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How the Hostage Deal Looks to Palestinians and Israelis from 2023-11-22T23:28:41

On Wednesday, Israel and Hamas announced details of a deal that calls for the freeing of at least 50 Israeli women and minors taken hostage during last month's Hamas attack on Israel in exchange fo...

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Making the Most Out of Friendsgiving from 2023-11-21T22:00:12

It's just a few days before Thanksgiving, but there's a good chance your holidays are already underway. Maybe you are hosting, or attending, a Friendsgiving celebration.

The increasingly wi...

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Remembering The Long Life And Lasting Legacy Of Rosalynn Carter from 2023-11-20T22:21:51

It was announced on Sunday that former first lady Rosalynn Carter had died, at age 96. The Carter family had said she was suffering from dementia earlier this year.

Although President Jimmy...

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Pope Francis: Climate Activist? from 2023-11-19T22:46:15

Pope Francis says he will attend the COP28 climate conference in Dubai next month, which would make him the first pontiff to attend the annual UN gathering. The pope has made addressing the climate...

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Trump's Trials: 'The boss is not going to leave' from 2023-11-18T20:55:20

Today we're sharing an episode of a new NPR podcast called Trump's Trials, hosted by Scott Detrow with regular analysis from...

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Benjamin Netanyahu on the Future of Gaza from 2023-11-17T23:00:40

In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu often referred to post-WW II Germany as a possible...

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Fresh Start for Student Loan Borrowers in Default from 2023-11-16T22:33:25

Nearly 7 million federal student loan borrowers are in default, and now the U.S. Department of Education is rolling out a new program, called Fresh Start, to make getting out of default easier. Listen

Biden's Support of Israel Could Cost Him Votes in 2024 from 2023-11-15T23:09:44

There's a very real possibility that the 2024 presidential election could come down to a few thousand votes in a few pivotal states.

One of those states is Michigan, which is home to a large...

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The Promise and the Limits of the UAW Deals from 2023-11-14T22:30:27

The United Auto Workers secured its biggest victory in decades in deals with the Big 3 car companies after weeks of strikes.

While the union won a lot of concessions for workers: big pay ra...

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Fighting False Election Claims Could Get A Lot Harder In 2024 from 2023-11-14T00:50:48

Researchers, election officials and former tech executives are concerned the federal government, fearful of kicking up a storm, has pulled back from its rumor fighting efforts that were effecti...

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Election Battle Lines Emerging in the 2024 Race from 2023-11-12T23:01:25

Elections in Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, and elsewhere showed slightly surprising Democratic strengths and the enduring power of abortion as a campaign issue.

Meanwhile, a series of polls ind...

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When Disaster Hits, Dogs Come To The Rescue from 2023-11-10T22:20:12

This year the U.S. has experienced devastating natural disasters.

Outbreaks of tornadoes leveled entire neighborhoods.

Flooding trapped people in their homes.

Wildfires burn...

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Far from Gaza, West Bank Farmers Face Harassment from Israeli Soldiers and Settlers from 2023-11-09T22:08:50

It's olive harvesting season in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. But farmer Ayoub Abu Hejleh hasn't been able to harvest olives from any of his 370 trees yet this year.

He says Israeli sol...

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Big Cities Struggle To House Migrants, Asylum Seekers from 2023-11-08T22:53:28

Across America, big cities facing an influx of migrants, struggling to provide basic resources.

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Gun Bans for Domestic Abusers Face a Test at the Supreme Court from 2023-11-08T01:28:40

At the Supreme Court on Tuesday, justices seemed inclined to uphold a federal law that bans anyone covered by a domestic violence court order from having a gun.

But if they do that, the dec...

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An American Citizen Managed To Leave Gaza, But The Decision Was Not Easy from 2023-11-06T22:27:27

Since the Rafah border opened between Egypt and Gaza opened last week, it has been flooded with people hoping to leave.

With food, water and electricity in short supply, thousands of peopl...

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A Class Action Suit Could Upend The Entire Real Estate Industry from 2023-11-05T22:35:20

If you have ever bought a home, or are thinking about buying one, you know it can be expensive. For most people a home is the most expensive purchase they will ever make.

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Is Israel Breaking the Laws of War in Gaza? from 2023-11-03T22:13:25

On October 31st Israeli military forces bombed the Jabalia refugee camp just north of Gaza City.

They said the area was a Hamas stronghold that included underground tunnels and a command ce...

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Eric and Donald Trump Jr. Take the Stand from 2023-11-02T23:33:39

The two older sons of former President Donald Trump spent Thursday in a New York courtroom testifying in the civil fraud case against them and their father.

The trial accuses the two brother...

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Egypt's Border with Gaza Opened for a Select Few from 2023-11-01T21:39:17

After weeks of being bombarded by Israeli airstrikes, following the Hamas attacks of October 7th, some in the Gaza strip are finally able to leave the besieged territory.

Hundreds of people ...

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After An Unthinkable Tragedy, A Mother Channels Her Grief Into Action from 2023-10-31T21:49:18

The deadly mass shooting this month in Maine shone a spotlight on the small city of Lewiston.

Once again, like far too many American communities, the people of Lewiston face the challenge ...

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Pandemic Era Benefits Made A Big Dent In Poverty. So Why Did They End? from 2023-10-30T20:15:42

Without Pandemic Era Safety Net, Millions Of Americans Could Fall Into Poverty

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The Nightmare Before Christmas Turns 30 from 2023-10-29T22:25:45

The Nightmare Before Christmas is back in theaters, celebrating its 30th anniversary. The film, directed by Henry Selick and produced by Tim Burton, was not a smash hit upon its release, but has be...

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A Mass Shooting in Maine and the Manhunt that Followed from 2023-10-27T22:23:46

Residents of Lewiston, Maine spent two days sheltering in place as authorities searched for the man suspected of fatally shooting 18 people and wounding 13 others.

Law enforcement has a play...

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"A Complete Catastrophe:" The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza from 2023-10-26T21:03:01

In Gaza doctors are operating without anesthesia. Fuel is running out. Food is running out. And trucks full of it can't get through — including those from the UN World Food Programme or WFP.
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Who is Mike Johnson, new Speaker of the House? from 2023-10-26T00:08:13

After three weeks of congressional paralysis, House Republicans have elected a new Speaker of the House: Mike Johnson of Louisiana.

There's a pretty good chance you've never heard of him. H...

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Diplomats Race The Clock To Free Hostages Before Ground Invasion from 2023-10-24T22:18:34

During the brutal Hamas-led attack on Israel earlier this month, more than 1,400 Israelis were killed and more than 200 Israeli and foreign hostages were kidnapped.

So far, Hamas has release...

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A Mental Health Hotline In Israel Has Been Overwhelmed Since The War Started from 2023-10-23T22:03:20

The violence between Israel and Gaza is entering its third week.

As the number of dead and wounded continues to rise, survivors of the October 7th attack by Hamas are still reeling from sho...

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How a Rookie Hockey Player Prepared for the Big League from 2023-10-22T22:45:27

Hockey season is underway and NPR followed one hopeful rookie dreaming of taking the ice for the Washington Capitals.

NPR's Scott Detrow spends time at hockey training camp with goalie Mitch...

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With Jim Jordan Out, What Does The Latest Failed Speaker Bid Mean For Republicans? from 2023-10-20T22:03:14

Ever since Kevin McCarthy was ousted as Speaker of the House by only eight members of Congress, things have been pretty messy in the chamber.

Ohio Republican Jim Jordan tried and failed to ...

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Will War Between Israel And Hamas End Hopes For Two-State Solution? from 2023-10-19T22:20:01

During his visit to Tel Aviv this week, President Biden reiterated a desire for peace between Israelis and Palestinians through the implementation of a two-state solution.

For years, the ide...

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Palestinians Appear to Have Been Killed in Reprisal Attacks in the West Bank from 2023-10-18T21:16:34

More than 60 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in the days after Hamas' attack on southern Israel. Some of those deaths appear to be reprisal killings.

NPR's <...

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Israelis Working 24/7 to Identify Hundreds Killed in Hamas Attacks from 2023-10-17T22:23:25

At a military base south of Tel Aviv, Israeli soldiers and medical examiners are working around the clock to identify remains of hundreds of people killed in the Hamas attacks earlier this month. Listen

Palestinians In Jordan Fear For Family Members In Gaza from 2023-10-16T21:51:27

Israel's military has ordered all residents of Gaza City and northern Gaza to evacuate to the southern end of the territory ahead of an expected ground invasion.

Tens of thousands of Palest...

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The Emotional Impact of the Israel-Gaza Conflict on Jewish and Palestinian Americans from 2023-10-15T23:04:03

It's been more than a week of war in Israel and Gaza, following Hamas attacks in southern Israel that left more than 1,300 Israelis dead. In response, Israeli air strikes in Gaza have killed more t...

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Israel's Evacuation Order in Gaza from 2023-10-13T22:17:44

How do you evacuate more than a million people across a cramped, urban bombed out territory and get them to safety — in just one day?

In the lead up to a likely ground war invasion, Israel ...

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What Happened the Last Time Israel Invaded Gaza and What to Expect Now from 2023-10-12T22:32:08

Following the surprise attack launched by Hamas militants, hundreds of thousands of Israeli forces are gathering along the border of Gaza.

All signs suggest an Israeli ground invasion of the...

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Here's Why it's Hard to Make Money as an Amazon Seller from 2023-10-11T21:15:09

Amazon is by far the U.S.'s largest online marketplace. But sellers say they're being squeezed out by higher fees and cheaper merchandise sold direct from Amazon itself.

