamau Bell And Hari Kondabolu On 'Politically Re-Active's' Return from 2020-10-22T12:57:50
"Satire has gotten hard under this president. Every headline sounds like an "Onion" article. What we're competing with is reality," says comedian Hari Kondabolu. "There is always a need for comedy ...
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The FDA's Role In A COVID-19 Vaccine from 2020-10-21T13:29:19
"There's a distinction between the public perception that politicians are trying to influence the agency and what's actually going on in the FDA's day-to-day regulatory work," says former FDA commi...
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Is 'Latinx' The Future Of Latino Identity? from 2020-10-20T12:51:29
"Unless we start understanding the collectivity of us, and what makes us one...we risk falling into a pretty big identity crisis," author Paola Ramos says. She says exploring the term "Latinx" forc...
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The Challenge Of School Discipline During The Pandemic from 2020-10-15T12:53:41
Danielle Elliott says it's a lot more difficult for teachers to engage with special needs students remotely. "My son does struggle with ADHD," she says. "I would think it'd almost be easier when my...
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How Conspiracy Theorists Are Disrupting Efforts To Fight Human Trafficking from 2020-10-14T14:15:49
How can you reach someone who's starting to believe conspiracies?
"Part of QAnon is to completely reject reality ... you have to get to people before they get there," says NBC's Ben Colli...
Unpacking The Amy Coney Barrett Nomination Hearing (So Far) from 2020-10-13T12:32:12
We broke down what Judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court could mean for the future of the court and the country.
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What Is Anarchism? from 2020-10-12T12:24:03
"Anarchism is actually a highly organized idea that requires a lot of cooperation and planning because it doesn't rely on forms of authoritarian and state violence," anarchist William C. Anderson s...
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Jacob Collier Hasn't Let Lockdown Pause His Music from 2020-10-10T09:00:32
"Music is one of the places in my life I think I feel the most empowered and safe to stretch my idea of what's right and wrong, what's possible and what's impossible, and to kind of blur those line...
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Power Player: Why James Baker Is The Man Who Ran Washington from 2020-10-07T13:07:04
"I think that [Baker] has this ability to engage with people across many different lines...in a way, coming from this very patrician background gave him a kind of self-confidence others don't have,...
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Historian Jill Lepore On The Corporation That Invented The Future from 2020-10-05T12:34:16
"I find myself baffled by what we have tacitly or unknowingly agreed to with regard to the collection of personal data about each of us and its use by for-profit corporations to predict our behavio...
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The Struggle For Working Mothers During The Pandemic from 2020-10-03T09:00:58
Women workers have been hit particularly hard by the pandemic. "In March, the unemployment rate for women was about 4%, and now it's hovering around 14%...for Black women it's about 15% and for Lat...
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The News Roundup For October 2, 2020 from 2020-10-02T13:57:10
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for coronavirus at a time when the nation was still reacting to recent revelations about his tax returns and the presidential deb...
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Election Day...Election Week...Election Month? from 2020-10-01T15:10:13
Experts have been warning us for months that the presidential election may not be decided on November 3. And we might not know the winner for a while after that. So what could happen in the interim...
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What President Trump's Tax Returns Reveal About The Tax Code from 2020-09-30T12:46:52
"A lot of the complication [in the tax code] comes from carve-outs and special rates for particular types of activity ... particularly for wealth," says economist Chye-Ching Huang.
Researc...
The State Of The Census from 2020-09-29T15:44:43
"After learning the effect that an undercount has on my community, it just really opened my eyes. Everything about the resources that are available to my community is determined by census data," sa...
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All That Matters Is That You Get Hyped: The Enduring Power Of Boy Bands from 2020-09-28T12:52:52
What makes a boy band? Researcher Maria Sherman says generally, "they're young, they're cute, they don't have facial hair but their hair is a big deal."
But there's a lot more to boy bands...
Block The Vote: Texas Voter ID Laws + Gerrymandering In Michigan from 2020-09-24T15:26:46
We travel to Texas and Michigan to talk about two things that influence the way people vote and the power your ballot has: voter ID laws and gerrymandering.
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How Generation Z And Millennials Are Fighting A Poll Worker Shortage from 2020-09-23T15:22:33
"I compare being a poll worker to being a fast food worker, except that there's not as much room for mistakes," says poll worker Evan Malbrough. "If you make a mistake with somebody's ballot you've...
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ICE, A Whistleblower And Forced Sterilization from 2020-09-22T15:04:25
"Women [in detention] are faced with this problem where they don't have [medical] choices and they don't have the liberty to go find those choices," says migrant rights advocate Michelle Brané.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life, Her 'Most Fervent Wish' And The Future Of SCOTUS from 2020-09-21T12:46:58
How are Republican senators handling accusations of hypocrisy? "There's nothing more shapeshifting than a senator considering judicial nominations. Consistency is not something we see very often," ...
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The News Roundup for September 18, 2020 from 2020-09-18T13:21:28
Wildfires and hurricanes continue to affect large swaths of the US. COVID infections top 30 million globally, as the work on a vaccine continues. President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu celebr...
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How The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Affecting Crime from 2020-09-17T15:59:46
Some will tell you crime in America has gone up. Others say it's down. But it depends on the type of crime.
And as many politicians know, for some people, it's not about the numbers, it's...
Why Millions Of Eligible Americans Don't Vote from 2020-09-16T13:15:55
1A listener George told us, "My vote doesn't really matter[...]Six states are getting virtually all of the attention and all of the campaign dollars are going to those states."
"T...
Museums Are Filled With Stolen African Art. Is It Time To Return It? from 2020-09-15T15:35
"Part of the reason the Benin royal art is so much at the forefront of this conversation is because it's one of the best documented examples of colonial appropriation," says Chika Okeke-Agulu, prof...
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The 1A Movie Club Watches 'Quarantine Horror' from 2020-09-14T13:03:21
"The thing that you're always looking to do in horror is to make the audience feel like they're participating," says "Host" director Rob Savage.
"The great thing about screen horror is tha...
Can Colleges And Universities Survive The Pandemic? from 2020-09-10T15:34:01
Many schools that were financially stressed going into the pandemic might not come out of it, says Fred Lawrence, CEO of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
"Once you put the nose of the plane dow...
How Everything Will End, According To A Cosmologist from 2020-09-09T12:51
"I think there is a morbid fascination in thinking of how everything will fall apart," says cosmologist Katie Mack. "But you can contemplate how we fit into this bigger picture, and that can be a r...
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Dirty Money, 'Kleptopia' And World Leaders from 2020-09-08T14:52:09
"I have a few sleepless nights but the people who are far braver are my sources," says journalist Tom Burgis.
He says his sources, including those in places like Washington D.C. and Kazakh...
In Limbo With Aminé from 2020-09-07T09:00:54
"The title of the album (Limbo) was to tell fans 'I'm literally figuring it out, I'm just a guy still in limbo,'" says rapper Aminé. "I always wanted to challenge myself and try to push the envelop...
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White Christians Grapple With Their Faith's Racist Past And Present from 2020-09-03T15:21:13
"I feel personally convicted as a white pastor in a predominately white congregation to speak passionately about race in the church," says pastor Angela Denker.
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Who Are The Armed Civilians Showing Up At Protests? from 2020-09-02T13:17:47
How are militias recruiting new members?
"They point to protests and to violence and say, 'Hey look, this is the time, you need to protect yourself,' playing on fears people have," says re...
What We Know About The California Wildfires from 2020-09-01T14:50:58
Incarcerated firefighters make up a significant portion of the crews fighting the wildfires in California. But formerly incarcerated firefighter Rasheed Lockheart wonders: "Why can't our service an...
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Michaela Coel Of 'I May Destroy You' On Trauma, Levity And The Space Between from 2020-08-31T09:00:52
"I find writing very immersive and as I write in my mind I have some notion of how I'll say the lines when we do our first take. All the characters I write, I somehow embody," says writer and showr...
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The News Roundup For August 28, 2020 from 2020-08-28T13:13:46
Hurricane Laura surges through the southern U.S., while sports teams strike over a police shooting in Kenosha, WI. TikTok continues to be a sore spot for China and U.S. relations. And Japanese Prim...
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The Legacy Of Hurricane Katrina, 15 Years Later from 2020-08-27T14:13:52
"Katrina seems much less like an isolated incident than a harbinger for what 21st century America is," historian Andy Horowitz says.
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'Say Her Name': The Latest On Breonna Taylor's Case from 2020-08-26T14:02:40
"It's always interesting who in America we frame as having the ability to fully enact this Second Amendment right [to defend their home]," sociologist Rashawn Ray says.
Plus, we start the ...
The Search For Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women from 2020-08-25T12:41:24
"We are constantly dismissed at every level of the justice system." Grace Bulltail told us about her family's search to find answers around the death of her niece, Kaysera Stops Pretty Places.
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What Does It Mean To Be Conservative? from 2020-08-24T16:05:02
"The animating force between Republicans and Democrats isn't partisanship but negative partisanship," journalist McKay Coppins says.
We talked with two young conservatives and McKay Coppin...
The News Roundup For August 21, 2020 from 2020-08-21T14:03:52
Former Vice President Joe Biden accepted the Democratic presidential nomination. The U.S. Postal Service weighs some big changes. A Russian opposition leader is possibly poisoned, Iran faces new sa...
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The Latest Updates On The Changes At The U.S. Postal Service from 2020-08-19T14:33:32
"[Postmaster General Louis] DeJoy does have quite a few stockholdings in places like Amazon and other shipping companies and worked in shipping for a number of years himself," says ProPublica's Jes...
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The Movement To Abolish Prisons And The Police from 2020-08-18T13:05:51
"We need things like transformative and restorative justice processes to address some of these issues, rather than the knee-jerk reaction of punishment or [..] separating people who are incarcerate...
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Black Women, The Right To Vote And The 19th Amendment from 2020-08-17T12:52:11
Civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer fought for voting rights. She questioned why we have to fight for basic rights and freedoms because of the color of our skin. "Is this America, the land of th...
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The Rights And Resources For Students With Special Needs from 2020-08-13T14:10:05
"Some children are medically fragile so it's impossible for them to go back to school...schools are going to have to be really nimble and flexible [to support them]," education professor Melody Mus...
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The Rise Of Pandemic Pods from 2020-08-12T12:35:27
"Many of our students will thrive because the public school system is fundamentally inequitable, and now they're outside of oppressive systems and able to learn more freely," says Nikolai Pizarro, ...