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How We Reached This Point in the Israel-Gaza Conflict from 2023-10-10T21:53:42

Conflicts have broken out between Israel and Gaza several times over the years. But this past weekend saw Hamas launch a surprise attack unlike any other before.

Hamas killed over a thousand...

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Using AI to Combat Homelessness from 2023-10-09T20:08:56

One of the main challenges to countering homelessness is to figure out who's most at-risk of losing their homes and getting them the resources they need. Now, in a first-of-its-kind experiment, Los...

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What Comes Next, After Surprise Hamas Attacks on Israel? from 2023-10-08T23:16:42

The death toll rose in both Israel and Gaza as the Israeli military and Hamas militants battled for a second day on Sunday. The surprise multi-pronged attacks by Hamas against Israel have killed at...

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To Be Greener, Get Rid Of Your Grass from 2023-10-06T22:02:39

Who doesn't love a lush, perfectly manicured grass lawn? It turns out, a lot of people are actively trying to get rid of their lawns, ripping out grass in favor of native plants, vegetables, and fl...

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The Challenge of Filling the Army's Ranks from 2023-10-05T21:41:09

In the 1980s the U.S. Army launched a recruiting drive around the slogan, "Be all you can be." They've relaunched the slogan now as the push is on to make up for a drop off in recruitment.

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With McCarthy Out What's Next for Republicans in the House? from 2023-10-05T02:02:24

It took just eight Republicans, voting with Democrats, to oust Kevin McCarthy from the House speakership. His removal may have been unprecedented, but for several years now the Republican caucus in...

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The CFPB On Trial from 2023-10-03T22:07:58

The Supreme Court heard a case Tuesday that threatened the existence of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

NPR's Nina Toten...

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The Chair Of the Joint Chiefs Is Retiring. What's His Legacy? from 2023-10-02T21:13:07

Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had a tenure marked by a relentless series of challenges. He served through the U.S. withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan, Russia's...

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Does Sam Bankman-Fried's Fraud Trial Spell the End of Crypto? from 2023-10-01T21:30:59

Not too long ago, crypto was being trumpeted as the next big thing. Celebrities were getting in on it, including Kim Kardashian, Matt Damon and Tom Brady.

Now the former face of crypto, Sa...

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How Mortal Kombat Konquered Gaming from 2023-09-29T23:17:14

When the video game Mortal Kombat released in 1992, it took arcades — and later the American home — by storm. Thirty years on, the franchise is still going strong.

NPR's Scott Detr...

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Here's How a Government Shutdown Could Impact Millions of Americans from 2023-09-28T22:09:54

The federal government will shut down on October 1st if Congress doesn't pass funding legislation for the next fiscal year before then.

That looks increasingly likely as House Republicans c...

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Could The Big Antitrust Lawsuit End Amazon As We Know It? from 2023-09-27T21:17:04

The U.S. government and 17 states sued Amazon on Tuesday in a landmark case that could take down the tech giant.

The Federal Trade Commission and a bipartisan group of state attorneys genera...

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Biden On The Picket Line from 2023-09-26T21:49:11

President Biden made history on Tuesday when he joined members of the United Auto Workers union on a picket line outside Detroit as they strike for better pay and benefits from the Big Three automa...

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WGA Reached A Tentative Deal With Studios. But The Strike Isn't Over Yet from 2023-09-25T22:01:57

146 days.

That's how long it took for the WGA to reach a tentative agreement with major Hollywood studios.

WGA leadership is scheduled to vote Tuesday on accepting the new three-year ...

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How Important Are Biden And Trump's Ages? We Asked Older Voters. from 2023-09-24T21:00:59

As president Joe Biden's campaign for a second term gets underway, a slew of recent polls show that voters have concerns about his age. At the end of a second term, he would be 86 years old. The Re...

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Why Are So Many Inmates at This Federal Prison Dying? from 2023-09-22T20:54:54

Close to five thousand people have died in federal prison since 2009.

There are 100 federal prisons across the U.S. An NPR investigation found that a quarter of those deaths happened at one...

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How New York City Became the Center Of a Debate Over Immigration from 2023-09-21T22:57:28

New York City has become an unlikely battleground for migrant rights.

The city, like others, has struggled to deal with the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants - bussed in from Republic...

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What the US-Iran Prisoner Swap Means For the Family of a Man Freed After 8 Years from 2023-09-20T21:28

On Tuesday, five Americans detained for years in Iran stepped off a plane back onto US soil.

They were released in the US-Iran prisoner swap that also saw five Iranians freed and the US agr...

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California's Big Oil Lawsuit Strategy Mirrors Fight Against Big Tobacco from 2023-09-19T22:19:11

The state of California has filed a massive lawsuit against oil companies.

The charge is that oil companies knew they were causing climate change, and lied to cover it up. And now...

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U.S.-Iran Exchange Prisoners – A Year Since the Death of Masha Amini Sparked Protests from 2023-09-18T23:32:34

On Monday, five Americans who were imprisoned in Iran, stepped off a plane in Doha, Qatar. They were freed as part of a prisoner exchange deal between the U.S. and Iran.

Despite the happy ne...

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Speaker McCarthy and the Impeachment Inquiry from 2023-09-17T21:30:59

Since becoming Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy has faced the constant threat that members of the right wing of his own Republican Party could move to oust him from power. Listen

Rotten Tomatoes Changed The Role Of Film Critics. But Is That A Good Thing? from 2023-09-15T22:39:11

If you're over a certain age and you love movies, when you think "movie critic", you probably picture Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert and their popular TV shows. Their iconic "thumbs up" or "thumbs do...

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Without Expanded Child Tax Credit, Families Are Sliding Back Into Poverty from 2023-09-14T21:43:49

It can be hard to see how big government policies have a direct effect on an individual's experience. But it was easy to measure the difference made by the expanded child tax credit.

Givin...

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How Concerns Over EVs are Driving the UAW Towards a Strike from 2023-09-13T21:31:35

The president of the United Auto Workers says the union is planning to carry out sudden, strategic and partial strikes at plants should contract talks with Detroit's Big Three automakers fail ahead...

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New Shots and a New Era for COVID from 2023-09-12T21:37:08

Right now it seems like people all around us are testing positive for COVID. But for the most part, they are not getting seriously ill.

The Food and Drug Administration just approved a new ...

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What Putin And Kim Jong Un Stand To Gain By Meeting from 2023-09-11T21:54:13

When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2019, both countries were in a different position. Russia had yet to invade Ukraine.

Four years later, Russia...

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Sports Betting And The NFL Are Profitable Partners, But Controversies Continue from 2023-09-10T21:29:20

The National Football League's regular season is finally underway. And for loyal fans who have been devouring all the news of their favorite teams, it couldn't have come soon enough.

But eve...

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Climate Change is Making It Difficult to Protect Endangered Species from 2023-09-08T21:30:38

The Endangered Species Act turns 50 this year.

The landmark law has been successful for decades at stopping extinctions of several plants and animals.

Recovering endangered or threat...

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Fran Drescher on How the Hollywood Strikes Can End from 2023-09-07T21:32

The writers and actors strikes have been grinding on for months with no end in sight. Many on the picket lines are struggling to pay for basics.

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When Big Oil Gets In The Carbon Removal Game, Who Wins? from 2023-09-06T21:30:05

Giant machines sucking carbon dioxide out of the air to fight climate change sounds like science fiction, but it's close to becoming a reality, with billions of dollars of support from the U.S. gov...

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Google Turns 25 from 2023-09-05T21:31:03

Google was founded 25 years ago by two Stanford PhD students, Larry Page and Sergei Brin.

The company went on to shape the internet and now, after a quarter century, finds itself at a turni...

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What Is The Future Of Remote Work? from 2023-09-04T21:30

It's been over three years since the pandemic started and changed the way millions of Americans work.

The possibilities of remote work gave a new kind of freedom to many workers. But as mor...

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Student Loan Payments Are Back. Now What? from 2023-09-03T21:30:28

After three and a half years, the pause on federal student loan payments is coming to an end. Getting more than 40 million borrowers back into repayment will be an enormous challenge, especially be...

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Do Youth Curfews Help Curb Crime? from 2023-09-01T22:22:13

Hundreds of towns, cities and counties across the country impose curfews on young people.

On September 1st a curfew went into effect in seven neighborhoods across the District of Columbia t...

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What Do Mitch McConnell's Silent Episodes Tell Us? from 2023-08-31T22:13:59

For the second time this summer the top Republican in the Senate, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, abruptly went silent at a news conference.

He was about to answer a question from a report...

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Here's What Goes Into a Hurricane Evacuation Order from 2023-08-30T21:30:24

When people find themselves in the path of a hurricane they are faced with the question: should they evacuate or not? Who makes that call and how?

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Biden's Push to Make Some of the Most Expensive Prescription Drugs Cheaper from 2023-08-29T22:00:13

On Tuesday, the Biden administration released a list of 10 medications that it's planning to negotiate prices for Medicare in an effort to bring down the costs of some of the most expensive drugs. ...

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The Latest Mass Shooting in Florida Was Racist. What Role Do State Politics Play? from 2023-08-28T21:45:17

The latest mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida left three people dead.

All of the victims were Black and the white gunman left behind racist, hate-filled letters.

The Justice Depar...

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Biden's Climate Moves from 2023-08-27T21:38:38

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is preparing for the next major climate summit, in Dubai. He's calling for an end to permitting new, unabated coal-fired power anywhere in the world. We ask him about ...