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Making The Grade: How Should We Assess Students During A Pandemic? from 2020-08-11T13:29:51
"If a student is not learning, that could be the fault of the system, not of the student," says education reporter Moriah Balingit. "[Grades] seem to measure what students have, not what they know....
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Homeworked: To Reopen Or Not To Reopen from 2020-08-10T15:08:37
"Are we as schools using science to drive our reopening plans? As superintendents, we're not health experts," says Superintendent PJ Caposey. "When we're told to reopen safely and then not given gu...
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What Is Cottagecore? from 2020-08-08T09:00:12
"I'm a Black Muslim woman, so people don't really see a lot of us in the cottagecore community," influencer Sumaiyuh Jones says. "And it's different to see someone's religion and someone's culture ...
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The Situation in Beirut + Why America Can't Ignore Its Past And Its Failings from 2020-08-06T15:39:21
"What matters to me is to be honest and to be fair. I think it is absolutely clear that the president has numerous failings which has cost the country as a whole, dearly," Atlantic writer ...
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Ilia Calderón's Time To Speak + Primaries (Still) With Reid Wilson from 2020-08-05T13:05:19
"The number of people who are dying is more than 1,000 a day," says Reid Wilson about the White House's claims of success on increased COVID tests. "Public opinion is not on the President's side no...
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Poet Natasha Trethewey + The Latest On TikTok from 2020-08-04T15:48:01
"So much of our day-to-day lives are about defusing or deescalating situations with men that could turn violent or frightening," says Natasha Trethewey. "If I couldn't tell a story about my life an...
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What President Trump Means By 'Suburban Lifestyle Dream' from 2020-08-03T12:16:40
"Housing and neighborhoods are really the fundamental way that we've segregated people," former HUD secretary Shaun Donovan says. "At the very time that we need to be moving the country forward [.....
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LeVar Burton Is Still Reading To Us During The Pandemic from 2020-08-01T09:00:14
It's a tough time for Black Americans. How is Levar Burton protecting his heart? "I try to remind myself and others to keep our heads up. Unless our head is up. We cannot see the horizon. And it's ...
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A Conversation With Zadie Smith + Big Tech 'Comes' To Washington from 2020-07-30T13:19:46
"If you always come to activism with the same set of ideas, it's ahistorical. Things have changed since 1850. The use of the word 'hate' lets way too many people off the hook," says writer Zadie Sm...
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The U.S. Postal Service And A Vote-By-Mail Election from 2020-07-29T15:06:44
"The Postal Service has been doing vote by mail for generations," says Mark Dimondstein of the American Postal Workers Union. "We can continue to deliver for the people as long as we have the suppo...
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The Debate Over Federal COVID-19 Funding And Private Schools from 2020-07-28T15:00:56
"We have many families in Arizona that don't even have access to electricity and it's our duty to provide access," says Beth Lewis of Save Our Schools. "But it's harder when we're being asked to sp...
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What Is Fascism? from 2020-07-27T12:54
"It's an upheaval of society through violence to turn the clock back," says historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat. "When there are periods of great progress, charismatic men organize movements around themselves...
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The News Roundup For July 24, 2020 from 2020-07-24T13:43:28
Two civil rights leaders were laid to rest. The clashes between federal agents and and protesters continues in Portland. COVID-19 continues to devastate around the world. And two countries set out ...
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Honoring The Legacy Of Civil Rights Icons C.T. Vivian And John Lewis from 2020-07-23T15:16:01
With plans for memorials around the country underway, we shared your ideas on how to honor the legacy of the late Rep. John Lewis and the late Rev. C.T. Vivian.
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1A Across America: Are We Prepared For The November Election? from 2020-07-22T15:56:09
Elections are complicated, but they shouldn't be chaotic. We talked about why many election officials have a sense of dread over what's to come in November.
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The Trump Administration Is Making It More Difficult To Seek Asylum. Is That Legal? from 2020-07-21T13:40:05
"These asylum officers have been put in a position where they're forced to implement these policies that they not only believe are wrong or immoral, but that they believe are actually illegal," say...
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What We Talk About When We Talk About 'Cancel Culture' from 2020-07-20T13:02:51
Some say "cancel culture" is an attack on free speech by the so-called "woke." Others believe it's an overdue move to call out powerful people and companies for views and policies that oppress the ...
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After Long-Sought Wins For Native Americans, What's Next? from 2020-07-15T12:59:09
How did activist Amanda Blackhorse feel when the announcement to change the name of Washington D.C.'s football team was made?
"I am very cynical when it comes to the team and their intent...
A Conversation With Director Gina Prince-Bythewood from 2020-07-14T12:14:41
"For me, the quiet moments [in "The Old Guard"] were as important as the big action set pieces," director Gina Prince-Bythewood says. "It was about elevating and bringing my Black female lens to th...
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Finding 'American' Food: Tasting The Nation With Padma Lakshmi from 2020-07-13T15:09
"Okra. Black-eyed peas. Melons. Certain types of Chilis...that is so much a part of who we are. It's not just the food, it's the aesthetic. It's the discourse," says food author Michael Twitty.
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'American Rehab' And The Dark History of Rehabilitative Treatment from 2020-07-09T14:33:22
"A lot of people believe instilling a work ethic in people with substance abuse disorders will cure them, but what we found is that these programs don't work for most people," says reporter Shoshan...
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In-Person Education Or Risk Deportation: Foreign Students And The Fall Semester from 2020-07-08T12:18:29
"International students, once they're here, they make lives here, some of them have family here," says reporter Michelle Hackman. "Harvard and MIT have already sued the Trump administration over th...
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Why It's Still Hard To File Your Taxes For Free from 2020-07-07T12:51:05
"Congress has cut the budget of the IRS even as the population has grown, says ProPublica reporter Justin Elliott. "You've seen audits of the wealthy fall off."
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Free Speech And Hate Speech: Another Reckoning For Social Media Companies from 2020-07-06T15:17
"No one is owed a Facebook account or Twitter handle," one listener writes. "When you use these platforms, you agree to play by their rules. They are not the 'town square.'" Do you agree?
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On The Wing: The Power Of Birdwatching from 2020-07-04T09:00:30
"My binoculars have become heavier now," says Clemson professor J. Drew Lanham. "It's become harder for me to pick up my binoculars and singularly focus on those birds. But I still watch."
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Going To Therapy With Esther Perel from 2020-07-03T09:00:20
"We're asking one person to give us what normally an entire village would provide," therapist Esther Perel says about relationships during the coronavirus quarantine.
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The Disability Rights Movement, 30 Years After The ADA from 2020-07-02T14:30:51
"The ADA doesn't fix the problem of ableism...rights and laws are meant to be a floor, not a ceiling," disability advocate Britney Wilson says.
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When The Stans Assemble: K-Pop, Protests And Fan Activism from 2020-07-01T13:47:02
"We do politics based on where our communities are," says researcher Ashley Hinck. "Increasingly, that same community is found in fandoms. We're going to see more and more of this fan activism."
1A Across America: Unpolicing Mental Illness from 2020-06-30T16:03:27
"Any investment in a community is a mental health initiative," says Vice's Shayla Love.
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The Latest Push Toward Statehood For Washington, D.C. from 2020-06-29T12:41:08
"I can chair a subcommittee. I vote in committee. I do everything that every representative does. But when it comes time to cast that final vote, including votes that affect only the District, ever...
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Eyes And Ears Everywhere: The Russian Spies Among Us from 2020-06-25T15:12:29
"We're seeing [Russian espionage] now, more than in 2016, amplify real people's views and real people's activities and then try to spread those," says BBC Security Correspondent Gordon Corera.
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Reckoning With Racist Brands from 2020-06-24T15:40
"The CEOs and the leaders at these companies recognize that this is a revolution... young people are taking to the streets and brands matter," says marketing expert Mike Jackson.
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Canceling 'Cops:' Why Hollywood Loves Portraying The Police from 2020-06-23T15:31:35
"There is this huge emphasis on police as the guardians of society," says culture critic Soraya McDonald. The problem with that is "we can't tell the difference between sheepdogs and wolves."
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Joe Biden Needs Black Voters. What Do They Need From Him? from 2020-06-22T15:07:40
"Joe Biden will almost certainly win the majority of African Americans," political reporter Astead Herndon says. "The question is, will that be the number the campaign needs for the kind of broad c...
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The News Roundup For June 19, 2020 from 2020-06-19T14:19:18
SCOTUS drops consequential decisions that will affect millions. COVID-19 continues to rock the nation and the world. And Tensions flare in China and India over their border. And North Korea threate...
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How To Talk About Race With Kids from 2020-06-18T16:22:01
Teaching your kids to be colorblind isn't the right approach. "We do have color. We do see color," Professor Bettina Love tells us. "We have to help folks understand that to become antiracist is to...
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From Cincinnati, Fort Worth And Montgomery: Three Mayors On Meeting This Moment from 2020-06-17T15:05:16
Cincinnati's police budget is increasing. But Mayor John Cranley responds, "We are investing in accountability, body-worn cameras make up a nearly $900,000 increase to the police budget."
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Dr. Anthony Fauci Doesn't Get Much Sleep from 2020-06-16T12:24:58
If you're protesting, Dr. Anthony Fauci says to please wear a mask and keep it on all the time.
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What James Baldwin's Work Tells Us About Today's Fight For Racial Justice from 2020-06-15T14:10:52
"This is a reflection of America's ongoing refusal to confront what it is and who we are," says author Eddie Glaude Jr. on what he thinks James Baldwin would say about this moment. Plus, an update ...
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Can Companies Fight For Social Justice? from 2020-06-13T09:00:44
"It's not what you do on your social media page or Twitter, it's what you do in your background lobby. A lot of these companies are lobbying behind the scenes against the interests of Black and bro...
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Across America And Abroad: Symbols Of White Supremacy Come Down from 2020-06-11T14:56:58
"The important thing is that people are starting to understand how insidious those monuments are..." says former New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu. "The last thing we should be doing is honoring tho...
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The Power Of Police Unions from 2020-06-10T13:12:20
"I do think representation matters" in police unions, says The Marshall Project's Eli Hager. But he adds, "A number of Black officers I spoke with don't want to be part of the 'old boys culture."
The Debate Over Objectivity In Journalism from 2020-06-09T13:08:20
"If you are a non-marginalized person who belongs to a non-marginalized group...you actually believe that you see the world in an objective way. What we're saying is that's never been the case," jo...
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Police Reform + A Conversation With Kojo Nnamdi from 2020-06-08T16:44:31
"It's our intention to not have the Minneapolis Police Department continue to operate," City Council member Steve Fletcher says. "You can't force a culture that doesn't want to learn to learn."