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The New Space Race Is On - And Everyone Is Headed To The Moon from 2023-08-25T22:34:05

The South Pole of the Moon is the coolest place to be.

And nearly every country with a space program is vying for a spot there - for a chance to explore the shadowy, polar craters in hopes...

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The Dangers of Grass Fires from 2023-08-24T21:29:11

With the wildfires in Maui contained, the recovery process has begun.

The focus has also turned to how the island can prepare for similar disasters in the future

Officials and experts...

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The End for Russian Mercenary Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin? from 2023-08-23T22:10:06

Russia's state news agency Tass reported that the country's most famous mercenary, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was on the passenger list for a flight that crashed on its way from Moscow to St. Petersburg on...

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A Trumpless Debate from 2023-08-22T21:40:37

Former president Donald Trump is the frontrunner in the Republican presidential primary. And with a healthy lead in the polls, he's skipping the first Republican presidential debate on Wednesday. <...

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In Puerto Rico, Natural Disasters Take A Mental And Academic Toll On Children from 2023-08-21T21:30:41

Puerto Rico has seen a string of natural disasters in the past few years – hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and landslides. When COVID-19 hit in 2020, things got even worse.

These disasters ...

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Cities Voted For Progressive Prosecutors. Republican State Leaders Are Pushing Back. from 2023-08-20T21:39:49

The last few elections have brought a wave of self-styled progressive prosecutors into office. They've won elections by campaigning on issues like bail reform and alternatives to incarceration for ...

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Fighting Noise Pollution from 2023-08-18T23:32:19

A growing body of research makes it clear that noise pollution can have severely harmful impacts on our health. It has been tied to heart disease and thousands of premature deaths around the world....

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NPR Investigation Reveals 'Barbaric' Conditions in ICE Detention Facilities from 2023-08-17T22:05:29

The Biden administration is under intense political pressure from Republicans over immigration, who accuse the president of being too lenient toward migrants.

Now, the administration is loc...

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COVID Nearly Sunk the Cruise Industry. Now it's Trying to Make a Comeback. from 2023-08-16T21:30:43

The CDC says that a new omicron variant called EG.5 is causing a summer wave of COVID cases.

Yet, COVID is nowhere near the threat that it was more than three years ago at the beginning of t...

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The Georgia Indictment May Be Trump's Most Difficult Legal Challenge from 2023-08-15T21:52:13

A grand jury in Georgia has indicted Donald Trump for his role in failed efforts to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election results, implicating the former president as the head of a sweepi...

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100,000 Afghans Were Airlifted Out Of Kabul. What Happened To Those Who Weren't? from 2023-08-14T22:00:48

It's been two years since the Taliban entered Kabul, throwing the final days of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan into chaos. Crowds of people desperate to leave the country surrounded the airpo...

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The Challenges for a Saudi-Israeli Peace Deal from 2023-08-13T23:19:18

For the past few months, President Biden's top foreign policy advisors have been working as intermediaries between Saudi Arabia and Israel. Eventually they want to get the two countries to agree on...

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The Battle Over Book Bans Takes a Toll on Librarians and Comes at a Financial cost from 2023-08-11T21:32:08

As the battle over book bans in schools and libraries continues to play out in various states across the U.S., the toll it's taking on librarians is coming at a great cost — personally and financia...

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Maui's Devastating Wildfires from 2023-08-10T22:49:10

Hawaii may be a tourist attraction to many Americans, but for over a million people, it's their home. And like any state in the US, it is not immune to the effects of climate change.

This w...

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The People Smuggling Fentanyl Across The Border From Mexico May Not Be Who You Think from 2023-08-09T21:33:09

The number of overdoses from fentanyl continues to soar, as do concerns from those in Washington. Immigration authorities say illicit fentanyl is flowing into the U.S. from Mexico through official ...

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From Selfies To Satellites, The War In Ukraine Is History's Most Documented from 2023-08-08T21:30:50

In past wars, updates have trickled out slowly — often tightly controlled by the militaries involved. In the war in Ukraine, every day is a firehose of nearly real-time information, in the form of ...

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Military Families Urge An End To Senator's Hold On Pentagon Appointments from 2023-08-07T21:23:57

One Republican senator from Alabama is single-handedly holding up over 300 senior-level military promotions and appointments.

Senator Tommy Tuberville says he's doing it to take a stand aga...

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Three Stories From A Very Hot July from 2023-08-06T23:02:52

July was almost certainly the hottest month, globally, on record. It was also a month in which many lives were upended by weather related-disasters — the sort of disasters that are increasingly lik...

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Former Baptist Leader Sees A Crisis Of Faith In America — But Also A Way Forward from 2023-08-04T21:30:38

For years, Russell Moore was one of the top officials in the Southern Baptist Convention. But after he criticized Donald Trump, Moore found himself ostracized from many other Evangelical leaders wh...

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Would A Free Speech Defense Work For Donald Trump In Court? from 2023-08-03T23:10:58

Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to criminal charges related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. And a member of his legal team told NPR that Trump plans to inv...

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Hollywood And The Threat From Artificial Intelligence — Real Or Imagined from 2023-08-02T21:30:31

The unions representing actors and writers in Hollywood have some differences in what they want from the big film studios. But one thing they agree on is the threat posed by artificial intelligence...

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Latest Trump Indictment Is 'Most Important' One Yet from 2023-08-02T00:18:46

Former President Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on four counts related to the efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to court docume...

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Leaders of the Niger Coup Face a Deadline to Avoid Military Intervention from 2023-07-31T22:02:27

Two years ago, Mohamed Bazoum was elected as president in Niger's first peaceful democratic transfer of power. He enjoyed the backing of Western governments, including the United States. Then, last...

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America's Farms Are Facing A Serious Labor Shortage from 2023-07-30T21:30:23

There's a labor shortage on farms in the U.S., and that has implications for all of us who enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables.

For farmers across America, finding enough labor has become a to...

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NPR Investigation Reveals Flaws In U.S. Claims About Baghdadi Raid Casualties from 2023-07-28T21:30:22

Editor's note: This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence.

The U.S. military has consistently maintained that its troops didn't harm civilians ...

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Affirmative Action — For The Rich from 2023-07-27T21:29:26

The Supreme Court may have ended race-conscious admissions in higher education. But the end of affirmative action seems to have added fuel to another contentious debate around college admissions po...

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A Patchwork of Transgender Healthcare Laws Push Families Across State Lines from 2023-07-26T21:48:24

When Utah passed a ban on gender-affirming care for people younger than 18, Kat and their family had to make a tough choice. Should they uproot their lives and leave the state?

Kat is 14 and...

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After East Palestine Derailment, Are Railroads Any Safer? from 2023-07-25T21:30:11

When a fiery, toxic train wreck forced residents of East Palestine, Ohio to evacuate last February, the crash and its aftermath became a national flashpoint and a hot button issue on both sides of ...

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The Judicial Overhaul That Has Torn Israeli Society Apart from 2023-07-24T21:49:47

On Monday, Israel's parliament voted into law a key measure to overhaul the country's judiciary. The measure prevents judges from striking down government decisions on the basis that they are "unr...

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Messi Mania: Will Bringing Soccer's 'G.O.A.T.' Change Major League Soccer's Rep? from 2023-07-23T22:09:02

The United States' preeminent professional soccer league, Major League Soccer, has long lagged behind top European leagues.

However, international soccer superstar Lionel Messi joining the I...

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Remembering Tony Bennett from 2023-07-21T21:30:57

Tony Bennett, the crooner whose success spanned generations, died Friday. He was 96 years old.

His voice was synonymous with the Great American Songbook, which he continued to bring to new a...

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How To Protect Ourselves From Extreme Heat — And Our Planet From Climate Change from 2023-07-20T21:30:17

We know that climate change is making all sorts of extreme weather events more likely all around the globe. So what can we do about that?

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January 6, Election Interference Could Be Focus of New Trump Indictments from 2023-07-19T22:05:41

It's easy to lose track of the seriousness of the legal cases involving Donald Trump, in part because there are just so many.

This week the former president and current presidential candidat...

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New Research Could Change the Landscape of Human Reproduction from 2023-07-18T21:30:54

One of the most cutting-edge and controversial fields of biomedical research right now is the quest to create eggs and sperm in the lab for anyone with their own DNA. And now, private companies hav...

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The Spanish Tennis Pipeline That Led Carlos Alcaraz To A Wimbledon Trophy from 2023-07-17T21:30:41

Carlos Alcaraz's victory over Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final was the latest coronation of a tennis great from Spain.

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Ahead of the 2024 Election, Young Rural Voters Want To Be Heard from 2023-07-16T21:30:09

Since the 2024 Presidential election may ultimately be decided by a handful of votes in a handful of states, courting young voters will be key. Gen Z has been turning out in record numbers in recen...

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Alabama's Last Two Executions Failed. They're Trying Again Next Week from 2023-07-14T22:46:29

James Barber is scheduled to be executed on Thursday in Alabama, for the murder of Dorothy Epps in 2001. It's the first execution since Governor Kay Ivey paused capital punishment in the state and ...

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One Couple's Fight to Cure ALS from 2023-07-13T21:27:38

Six years ago when former Obama staffer Brian Wallach was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - ALS - a rare neurological di...

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The Anthropocene from 2023-07-12T21:36:57

As we confront the realities of a changing climate, a group of scientists says we're living in a world of our very own making - a world altered by the burning of fossil fuels, the explosion of nucl...