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The News Roundup For June 5, 2020 from 2020-06-05T13:24:16
Hundreds of thousands around the world mourned George Floyd and protested racism and police brutality. President Trump threatened to send the military to states. And nations around the world reopen...
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How To Identify Misinformation (And Disinformation) About The Protests from 2020-06-04T16:35:57
"Misinformation is often optimized to appeal to our emotions," The News Literacy Project's Peter Adams says. "It deeply resonates with our values and most sacred beliefs, and that causes us to act ...
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The Past And Present Of Protests In America from 2020-06-03T15:08:18
"You cannot be violent to property. You can be violent to human beings. The destruction of property cannot be deemed equivalent to the destruction of human life," says Dr. Imani Perry.
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The Trauma Of Being Black In America from 2020-06-02T13:02:55
"An entire community is grieving," Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia says. "What we really have to focus on is the subtext, and the subtext is racism."
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"To Be In A Rage, Almost All The Time" from 2020-06-01T14:55
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Paul Butler join us to talk about the history and realities of police brutality and white supremacy in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, and the subsequent protests in...
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The 1A (Mini) Spelling Bee + SpellPundit Online Bee Winner Navneeth Murali from 2020-05-30T09:00:31
"Think about your very favorite childhood memory and the biggest dream you've ever had and the first time you really felt celebrated for who you are and how you met your best friend. For me, the Be...
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The People Hit Hardest By Pandemic Job Loss from 2020-05-28T12:53:38
"Inequality has been rising in the United States for decades upon decades," economist Erik Hurst says. We're seeing these disparities in this recession as well.
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The 1A Movie Club: A Conversation With Ava DuVernay + 'The Vast Of Night' from 2020-05-27T13:57:02
The COVID-19 pandemic means "the bigger movies mostly are postponing their releases," says The Frame's John Horn.
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The Relationship Between President Trump And Former President Obama from 2020-05-26T12:53:13
"I think [President Donald Trump] really cannot shake President Obama from his head," MSNBC's Trymaine Lee says.
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Joe Biden, Tara Reade And Democratic Voters from 2020-05-21T14:59:50
This is not the first time the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has been accused of unwanted touching by women, but Tara Reade's latest accusation goes the furthest.
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'There's No Closure': How A Nation Grieves At Home from 2020-05-20T15:11:08
"People in grief are so isolated and so it's hard to have a collective voice together," says grief expert David Kessler. "When people say that the six-feet distancing is annoying, you know what's m...
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From Galileo To Dr. Fauci: The History Of Science Denial And Conspiracies from 2020-05-19T14:40:27
"History already has cases of science denial," says astrophysicist Mario Livio. "This is not new. It never ends well."
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The Food Delivery App Dilemma from 2020-05-18T16:28:32
Miguel Ramirez, a food delivery worker in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, says he would appreciate a raise. "We're the ones risking ourselves."
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The News Roundup For May 15, 2020 from 2020-05-15T13:27:49
Experts warn of a resurgence of deaths in reopened states. Former Trump associate Paul Manafort is released from jail due to coronavirus. And Wuhan prepares to test 11 million citizens for COVID-19...
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Should We Stay Polite, Even In A Pandemic? from 2020-05-14T12:50:09
Etiquette expert Lizzie Post says COVID-era dilemmas come back to a central question of etiquette. "How much agency do we have to tell people we don't like their behavior?"
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What To Expect When Expecting In A Pandemic from 2020-05-13T16:08:19
Maria is eight months pregnant with her first child. Her husband is a medical resident in St. Louis. "He's my sole partner through this whole process, and I'm relying on him to help me...but at the...
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The DOJ Drops Charges For Michael Flynn + How Hip-Hop Battles Bring Us Together from 2020-05-12T13:32:16
"These live streams are speaking to the people at home first," YouTube's Tuma Basa says. "They're the primary audience — they're not an afterthought. [D-Nice is] talking to Michelle Obama, and then...
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Inside A Secret Library In Syria from 2020-05-09T09:15:19
"What most amazed me was that this library was 5 or 6 feet below streets where people were being sniped and bombs were going off," says the BBC's Mike Thomson about a secret library in Durayya, Syr...
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The News Roundup For May 8, 2020 from 2020-05-08T14:36:11
A black man is murdered while jogging in Georgia. The Dept. of Justice drops its case against Michael Flynn. The investigation into the origins of COVID-19 continues. Soccer will return to Germany,...
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Helping Latinos Combat Coronavirus + A Conversation With 1A's New Host from 2020-05-07T13:05:59
"This work is not about me, it's about the listener...it's about you helping us hold public officials accountable, it's about elevating your voice. I hope the show remains entirely listener-focused...
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The 'Murder Hornets' And The Honey Bees from 2020-05-06T12:57:38
One hornet scouts out a honey bee hive. Then, the hornets attack. But how worried should we actually be?
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Coronavirus: 'To Sleep, Perchance To Dream' from 2020-05-05T13:22:29
You might be worried about contracting COVID-19 or passing it to someone else. That anxiety shows up in our dreams in different forms. Dream analyst Lauri Loewenberg says that being aware of the pa...