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Trying to Reverse the Decline of Black Players in Major League Baseball from 2023-07-11T21:50:32

Baseball was once known for breaking racial barriers in the U.S. But now, Black representation in the major leagues is at its lowest level in decades.

This year, MLB did something to try and...

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The Impact of Cluster Bombs from 2023-07-10T21:30:17

Since the war began, military aid from the US to Ukraine has largely received bipartisan report. But a new planned 800 million dollar package has split Democrats and also riled up Human Rights Grou...

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The Black Maternal Mortality Crisis and Why It Remains an Issue from 2023-07-09T21:30:48

The U.S. has the worst maternal mortality rate of high-income countries globally, and the numbers have only grown.

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Are We Witnessing The Death Of Movie Stars? from 2023-07-07T21:35:31

Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Bettie Davis, Clark Gable. During Hollywood's Golden Age, which existed roughly from the 1910s and 20's into the early 1960s, these actors weren't just stars...
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Confronting Police Violence and Racism in France from 2023-07-06T21:42:23

The police killing in France of a 17-year old of North African descent sparked protests and violence across the country as well as a national conversation about racism and police brutality.
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Palestinians Deal with Loss and Destruction Following Israeli Attack on Jenin from 2023-07-05T22:20:27

On Wednesday Israel said it concluded a two-day military operation in the Jenin refugee camp meant to root out armed militants. The raid on the camp in the occupied West Bank - complete with airstr...

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LGBTQ Vets Still Suffering The Consequences of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' from 2023-07-04T21:30:40

It's been more than a decade since 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' was repealed. Introduced in 1993, the law remained in effect until 2011. During that time an estimated 114,000 troops were forced out of ...

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Hot Dog Eating Contests: A Distinctly American Tradition from 2023-07-03T21:00:56

There's nothing obviously patriotic about scarfing down as many hot dogs as you can in ten minutes. So how did competitive eating become so synonymous with the holiday celebrating the Fourth of Jul...

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Supreme Court Term Ends With Decisions That Will Impact Millions from 2023-07-02T21:00:02

The Supreme Court ended its term this week with three rulings that will have far reaching consequences in the lives of millions of Americans.

The court struck down President Biden's student ...

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Putin's Hold on Power from 2023-06-30T21:26:55

A week on from an aborted uprising, Vladimir Putin is still standing. But for how long? The brief rebellion, launched by the leader of the mercenary Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin, marked the grea...

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The Death of Affirmative Action from 2023-06-29T22:11:55

The Supreme Court effectively killed race-conscious admissions in higher education on Thursday.

In two cases, the court decided that the admissions policies of Harvard and the University o...

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What — And Who — Is To Blame For Extreme Heat? from 2023-06-28T21:41:16

A punishing heat wave has left more than a dozen people dead across Texas. In recent days temperatures have climbed above 100 degrees in many parts of the state. Now the extreme heat is heading eas...

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Florida In The Political Spotlight from 2023-06-27T21:00:50

When it comes to American politics, Florida regularly finds its way to the center of the conversation. Often important, if not pivotal in presidential elections, Florida is home to former President...

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Putin Survived An Uprising. What's Next? from 2023-06-26T21:32:53

Russian President Vladimir Putin faced a direct challenge to his authority over the weekend. Mercenary fighters with the Wagner group took over a military headquarters and launched a march toward M...

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Mitch Landrieu, the man Biden hopes can rebuild America, bring broadband to millions from 2023-06-25T21:30:57

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Act is a $1.2 trillion law meant to spur a massive infrastructure renewal and rebuilding program complete with new bridges, railroads and highways.
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A Year After Dobbs Ruling, Seeking Reproductive Health Care Can Mean Few Good Options from 2023-06-23T21:38:07

Last June, when the Supreme Court reversed the Roe v. Wade decision, which had stood for nearly 50 years, the constitutional right to abortion ceased to exist.

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A New Report Warns China And The U.S. Are 'Drifting Toward A War' Over Taiwan from 2023-06-22T21:41:28

There has been no shortage of confrontations between the U.S. and China this year. This week, shortly after a trip by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Beijing, intended to thaw relations with C...

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Insurers Flee California As Catastrophic Wildfires Become The Norm from 2023-06-21T21:49:46

As climate change gets worse, California is seeing larger and more dangerous wildfires. And in response some insurers are leaving the state behind, finding the growing risk too high to pay.

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What It's Like Inside The Submersible That's Lost In The Atlantic from 2023-06-20T21:34:32

Time is running out to locate the submersible vessel that went missing Sunday, on a voyage to visit the wreckage of the Titanic. The U.S. Coast Guard estimates the five people aboard the vessel, kn...

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Remembering The Children's Crusade On Juneteenth from 2023-06-19T21:50:35

While Black people in this country have been celebrating Juneteenth for decades, what is sometimes referred to as Emancipation Day or America's "second Independence Day" is only being celebrated a...

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Made in America: It's trickier than it sounds from 2023-06-18T21:53:17

Made in America. It may be a catchy political slogan, but it's a lot more complicated than it sounds. So many things we use everyday come from China. In 2018 - former President Donald Trump launche...

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Celebrating Fathers From All Walks Of Life from 2023-06-16T21:28:26

It depends on when, and where you grew up, but you can probably name a few of your favorite sit-com dads - from Mike Brady and his "bunch", to Homer Simpson, to Andre Johnson from Blackish.
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The drug fueling another wave of overdose deaths from 2023-06-15T21:00

A deadly and addictive chemical normally used as a horse tranquilizer is being mixed into illegal drugs.Xylazine has been around for a while, but over the last year authorities have been seeing it ...

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A North Korean Defector SharesThoughts On Diplomacy With U.S. from 2023-06-14T21:00:15

When Kim Hyun-woo stepped into the NPR studios in Washington, he was doing something that in his past life would have gotten him killed - speaking frankly with an American journalist.

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Trump in Court...Again from 2023-06-13T22:40:30

On Tuesday, former president Donald Trump appeared in a federal courthouse in Miami where he pleaded not guilty to 37 criminal charges, including obstruction and unlawful retention of classified do...

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Making It Easier For Kids To Get Help For Addiction, And Prevent Overdoses from 2023-06-12T21:15:20

The U.S. is in the midst of a drug crisis, with opioid overdose deaths climbing to epidemic proportions.

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The PGA LIV Golf Deal Is All About The Green from 2023-06-11T21:02:09

For more than a year the PGA, the world's leading pro golf league, has basically been at war with the upstart Saudi-funded LIV Golf league. Lawsuits and countersuits were filed as the the leagues c...

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An American Indian Boarding School That Was Once Feared Is Now Celebrated from 2023-06-09T21:00:45

Federal Indian boarding schools left a decades long legacy of abuse, neglect and forced assimilation of Indigenous children.

Last year, when the federal government finally acknowledged its r...

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Missing White Woman Syndrome: Media Bias And Missing People of Color from 2023-06-08T21:05:11

Every year about 600,000 thousand people are reported missing in the United States per the National Missing and Unidentified Persons database.

In 2022, about 34,000 people reported as active...

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Black Immigrants in the South from 2023-06-07T21:55:53

Being Black and an immigrant is an increasingly common phenomenon in the South, where 1 in 10 Black people are immigrants.

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If Allah Has No Gender, Why Not Refer To God As 'She?' from 2023-06-06T21:00:10

When people speak about God in various religions, the deity is typically referred to using the masculine pronoun "He."

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For Russia and Ukraine, The Battlefield Includes The Economy from 2023-06-05T21:03:30

Wars are expensive. And Russia's invasion of Ukraine has had an impact on the economies of both countries.

NPR's Julian Hayda, in Kyiv, reports that international assistance is allowing Ukra...

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The Future Of Black Owned Media from 2023-06-04T21:00:02

While it may seem like Black-focused media is at a high these days, the reality is only 4% of all media in the U.S. is Black-owned.
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The Power Of Lullabies from 2023-06-02T20:59:46

Lullabies. We all know one. Whether we were sung one as a baby or now sing one to our own children. Often, they're used to help babies gently fall asleep. But lullabies can be more than that. They ...

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This Is What Democracy Looks Like? How Erdogan Won Again In Turkey from 2023-06-01T21:02:04

In the months ahead of the election, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faced criticism for his government's response to devastating earthquakes and for crushing inflation.

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A right to repair in Minnesota and beyond from 2023-05-31T21:03:31

The right to repair movement scored a big victory last week in Minnesota, where it got legislation signed into law that requires manufacturers to let independent shops and consumers buy the parts a...

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Iran's Nuclear Program Marches Forward, 5 Years After The U.S. Abandoned The Deal from 2023-05-30T21:22:28

It's been five years since the U.S. pulled out of the nuclear deal. What followed: the U-S re-imposed crushing sanctions, over time, Iran stopped adhering to the limits the deal had set and day-by-...

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Unraveling The Evolution of Hong Kong's Civic Life from 2023-05-29T21:00:36

Back in March, roughly 80 people in Hong Kong marched in opposition to a land reclamation project that protesters say would increase pollution. Police were watching closely. Demonstrators had to we...

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What's Up With Twitter? from 2023-05-28T21:00:23

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign announcement on Twitter did not go as planned. A series of awkward technical glitches delayed the event for about 20 minutes.

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Remembering Rock and Roll Icon Tina Turner from 2023-05-26T20:59:59

Tina Turner, one of Rock and Roll's greatest stars, died this week in her home in Switzerland at the age of 83, after a long period of illness.