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Priced Out: Where Is Our Safety Net? from 2020-05-04T15:39:13
Unemployment claims are up to 20 times the normal level, and state agencies don't have the technology to process the rate of applications. Unemployment expert Rebecca Dixon says this represents a l...
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What A National Vote-By-Mail Election Might Look Like from 2020-04-30T13:21:04
"I think the worry is...that states just don't get the word out effectively and voters get left behind," says Ryan McCarthy of ProPublica.
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As Meat Workers Get Sick, An Executive Order Keeps Plants Open from 2020-04-29T15:24:27
"The link that keeps the food production system going is the workforce. These workers are humans. We have had workers die in this plant. They didn't want to die. This wasn't a choice," said Kim Cor...
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What Medical Experts Say About When To Reopen America from 2020-04-28T16:13:52
"We should have had massive testing early on," says Dr. Jeremy Faust, who says he had trouble testing his own patients. "I'm certain I discharged patients who had this disease and may have spread i...
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The Economic Impact Of COVID-19 On Young People from 2020-04-27T12:43:30
"The millennials as a generation were much more economically vulnerable going into this than Generation X...they have very little money in savings accounts, very little cushion, and that's not beca...
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Hayley Williams On 'Petals For Armor,' Paramore And Pandemic Music from 2020-04-25T09:00:33
To promote her song "Over Yet," Hayley Williams made a workout video. "I created this fantasy in my head of myself as an aerobics instructor in this apocalyptic society," she told us.
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The News Roundup For April 24, 2020 from 2020-04-24T13:11:26
President Trump signs a new $484 billion relief package. U.S. unemployment surges as the price of oil plummets. Countries around the world continue to weigh coronavirus relief strategy...and econom...
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1A Across America: Abortion Bans During The Pandemic from 2020-04-23T12:34:18
"What's happening is women in Texas are being forced to remain pregnant during a pandemic against their will," Cristina Parker of the Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equity tells us.
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Writing Fiction About A Changing Climate from 2020-04-22T12:32:42
"We can end ourselves with words. But we can also save ourselves," says cli-fi author Lydia Millet.
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When Will Crowds Roar Again? Coronavirus And Music Concerts from 2020-04-21T13:51:53
"The people who are really going to feel the brunt of this are the blue collar workers like the stage hands," says reporter August Brown. "The mom and pop clubs, the mom and pop promoters, they're ...
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Help Is On The Way? Coronavirus Aid To Rural America from 2020-04-20T13:36:29
Mary Ellen Pratt is the CEO of St. James Parish Hospital in Lutcher, Louisiana. The county was one of the first rural areas that got hit hard by the coronavirus, and the hospital is the only one in...
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The Battle Within: Coronavirus And The Immune System from 2020-04-16T13:48:34
According to reporter Matt Richtel, COVID-19 is dangerous because it targets our lungs. And we need our lungs constantly. "It's not like food and it's not like water, you can't wait. You gotta have...
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1A Across America: From Denver To Detroit, Small Businesses Try To Make It Work from 2020-04-15T12:29:47
"People could die. I don't want any part of that," says Ken Brown, owner of Famous Philly Cheese Steak.
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Crafting Mines And Crossing Animals: Playing Video Games During The Pandemic from 2020-04-13T12:21
"Games are a medium that, for a variety of reasons, have long been associated with a sense of shame," psychologist Alex Kriss says. He says games are a virtual playground where you can try things w...
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Shoot For The Moon: A Conversation With Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell from 2020-04-13T04:01:17
"I'm afraid it's going to be the last moon mission for a while." No one was supposed to hear Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell saying that. But the mics were on. The entire nation heard it.
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The News Roundup For April 10, 2020 from 2020-04-10T15:33:59
Health care workers experience praise and abuse. Sen. Bernie Sanders leaves the Democratic presidential race, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves intensive care. And the U.S. unemployment enrol...
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'Stay-At-Home'-Cooked Meals: The Kitchen During Coronavirus from 2020-04-09T14:31:35
Chef Kwame Onwuachi says this time is the most he's cooked at home since he was a child, and it's helped him connect with why he loves cooking so much.
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On The Trail: Global Pandemic Edition from 2020-04-08T15:16:24
Author and Hill correspondent Reid Wilson said public health experts saw a global pandemic coming. "Everybody in public health knew it wasn't an 'if' question, but a 'when' question."
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We Couldn't Help But Wonder...Love In The Time Of Coronavirus from 2020-04-07T14:17:14
"We're constantly getting to know each other, constantly learning about each other throughout the day and that's definitely sped up the relationship," says Nick Young, who is isolating separately f...
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R. Eric Thomas, From 'Deeply Shewk' To A Viral Column from 2020-04-04T11:00:50
"A lot of the time, it feels foolhardy that you'll get the thing you want," writer R. Eric Thomas says. "[But] on its best day, America can be a space of immense potential and possibility."
The News Roundup For April 3, 2020 from 2020-04-03T16:10:26
The U.S. braces itself for thousands of deaths, as 6.6 million Americans claimed unemployment. Old rifts in Europe reemerge in the wake of the coronavirus. And, Brazil's president defies health lea...
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On Fire: The Science Behind Streaks from 2020-04-02T16:37:42
"Even in my business, making games, it's all about ideas. When you get on a roll, you can definitely sense it," says Mark Turmell, the creator of NBA Jam. "I've felt the opposite too, I've felt lul...
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Why It's Not All Downhill From Here, With Author Terry McMillan from 2020-04-01T15:15:59
"Sometimes we just give ourselves permission to do whatever we feel like doing," Terry McMillan says. "Because we do not get a do-over, last time I checked."
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The 1A Movie Club Sees 'Contagion' from 2020-03-30T16:02:38
Film critic Sam Adams says he wasn't interested in seeing Contagion again. But once he did, he felt a little comforted. "One of the great things about horror movies is that they end."
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Coronavirus Across America: Worship In A Time Of Pestilence from 2020-03-29T11:00:20
"The church will never close in this country because the church is not a building ... It is a gathering of people," says Rev. Angela Denker.
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The News Roundup For March 27, 2020 from 2020-03-27T14:33:13
The U.S. leads the world in coronavirus cases, but Spain is already surpassing China's reported deaths. Boris Johnson self-isolates after testing positive for COVID-19. And millions of truck driver...
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Sen. Bernie Sanders On Congress And The Coronavirus Pandemic from 2020-03-26T13:36:14
"This is not a time for thinking about things in the way we did yesterday," Senator Bernie Sanders says. "While this bill didn't go near as far as I thought it should go, it did expand unemployment...
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The Sounds Of America: The 1951 National League Tiebreaker from 2020-03-25T14:15:32
"Are there other stories that need to be told? Are they being told? And are we listening?" says Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden about reexamining history through recorded sound.
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Coronavirus: Feeding A Sick Nation from 2020-03-24T16:40:16
"It's something that I can't avoid, I have to go to work," Scott, who delivers tortillas to grocery stores in Maryland, told us. "A lot of my well-being right now relies on the well-being of others...
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Coronavirus: Aiding The Unemployed from 2020-03-23T16:40:54
Amy Putens, a hair stylist based in Washington, D.C., says her biggest fear is whether she'll have a business to go back to, once the coronavirus pandemic is over.
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Live from Everywhere? The American Radio DJ In An On-Demand World from 2020-03-21T10:00:55
Radio consultant Scott Fybush says while the number of commercial radio DJs has waned, college radio has been a significant growth point. "It's far from dead," he says.
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Coronavirus: What to Play When Your Life Is on Pause from 2020-03-19T15:37
"You're going to want different things on different days," NPR's Linda Holmes says. She recommends two documentaries, "Brooklyn Castle" and "May At Last."
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Blocked From The Ballot: Meet Jack Vaile, Who Has Cerebral Palsy from 2020-03-17T14:15:43
In at least 10 states around the country, thousands of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who have legal guardians lose their right to vote.
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Coronavirus: The Prison Population from 2020-03-16T14:08:03
"Too many people in our prisons and jails don't need to be there in the first place," Amy Fettig of the ACLU says. "We should be looking at who is in our prisons and jails and who can go home right...
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The News Roundup For March 13, 2020 from 2020-03-13T14:33:05
COVID-19 continues to shut down the world and influence global markets. Congress works to improve aid during the crisis. Russia and Saudi Arabia's oil agreement collapses. And the U.S. begins to pu...
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Coronavirus: School's Out from 2020-03-12T14:14:18
"There are also very real public health concerns for sending kids home," NPR's Cory Turner points out. He says food and housing insecurity are huge issues facing students and families.
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Coronavirus: All Work And No Play from 2020-03-11T14:42:36
Prior to 2006, there was no mandated sick leave in the United States. "I believe it makes sense for all Americans to get sick pay and sick leave, not just those who are lucky to live in 13 states,"...
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Blocked From The Ballot: Individuals With Felony Convictions from 2020-03-10T13:16:18
Desmond Meade worked his way up from drug addiction and homelessness to law school, but when his wife ran for office in Florida he had a rude awakening. "It hit me like a ton of bricks...I cant eve...
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Author Jacqueline Woodson Returns To Ghana from 2020-03-09T13:24:08
"When this opportunity came along, it felt like the right time to come home," says author Jacqueline Woodson. "But I questioned, do they want my African diasporic self, or do they want my American ...
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'Hood Feminism' Focuses on the Needs of the Many, Not the Few from 2020-03-07T10:50:26
"We aren't seeing major marches for black women," author Mikki Kendall says. "We saw a lot of pink hats at the Women's March. Those numbers would've been great at a Black Lives Matter march or at S...
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The News Roundup For March 6, 2020 from 2020-03-06T14:08:16
Coronavirus continues to impact the nation, and the world. Joe Biden comes roaring back in the 2020 race for president. And the peace deal between the U.S. and the Taliban remains in limbo.
Coronavirus: Your Questions Answered from 2020-03-05T14:08:07
"Eighty percent of people who get COVID-19 recover in the same way you recover from a cold," says Dr. Leana Wen. "They don't go to the hospital. You feel bad for a few days and then you're back to ...
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The 1A Super Tuesday Bonanza from 2020-03-04T13:06:38
"The last couple of weeks are going to be a real study in the power of media, the power of prominent institutions, and the power of endorsements," says The Hill's Reid Wilson.
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The Legacy of George Wallace from 2020-03-03T14:20:06
"The activism of students is vitally important, that's where things will change," says Horace Huntley, founding director of the Oral History Project at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
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Winding Down America's Longest War from 2020-03-02T15:17:16
"At this time, it looks like the Taliban is actually getting the better end of the deal," says Jason Essazay, former local interpreter in Afghanistan and enlisted member of the U.S. Marine Corps Re...