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How A Jeopardy! Champ's Disappearance From The Show Left Fans Mystified For Decades from 2023-05-25T21:01:49

Since its relaunch in the 1980s, Jeopardy! has had thousands of contestants. For some of the its most memorable champions, the gameshow has been a launchpad for wider success.
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Uvalde One Year Later from 2023-05-24T20:58:12

It's been one year since an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and 2 teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. The tragedy reignited debates around gun safety in America and has haunted...

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With The Expansion of Carbon Capture Pipelines Come Safety Fears from 2023-05-23T21:02:34

The United States has 27 years to reach its net-zero emissions goal. And among other initiatives to move towards that goal, the Biden administration is offering incentives for carbon capture and st...

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David Simon, Creator Of The Wire, On AI, Television and the WGA Strike from 2023-05-22T21:08:10

The Hollywood writers' strike has meant three weeks of late-night comedy and soap opera reruns for television fans. And for some fans, it might feel familiar. 15 years ago a Writers Guild strike la...

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Post Roe V. Wade, A Senator Wants to Make Birth Control Access Easier — and Affordable from 2023-05-21T21:00:48

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recently recommended allowing birth control pills to be sold without a prescription.

While more than 100 countries currently allow access to bir...

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How The Class Of 2023 Survived High School In A Pandemic from 2023-05-19T21:11:01

Across the country, members of the class of COVID are graduating: students who started high school before the pandemic, then spent the end of their freshman year and subsequent years navigating a n...

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Parkinson's Threatened To Tear Michael J. Fox Down, But He Keeps On Getting Up from 2023-05-18T21:00:38

Few stars shined brighter in the 80's than Michael J Fox, and when the '90s rolled around, he was still one of the top names in show biz.
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Florida Guts Trans Rights from 2023-05-17T20:59:41

At least fourteen states in the US have passed laws or policies that limit or restrict gender-affirming care for young people. Republican lawmakers claim the bills are meant to protect kids, but mo...

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Palestinian Family Stays Connected To Their Home Village, Long After Its Destruction from 2023-05-16T21:26:45

The state of Israel turned 75 this week. For many Israeli Jews, it's a moment of celebration - the nation was established as a homeland and refuge from the persecution they have faced throughout hi...

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COVID Public Health Emergency Ends, But For ERs, There's Still No "New Normal" from 2023-05-15T21:13:34

Hospital emergency rooms saw some of the most painful scenes of the pandemic: beds filled to capacity, nurses and doctors risking sickness themselves, and patients dying without their loved ones. Listen

Biden Administration Ends Title 42. What Now? from 2023-05-14T21:00:18

On Thursday, the Biden administration lifted title 42, a pandemic-era policy that shut down virtually all avenues for migrants to seek asylum in the US. In March of 2020 then president Trump invoke...

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Breaking Down The Conflict in Sudan from 2023-05-12T21:01:17

Sudan's month-long conflict has been a story of broken ceasefires, constant clashes, mass displacement and an exodus of refugees.

Now, a conflict that started in the capital has spread acro...

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Jordan Neely's Killing Turns Spotlight On New York's Crisis Of Homelessness from 2023-05-11T20:57:50

On Wednesday, after a week of demonstrations, New York City mayor Eric Adams made some of his most forceful comments about the death of Jordan Neely – a homeless Black man who died on a subway trai...

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Dolly Parton's New Kid's Book Is A Story Of Perseverance and Standing Up To Bullies from 2023-05-10T21:00:17

In addition to being one of country music's biggest icons, Dolly Parton is also a prolific philanthropist.
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How Parking Explains Everything from 2023-05-09T21:00:06

No matter how you measure it, there is a lot of parking in the U.S. According to some estimates there are as many as six parking spaces for every car. Put another way, America devotes more square f...

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Violence In Sudan Forces A Mother To Make Difficult Choice from 2023-05-08T21:13:56

Sudan's capital city Khartoum has been embroiled in a vicious urban battle between rival armies for nearly two weeks.

With the country on the brink of collapse, Residents Muhjah Khateeb, an...

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The Texas Lawyer Behind The So-Called "Bounty Hunter" Abortion Ban from 2023-05-07T21:00:25

Jonathan Mitchell devised the legal strategy behind SB 8, a near-total ban on abortion in Texas. That legislation pioneered the idea of allowing private citizens to file lawsuits against people the...

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The Kids Are Not Alright from 2023-05-05T21:00:23

A new advisory out this week from the US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has deemed loneliness a public health challenge that needs immediate attention. And some of those most severely affected a...

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The Push for the Supreme Court to Adopt an Ethical Code from 2023-05-04T21:00:05

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has put the Supreme Court, again, under scrutiny. Reports show that conservative billionaire Harlan Crow paid boarding school tuition for Justice Thomas' grand...

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Trouble In Hollywood As Writers Continue To Strike For A Better Contract from 2023-05-03T21:00:06

Union writers in Hollywood have put down their pens and reached for picket signs, after the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers failed to reach an a...

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Iconic Bookstore Closes, But The Community It Helped Build Lives On from 2023-05-02T21:01:08

Eastwind Books in Berkeley, California, has closed its doors. It was one of the oldest Asian-American bookstores in the country.
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College Acceptance: Check. Paying For It: A Big Question Mark. from 2023-05-01T21:00:12

Lots of colleges and universities have announced tuition hikes for the upcoming school year, just as inflation is taking a bite out of many families' budgets.

Still, NPR's Elissa Nadworny ex...

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An Early Forecast Of Biden and Harris' Reelection Strategy from 2023-04-29T21:59:15

Earlier this week, nobody was surprised when President Joe Biden officially announced he is running for re-election. Framing it as a battle for the soul of the country, Biden did not mention Repub...

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Three Trans Americans Reflect On The Current State Of Trans Rights from 2023-04-28T21:00:29

Several U.S. states have passed bills restricting or banning gender-affirming care for trans youth, while other states have enacted measures to protect access to that care. What does that say about...

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How Social Media Use Impacts Teen Mental Health from 2023-04-27T21:00:29

The idea that social media use has helped fuel an increase in anxiety, depression and loneliness among teenagers was once controversial. But a series of studies are helping researchers understand h...

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Tucker Carlson Built An Audience For Conspiracies At Fox. Where Does It Go Now? from 2023-04-26T21:17:53

Fox's statement announcing the departure of Tucker Carlson, it's most watched primetime host, was a terse four sentences. "FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways," it read.
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What Lessons Have We Learned From The Covid Pandemic? from 2023-04-25T21:00:01

President Biden has officially ended the national emergency that was declared during the COVID-19 pandemic. But so far
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Despite Layoffs, There Are Still Lots Of Jobs Out There. So Where Are They? from 2023-04-24T21:00:58

Even amid mass layoffs in tech and other sectors, the economy is still adding jobs. Even tech jobs.

NPR's Andrea Hsu reports on a program that recruits and trains workers to enter the tech p...

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Local Newsrooms Are Vanishing - Here's Why You Should Care from 2023-04-22T22:00:20

Newspapers and intrepid reporters are at the heart of hundreds of movies - think Citizen Kane, All The President's Men -and have always been a big part of American culture.
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Sen. John Fetterman On His Return To Congress from 2023-04-21T21:00:07

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is back at work on Capitol Hill after taking leave to seek treatment for clinical depression.

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Seven Years Of U.K. Drama from 2023-04-20T21:00:14

The past seven years in the United Kingdom have been intense. The country struggled through Brexit, royal scandals and the pandemic - and then Queen Elizabeth II died.

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Why Melting Ice In Antarctica Is A Big Problem For Coastal Texas from 2023-04-19T21:00:32

As Earth's climate warms, more ice is melting near the poles. And that is a huge driver of sea level rise around the globe. But some coastal communities are threatened by this more than others.
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How Sudan's Democratic Dreams Were Dashed from 2023-04-18T21:11:52

Just a few years before the violence and chaos currently engulfing Sudan, it seemed to be on a tenuous path toward democracy.

NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu explains...

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A Possible Explanation for Long COVID Gains Traction from 2023-04-17T21:00:29

While the country seemingly moves on from the pandemic, an estimated 15 million U.S. adults are suffering from long COVID. Scientists are trying to understand what causes some people to develop lon...

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Love, Loss And Resilience - Stories From A Kindergarten Class In Ukraine from 2023-04-15T21:57:58

Millions of children have left Ukraine since the Russian invasion. They have relocated across the country and the globe. And while these children are survivors, for many the emotional scars are d...

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The EPA Wants Millions More EVs On The Road. Should You Buy One? from 2023-04-14T21:12:09

The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled ambitious new emissions rules this week. The agency estimates car makers would need up to 67% of their new vehicle sales to be electric by 2032 in order...

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In Nearly Every Part of Syria, Life Is Struggle from 2023-04-13T21:00:29

Syria is buckling under the stresses caused by civil war, a brutal dictatorship, punishing international sanctions, and most recently the devastation caused by earthquakes in the region last Februa...

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Ukrainian Kindergartners And The Lasting Impact of War from 2023-04-12T21:00:16

Millions of Ukrainian children had their schooling interrupted by Russia's invasion. The war has also shaped their childhood in lasting ways.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny visited a kindergarten cl...

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What, Exactly, Does 'Tough On China' Mean? from 2023-04-11T21:07:48

Democrats and Republicans disagree on a lot of issues. But there's a growing consenus in both parites that China represents a threat to the U.S. And some worry that the rise in anti-China rhetoric ...

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Expelled Tennessee Lawmaker Could Be Back In State House Soon from 2023-04-10T21:00:59

A majority of the Nashville Metro Council supports reappointing former state Representative Justin Jones to the seat he was expelled from last week.