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The News Roundup For February 28, 2020 from 2020-02-28T15:42:54
Americans prepare for a spreading coronavirus, and the South Carolina primary. Harvey Weinstein faces more charges. Trump visits India, and the U.S. inches toward a peace deal in Afghanistan.
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The GOP And President Trump: 1A From CPAC 2020 from 2020-02-27T15:57:16
"Authoritarianism is the thing I'm most concerned about, and that's why I could never, never vote for President Trump," says Lucy Caldwell, former presidential campaign manager for GOP candidate Jo...
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Foresight 2020: Immigration from 2020-02-26T14:14:38
Both Democrats and Republicans want to see something happen around immigration. "It motivates their base" says one of our guests.
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Foresight 2020: Medicare for All from 2020-02-25T16:18:22
"The 150 million Americans who do have insurance increasingly can't afford to go to the doctor because they have $2,000 deductibles," says health care reporter Noam Levey.
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Foresight 2020: Guns from 2020-02-24T14:13:40
Listener Jessica, from Denver, said she's voting based on gun policy. "I have a 6-year-old little boy, and gun violence is the second leading cause of death among children in this country. We need ...
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'One Very, Very Strange Year': A Conversation With Uber Whistleblower Susan Fowler from 2020-02-22T10:00:43
"I was followed by private investigators. I'd get calls from reporters about rumors about me. They were trying to discredit me. It was a terrifying experience," says whistleblower Susan Fowler.
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The News Roundup For February 21, 2020 from 2020-02-21T14:40:52
Roger Stone has been sentenced, and the Boy Scouts filed for bankruptcy. COVID-19 continues to spread, and the U.S. reached a possible truce in Afghanistan.
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The First Major Test Of Latino Voters from 2020-02-20T14:13:52
Former Trump advisor Jacob Monty says President Trump hasn't done enough to gain more of the Latino vote, and it's going to show when they show up to vote.
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Artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh Wants You To Stop Telling Women To Smile from 2020-02-19T16:53:22
"We've been socialized to be certain ways. I think a lot of men are performing a certain type of masculinity that they've been taught," Tatyana Fazlalizadeh says.
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Rehabilitation And Education In America's Prisons from 2020-02-18T16:40:26
"I think there is an openness to prison as rehabilitation," former inmate and alum of the Bard Prison Initiative Jule Hall says. "However, there's a long way to go."
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This Is Not A Drill: Active Shooter Training In Schools from 2020-02-17T16:33:15
"School psychologists need to be brought in at the front end...what is the trauma history of some of the staff and the students? We need to know this," says school psychologist Melissa Reeves.
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The News Roundup For February 14, 2020 from 2020-02-14T15:08:23
We cover a primary, political unrest in Europe and a budget proposal by President Trump. Plus, why an enormous swarm of locusts is threatening vulnerable countries in East Africa.
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Funded And Affordable: Should Public Transit Be Free? from 2020-02-13T16:42:33
Trying to make transportation free for users? "Don't listen to the bureaucracy," Lawrence, Mass., Mayor Daniel Rivera says. "Pick the route and do it."
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The Lost Secrets Of The Harlem Renaissance from 2020-02-12T14:08:44
"She wrote about Black southern people with regard to their dialect and vibrancy," author Morgan Jerkins says about Zora Neale Hurston.
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What 'High Fidelity' Teaches Us About Breaking Up from 2020-02-11T16:25
"In our show, there are lots of Mr. Rights. The point was not to do a love story between two people...our mission was to make sure there were a lot of viable options for our Rob," says "High Fideli...
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In New Hampshire And Beyond, Where Is The Democratic Party Headed? from 2020-02-10T16:37:32
"It's getting a little bit ugly" on the ground in New Hampshire, says Vice News' Daniel Newhauser.
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The Academy Awards, From #OscarsSoWhite To...Even Whiter? from 2020-02-06T16:20:01
"One really has to ask whether we should be listening to what's considered the gold standard," says #OscarsSoWhite creator April Reign. "They're only the gold standard because they said so."
There Might Not Be Crying In Baseball. But What About Cheating? from 2020-02-04T16:07:37
"Sign stealing is code breaking. It's a skill, and it has a long tradition in baseball," says baseball writer Marc Carig. "But what's new is the use of technology in sign-stealing."
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First In The Nation: The Iowa Caucuses And The Calendar from 2020-02-03T14:31:03
"They carved out that position in 1972 but have also fought like mad to keep it in that position," says political scientist Josh Putnam about the Iowa Caucuses. "This isn't the first time we're tal...
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1A Across America: Did This Colorado County Find The Healthcare Solution? from 2020-02-01T10:00:55
"When we found out she had stage 4 cancer, I wasn't exactly thinking about shopping for the lowest price." says Summit County resident Glenn Brady.
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The News Roundup For January 31, 2020 from 2020-01-31T15:44:55
Democratic candidates compete with only days to go before the Iowa caucuses. The Supreme Court approves Trump's "wealth test" for immigrants. The coronavirus spreads. And Brexit finally arrives.
When You've Got 99 Problems And Money Is One from 2020-01-30T16:50:35
"I was raised in deep, deep poverty in America," says financial educator Alvin Hall. "I always watched my parents put something aside. Set aside the savings first...don't wait until the end to see ...
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