Jones was one of two Democrats ousted by...

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TikTok vs. Everybody from 2023-04-08T21:59:23

Whether you're a politician, a mental health expert, or a parent, it seems everyone has a problem with TikTok. Some concerns stem from the social media platform's addictive qualities or its effects...

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How A New Majority On Wisconsin's Supreme Court Could Impact Reproductive Health from 2023-04-07T21:00:01

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, a 19th century abortion ban took effect in Wisconsin and forced those practicing and seeking reproductive healthcare to travel across state...

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Authors Of Banned Books Are Fed Up – and Fighting Back from 2023-04-06T21:00:08

2023 is on track to beat last year's record when it comes to book bans. The free speech group PEN America counted 2,500 instances of book bans in U.S. schools during the 2021-22 academic year.
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The Lasting Impact Of Police Brutality On Black Families from 2023-04-05T21:00:29

Black Americans are killed by police at more than twice the rate of White Americans. And there's a growing number of Black families who have to live with the pain of losing a loved one at the hands...

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Trump, The Defendant from 2023-04-04T22:19:12

The legal and political worlds officially moved into uncharted waters when former President Donald Trump was arraigned on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

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How Over-The-Counter Narcan Could Help Save More Lives from 2023-04-03T21:00:39

The FDA has approved over-the-counter sales of Narcan, a nasal spray version of the life-saving medication naloxone. The medication is known for its ability to rapidly reverse an opioid overdose. <...

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Pokémon Says Goodbye To Ash and Pikachu from 2023-04-01T21:55:55

In the twenty-five years since the Japanese media franchise Pokémon launched in the US, it has become a staple of American culture — from trading cards to t-shirts, from action figures to videogam...

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The Road to Trump's Indictment and What Comes Next from 2023-03-31T22:23:02

Former President Trump has been indicted by a New York grand jury, making him the first former president in American history to face criminal charges.

The case involves hush money paid by ...

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Should We 'Pause' AI? from 2023-03-30T21:28:40

It's been another month of impressive and unsettling AI breakthroughs. And, along with excitement, these breakthroughs have also sparked concerns about the risks AI could pose to society.

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The Politics Of Involuntary Commitment from 2023-03-29T21:00:49

Some officials in Democratic-led jurisdictions around the country are pushing to use involuntary commitment as a tool to tackle a surge in homelessness. We hear what officials in New York City, Cal...

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Lessons From A Country On The Front Lines Of Climate Change from 2023-03-28T21:00:29

The United Nations says time is running out to avoid the worst effects of climate change. At the same time, countries like Bangladesh have no choice but to adapt to an already changing climate.
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How Do You Put A Price On America's Original Sin? from 2023-03-27T21:10:38

A task force set up by the California state legislature is studying how the legacy of slavery has harmed the state's Black residents. This summer it will submit recommendations for how the state le...

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Possible Trump Indictment Is A Tricky Landscape For Rivals from 2023-03-25T21:59:56

Donald Trump was the first president in American history to be impeached twice. Now, he may be the first modern president, current or former – to be charged with criminal conduct.

The New Y...

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March For Our Lives Co-Founder David Hogg Is Still Angry, Five Years On from 2023-03-24T21:00:18

On March 24, 2018, hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of Washington, D.C. to demand an end to gun violence. That was also the start of the March For Our Lives movement, which conti...

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The Rise And Fall Of A Notorious Financial Investor from 2023-03-23T21:00:08

PIMCO founder and legendary investor Bill Gross was known as the "Bond King." People all over the finance world listened to his market calls. He helped change a sleepy bond market into the highly c...

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Can't Find a Teacher? Grow Your Own from 2023-03-22T21:00:09

School districts across the country are struggling to fill vacancies among their teaching staff. In addition to stepping up their recruitment efforts, some districts are looking to turn more of the...

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The Cherokee Nation's Fight Against The Opioid Crisis from 2023-03-21T21:00:02

The Cherokee Nation has been hit hard by opioid addiction and fentanyl-related overdose deaths. But the tribe has a plan to heal.

Like many communities around the country, the Cherokee Natio...

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20 Years Since The Start Of The Iraq War, Young Iraqis Still Dream Of A Better Future from 2023-03-20T21:00:56

On March 20, 2003, the United States launched its invasion of Iraq. We recall how the war started, and the trauma it left behind.

NPR's Eric Westervelt was embedded with the U.S. Army's Thir...

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The Most Successful Global Public Health Plan You Probably Never Heard Of from 2023-03-18T21:59:46

Today, when we hear the word pandemic, most people think of COVID-19. But by 2003, while rates of HIV infections and deaths from AIDS had stabilized and fallen in the US, in sub-Saharan Africa, th...

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Is This a Moment for Women's College Hoops? from 2023-03-17T21:01:47

When it comes to TV ratings, women's college basketball is trending upward - even as the men's game is losing viewers. When it comes to resources and media coverage? There's still a wide gap betwee...

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With Congress Divided Over New Gun Legislation, Biden Issues Executive Order from 2023-03-16T21:00:02

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that he says can keep more guns out of the hands of dangerous people by increasing the number of buyers who have to submit background checks.
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Meet The Volunteers Running Into A War Zone To Rescue Civilians from 2023-03-15T21:00:54

A group of volunteers is braving artillery barrages to evacuate residents from towns and cities in Ukraine's Donbas region, including Bakhmut, the epicenter of fighting in the eastern part of the c...

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'Sextortion' Documentary May Leave Viewers With Exaggerated Sense Of Risk To Children from 2023-03-14T21:00:26

A new documentary called Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic has gained attention at screenings hosted by universities, police departments and even the Pentagon. But many of the claims made in...

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How Silicon Valley Bank Failed, And What Comes Next from 2023-03-13T22:16:49

The Biden administration took extraordinary measures to protect the accounts of customers at two banks that failed over the past few days: Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

Federal reg...

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Adding Racial Equity To The Business Of Legal Weed from 2023-03-11T22:59:24

In about the last 10 years, the legalized cannabis industry has grown into a $32 billion business. Today, in 21 states, and the District of Columbia, you can legally purchase recreational marijuan...

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Buttigieg Calls This A "Put Up Or Shut Up Moment" For Rail Safety from 2023-03-10T22:01:26

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says he welcomes a bipartisan effort in Congress to push for new rail safety regulations in the wake of the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

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After Extra SNAP Benefits Expire, Some Fear A "Hunger Cliff" from 2023-03-09T22:07:36

Some 16 million American households receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will get less money this month.

During the pandemic, the federal government temporar...

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Colin Kaepernick revisits his adolescence in new graphic novel from 2023-03-08T22:00:02

Before he was the face of a protest movement and a starting quarterback in the Super Bowl, Colin Kaepernick was a teenager who was trying to figure out who he was and where he was going.

Kae...

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DeSantis Rising from 2023-03-07T22:00:12

He hasn't yet entered the contest, but even so, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is one of the leading Republicans in the race for the GOP presidential nomination.

DeSantis has just released a ...

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Restrictions On Drag Shows Have A History In The U.S. from 2023-03-06T22:02:05

Tennessee passed a bill last week restricting drag shows. The law specifically bans "adult cabaret performances" in public or in the presence of children.

In more than a dozen states, Republ...

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Finding Solutions For Crime – Without Politics Getting In The Way from 2023-03-04T22:59:18

When Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her re-election bid this week, many people saw the result as a referendum on how she handled crime.

But crime is not just a Chicago issue. Nationally,...

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The Dominion Lawsuit Pulls Back The Curtain On Fox News. It's Not Pretty. from 2023-03-03T22:14:19

Documents released as part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit reveal that many Fox News stars knew conspiracy theories about the 2020 election were baseless but invited guests who spewed those cl...

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While The Fate Of The CFPB Is In Limbo, The Agency Is Cracking Down On Junk Fees from 2023-03-02T22:00:14

The Supreme Court is weighing whether or not the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is constitutional based on how it receives its funding.

Last fall a panel of three Trump appointees on t...

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Iconic Indian-American Chef Reflects On His Life And The Healing Power Of Food from 2023-03-01T22:00:20

Raghavan Iyer built his career helping Americans get to know the fundamentals of Indian cooking. Now, after years of treatment for aggressive cancer, he has released what he says will be his last b...

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One Uprooted Life At A Time, Climate Change Drives An American Migration from 2023-02-28T22:06:33

Margaret Elysia Garcia tried hard to rebuild her life in Greenville, California after it was devastated by a wildfire in 2021.

But the difficulty of life there — power outages, mud slides, r...

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How EPA Plans To Keep East Palestine Residents Safe After Derailment from 2023-02-27T22:00:43

The Environmental Protection Agency says tests have not shown any contamination of air or drinking water linked to the train derailment near East Palestine, Ohio.

But residents in the area s...

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How to Talk About Politicians and Mental Health from 2023-02-25T22:55:42

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley's call for mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 seemed like a direct challenge to President Joe Biden, who is 80. But she could ha...

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A Ukrainian City Marks A Year Of Loss—And Resistance from 2023-02-24T22:00:16

Kherson was the the first major Ukrainian city to fall to Russian troops. With deep historical ties to Russia, it was not expected to be a center of resistance.

But an army of citizen spies ...

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Views From The Classroom On The New AP African-American Studies Course from 2023-02-23T22:02:44

There are a lot of different Advanced Placement history courses out there: art history, European history, U.S. history. Now, after a decade in development, there finally is an AP course focused on ...

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Inside Story: Life in Prison, As Told by Formerly Incarcerated People from 2023-02-22T22:00:12

For people who have not experienced it, life in prison can seem unimaginable. So reporters who have themselves been incarcerated can offer an important perspective when covering the prison system. ...

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Zelenskyy's Transformation From Comedian To Icon Of Democracy from 2023-02-21T22:00

This week marks one year since Russia invaded Ukraine in February of 2022.
And in the past year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has undergone a dramatic political transformation.
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Social Justice and Climate Justice: How One Environmental Leader Is Moving Forward from 2023-02-20T22:00:35

The Sierra Club has been at the forefront of the American environmental movement for decades. However, the group has also face criticism for racist and exclusionary attitudes embedded in some of it...

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Are Sanctions Slowing Down Russia's War Machine? from 2023-02-18T22:59:07

We're approaching a year since Russian leader Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, a conflict that has resulted in thousands of dead civilians and over eight million refugees.

Along with sending ...

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What Happens After The Protests In Iran? from 2023-02-17T22:00:19

"This kind of dissent? It doesn't go away." That's what NPR heard from a 20-year-old woman on the street in Tehran.

Mary Louise Kelly and a team of producers traveled there last week to see ...

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Life Is Still Uncertain For Residents Of Ohio Town Where Train Derailed from 2023-02-16T22:00:11

The derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio on February 3rd sparked fear and uncertainty among residents. They are still concerned, almost two weeks later.
NPR's A...

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What We Know About Three Mystery Objects The U.S. Shot Down—And What We Don't from 2023-02-15T22:00:15

A total of four high-flying, balloon-like objects have been shot down by US fighter jets this month. Officials have still not said where three of them came from.

The United States claims the...

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Love Is In The Air—And On The Shelves from 2023-02-14T22:00:31

Sales of romance novels were up in 2022, with a surge of about 52 percent for sales of print copies, according to Publishers Weekly. That's despite an overall dip in book sales last year.
Still,...

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Two Versions Of The Same Nightmare: A Week In Quake-Hit Turkey and Syria from 2023-02-13T22:00:15

One week since arriving in southern Turkey after massive back-to-back earthquakes hit the region, our correspondent recounts what she has seen in seven days of covering the tragedy in Turkey and ne...

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Haiti In Turmoil from 2023-02-11T22:59:03

Haiti, a country long besieged by political turmoil, was plunged further into chaos in 2021 when then president Jovenel Moïse was assassinated. Today, gangs run large swaths of the capital city of ...

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NPR's View From The Ground In Iran from 2023-02-10T22:09:15

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly is on the ground in Iran, where she spoke directly with Iranians about their grievances against the regime.

She later put some of those grievances to Iran's Foreign M...

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How Some Dealerships Use 'Yo-yo Car Sales' To Take Buyers For A Ride from 2023-02-09T22:00:07

Negotiating a purchase at a car dealership can be a stressful experience. But once you sign the deal and drive away, the car is yours right? Not necessarily.
NPR's Chris Arnold breaks down how s...

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The State Of The Union And A House Narrowly Divided from 2023-02-08T22:00:41

President Joe Biden's State of the Union address seemed like business as usual, until one of Biden's remarks drew loud boos from some Republican lawmakers.
We ask two House freshmen – Democrat M...

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Parts of Turkey And Syria Are Reeling After Powerful Quake from 2023-02-07T22:07:21

Communities in northern Syria and southeastern Turkey are struggling in the aftermath of Monday's devastating earthquake and its powerful aftershocks.

NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports on ongoing ...

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After The Balloon: Where US-China Relations Go Next from 2023-02-06T22:07:31

China and the US were supposed to hold diplomatic talks over the weekend. Instead they sparred over a Chinese balloon that entered American airspace before it was shot down. Where do relations betw...

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Why the NFL (Still) Has a Diversity Problem from 2023-02-04T22:59:27

Football is the most watched sport in the US - and one of the most profitable. The NFL reported that last year, the Super Bowl was watched by two-thirds of Americans.

But for some, the pop...

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Hidden Viruses And How To Prevent The Next Pandemic from 2023-02-03T22:00:43

More than three years since the start of the COVID pandemic, infectious disease experts are studying other viruses with pandemic potential. Their goal is to understand how pandemics begin and how t...

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Specialized Police Units Are In The Spotlight, Again from 2023-02-02T22:02:21

The Memphis Police Department has disbanded its special SCORPION unit, after five of the unit's officers were involved in the death of Tyre Nichols. But similar units are still operating across the...

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Pamela Anderson Takes Control Of Her Life Story from 2023-02-01T22:00:40

Pamela Anderson has had an incredibly rich, and varied, career. She's an actress, the author of several books, and a prominent activist - especially for animal rights.
But many people still see ...

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A Personal Recession Toolkit from 2023-01-31T22:00:32

Signs of a forthcoming recession seem to be everywhere: from grocery stores, where food prices are soaring, to Fortune 500 companies, where workers are being let go by the thousand.

Survey a...

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Could Migration Help Ease The World's Population Challenges? from 2023-01-30T22:00:09

While some countries are seeing their populations decline and grow older, others are growing fast. That has economic implications. Could migration help?

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Changing the Way Media Reports on Gun Violence from 2023-01-29T00:11:21

Americans have grown accustomed to hearing about the latest mass shooting. And recently news coverage has been focused on two tragic events in California — Last weekend eleven people were killed a...

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In the Wake of Tyre Nichols' Death, Does Diversity Make A Difference In Policing? from 2023-01-27T22:44:32

Five police officers have been charged with murder and other crimes in the wake of Tyre Nichols' death this month in Memphis. Nichols, who was Black, died after a traffic stop. All five of the offi...

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Retired WNBA Star Maya Moore And Her Husband Jonathan Irons Talk About Their Journey from 2023-01-26T22:01

Maya Moore stepped away from her stellar basketball career to help free Jonathan Irons, a man who was incarcerated for over two decades on a wrongful conviction.

With the help of Moore and h...

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German And American Tanks Are Headed for Ukraine from 2023-01-25T23:06:34

For months, Ukraine pressed western allies for state-of-the-art tanks. For months, Germany and the U.S. resisted. That changed Wednesday.

Both countries have now promised to send tanks to Uk...

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Some Muslim Americans Turn To Faith For Guidance On Abortion from 2023-01-24T22:00:03

Since the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to an abortion, some Muslims in America have sought a better understanding of what their faith says about abortion.

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Shock And Pain in Monterey Park, Site Of Another American Mass Shooting from 2023-01-23T22:15:46

The people of Monterey Park, California, would normally be celebrating Lunar New Year right now, one of the biggest holidays of the year in a community that is two-thirds Asian. Instead, the city i...

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Despite Billion-Dollar Jackpots, Critics Say the Lottery Is a Losing Game from 2023-01-21T22:56:30

Admit it - you've fantasized about what you would do if you hit the lottery and exactly how you would spend your millions - or billions.

Spending a few dollars for a chance at a massive ja...

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Holiday Traditions in China and Ukraine Offer Comfort During Uncertain Times from 2023-01-20T22:00:43

In China, huge numbers of people are expected to travel and gather with family this weekend for the start of the Lunar New Year, just as the country experiences a major surge in COVID infections. <...

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How The Government Tracks Classified Documents—And Why It's An Imperfect System from 2023-01-19T22:00:21

The Justice Department is investigating the mishandling of classified documents linked to President Biden and to his predecessor, former President Trump. Both cases raise questions about how classi...

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Lessons From The 2011 Debt Ceiling Standoff from 2023-01-18T22:16:32

The U.S. will hit its borrowing limit on Thursday, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and her department will need to take "extraordinary measures" to avoid default.

That means th...

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The Key To Happiness, According To A Decades-Long Study from 2023-01-17T22:00:44

If you could change one thing in your life to become a happier person — like your income, a job, your relationships or your health — what would make the biggest difference?

That's the quest...

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Dr. Céline Gounder Dispels Disinformation About Her Husband's Death from 2023-01-16T21:58:52

The soccer world was shocked by the death of renowned U.S. soccer journalist Grant Wahl at the World Cup in Qatar. Then came the conspiracy theories claiming his death was caused by the COVID vacci...

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For Black Men, Barriers To Mental Health Care Can Be Complex from 2023-01-14T23:00:24

The start of a new year can push us to think about how we take care of ourselves – our bodies or our minds. And for some people that can mean seeking help for mental health issues like depression ...

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Where The Ukraine War Goes Next from 2023-01-13T22:00:53

This is a pivotal moment in the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian forces continue to have the upper hand on the battlefield, but there are real questions about what comes next and what an acceptable end to...

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Author Aubrey Gordon Wants To Debunk Myths About Fat People from 2023-01-12T22:14:06

People sometimes object when Aubrey Gordon describes herself as fat. It's not that they're disputing her size, she says. Rather, they're acting out on their assumptions about what it means to be a ...

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How California's Deadly Floods Are Tied To The State's Ongoing Drought from 2023-01-11T22:07:22

Destructive flooding caused by torrential rains has created a deadly disaster in California. The death toll rivals the worst wildfires and points to a common cause for both: drought.

Brian ...

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Attack On Brazil's Capitol Is Part of Transnational Extremist Movement from 2023-01-10T22:24:12

The attack on Brazil's congress and presidential palace Sunday was reminiscent of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Both are part of a broader transnational extremist movement.
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In Some States, An Unpaid Foster Care Bill Could Mean Parents Lose Their Kids Forever from 2023-01-09T22:00:06

Parents who have their kids placed in foster care often get a bill to reimburse the state for part of the cost. NPR found that in at least 12 states there are laws that say parents could lose their...

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Why We Can't Resist 'Best Of' Lists from 2023-01-07T22:59:51

'Tis the season for lists! Best films of the year, best albums, best podcasts. Lists can provoke strong emotions- from spirited debate to outrage - over who or what made the cut or ranked higher. <...

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The Lasting Impact Of The January 6th Insurrection from 2023-01-06T22:01:52

It's been two years since rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, leaving an indelible mark on American democracy.
We speak to NPR Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson and NPR Seni...

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The Fight To Keep Climate Change Off The Back Burner from 2023-01-05T22:00:18

The world faces key deadlines for climate action in coming decades. But most of us are more focused on the short term — today, tomorrow, maybe next year. So what do we do about that?

NPR's <...

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How GOP Hardliners Have Managed To Block Their Party's Path In Congress from 2023-01-04T22:12:23

A small group of Republican hardliners set out to block Kevin McCarthy, their party's leader in the House of Representatives, from becoming Speaker. That same faction has taken on GOP leaders befor...

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How Buying A Home Became A Key Way To Build Wealth In America from 2023-01-03T22:00:17

High mortgage rates and a low supply of homes for sale has made homeownership feel out of reach for many Americans. And yet it remains an important way for Americans to build wealth.

We spe...

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A New Grammy Category Puts Songwriters Like Tobias Jesso Jr. In The Spotlight from 2023-01-02T22:00:07

Although not widely known, 37-year-old Tobias Jesso Jr.'s name pops up on the credits of some of today's biggest musical hits. He's written for Adele, Harry Styles and FKA twigs among many others. ...

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How to Make Better New Year's Resolutions from 2022-12-31T23:00:10

It's that time of year - the ball has dropped, the champagne bottles are empty and you have a list of resolutions to start living your best life in 2023.

There's plenty of expert advice to...

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Britain's 2022 Was A Year Of Epic Turbulence from 2022-12-30T22:00:23

The United Kingdom is, for many, synonymous with stability. But 2022 has been a year of turbulence and change for the U.K.

In one, chaotic four-month stretch, the U.K. went through major tra...

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Artificial Intelligence Made Big Leaps In 2022 — Should We Be Excited Or Worried? from 2022-12-29T22:00:54

Artificial intelligence is now so much a part of our lives that it seems almost mundane. So is that something to be excited about? Or is the world a scarier place because of it?
NPR's Bobby Ally...

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They Say You Can't Choose Your Family, But Some Do from 2022-12-28T22:28:27

You've heard the saying, 'Blood is thicker than water,' right? Yet for many people, family is not just about blood or DNA — it's about deep connections .

For those people, chosen family coul...

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What's Ahead for Rep. Kevin McCarthy and the Republican Party? from 2022-12-27T22:00:05

Rep. Kevin McCarthy is the GOP leader in the House of Representatives and he's campaigning to become Speaker in the next Congress. But a handful of House Republicans say they won't support him.
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For These Exonerated Men, The Fight For Compensation Is About More Than Money from 2022-12-26T22:00:42

Malcolm Alexander and Frederick Clay both spent decades in prison for crimes they didn't commit. Both were eventually exonerated and released.

Clay has received compensation from the state o...

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From 'Harry&Meghan' to 'The Slap', Celebrity Gossip Was Big News in 2022 from 2022-12-24T22:00:09

Even if you don't follow gossip sites, it was almost impossible this year to ignore the scandals, missteps, and legal woes of celebrities.

Gossip has been a part of the media landscape alm...

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Coping With Trauma Is Part of the Job For Many In The U.S. Intelligence Community from 2022-12-23T22:00:52

Trauma is an inherent part of intelligence work. Think of undercover operatives deployed in dangerous places or investigating gruesome crimes. But getting help to process that trauma can be difficu...

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Anxiety Is Up. Here Are Some Tips On How To Manage It. from 2022-12-22T22:00:19

The number of Americans experiencing anxiety has been rising, especially since the start of the pandemic.

There also aren't enough providers to meet the need, making it tough to access prop...

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When Your Parents Are Also Your Roommates from 2022-12-21T22:00:53

More and more young people are moving back in with their parents — and staying there.

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Interest In Electric Vehicles Is Growing, And So Is The Demand For Lithium from 2022-12-20T22:00:17

The Inflation Reduction Act signed into law by President Biden this year includes incentives for buying an electric vehicle, ideally to persuade people to ditch cars that run on gasoline and switch...

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Jan. 6 Committee Issues Four Criminal Referrals For Trump from 2022-12-19T22:30:20

The House Select Committee investigating the deadly January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol held what is expected to be its final hearing.

Committee members voted to refer former...

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Making Wine More Inclusive and Less Pretentious from 2022-12-17T23:00:47

The world of wine has long had a reputation for snobbery. And it has long been dominated mostly by white men.

But that has slowly begun to change. From sommeliers to vineyard owners, the in...

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What China's New COVID Surge Could Mean—For China And The World from 2022-12-16T22:00:05

Three years into the pandemic, the world could be on the cusp of the biggest outbreak yet — in China.

The country had some of the strictest COVID polices anywhere, but in recent weeks has d...

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Big Money Swirls Around College Football's Star Coaches from 2022-12-15T22:07:20

Deion Sanders' decision to leave Jackson State for the University of Colorado has stirred a lot of debate in the world of college football.

LA Times sports culture critic Tyler Tynes explai...

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Remembering The Victims Of The Sandy Hook School Shooting, 10 Years Later from 2022-12-14T22:05:39

Each mass shooting has a grim number attached to it. But that number is made up of individuals, each of whom had a full life and a family who continues to cope with their absence.

Ten years...

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The Parents Caught In The Middle Of The FTX Collapse from 2022-12-13T22:13:37

Prosecutors say the former CEO of cryptocurrency giant FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, defrauded investors and customers for years, to the tune of billions of dollars. Bankman-Fried was arrested Monday nig...

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Tech Layoffs Throw Immigrants' Lives Into Limbo from 2022-12-12T22:18:36

In November, Huy Tu found out they were one of 11,000 Meta employees being laid off. Tu is allowed to stay in the U.S. through the OPT program, which requires that they be employed.

Since t...

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Why Do We Love True Crime? from 2022-12-10T22:59:48

If you think about Jack the Ripper or In Cold Blood, true crime stories have always fascinated us. But the groundbreaking success of the 2014 podcast Serial sparked a new interest...

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How A Foiled Coup In Germany Came To Be from 2022-12-09T22:00:12

This week, authorities in Germany arrested more than two dozen suspected far-right extremists over a plot to violently overthrow the government.

The plotters were reportedly inspired by QAno...

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The Deal That Freed Brittney Griner from 2022-12-08T23:12:30

President Biden on Thursday announced the negotiated release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from a penal colony in Russia and her return to the U.S. She had been detained since February, when Russian...

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Democrats And Republicans Have Lessons To Learn From Georgia Runoff from 2022-12-07T22:01:49

In Georgia, Democrat Raphael Warnock held on to his U.S. Senate seat, defeating Republican candidate Herschel Walker in a special runoff vote. Warnock's reelection is a big win for Democrats, as it...

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Israelis And Palestinians Await A Far-Right Government With Bated Breath from 2022-12-06T22:00:33

Jewish ultranationalists are about to have a lot more power in Israel. Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to return to office after his far-right coalition won elections last month. An...

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Children Are Grieving. Here's How One Texas School District Is Trying to Help from 2022-12-05T22:00:49

It's been more than a year now since many kids across the country returned to their classrooms.

And many of them brought grief and trauma with them, too.

But some educators just don'...

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Punishing Player Misconduct: Will the NFL Ever Get it Right? from 2022-12-03T22:50:03

On Sunday, Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson will return to the field for the first time in nearly two years. This comes after an 11-game suspension and $5 million fine imposed by the NFL...

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Twitter's Safety Chief Quit. Here's Why. from 2022-12-02T22:01:50

It didn't take long for Elon Musk's stated vision for Twitter—a "digital town square" where all legal speech flows freely—to run head long into reality. Namely, the fact that many citizens of that ...

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China's Outspoken Generation from 2022-12-01T22:00:15

The protests in China may have been silenced, for now. But could this be the start of a new political awakening among young people in the country?

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Can Newly Elected LGBTQ Lawmakers Shift The Landscape For LGBTQ Rights? from 2022-11-30T22:00:44

The advocacy group Human Rights Campaign reports that in the past year, more than 300 bills targeting LGBTQ rights have been introduced by state legislatures around the U.S.

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The (Literally) Cold War In Ukraine from 2022-11-29T22:01:06

Russian attacks have repeatedly targeted Ukrainian energy and heating infrastructure, threatening to leave millions vulnerable to the approaching bitter cold of winter.

Winter will also forc...

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How Abortion Bans—Even With Medical Emergency Exemptions—Impact Healthcare from 2022-11-28T22:00:09

Christina Zielke went to an ER in Ohio bleeding profusely while experiencing a miscarriage. This was in early September, before the state's 6-week abortion ban was put on hold by a judge. What happ...

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Pulling Back The Curtain On Our Climate Migration Reporting from 2022-11-27T22:00:49

For over a year, we've been working on a series of stories on climate migration that spans thousands of miles and multiple continents.

Our team of journalists saw firsthand how climate chang...

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When Does Comedy Cross the Line? from 2022-11-26T23:00:47

Every time stand-up comic Dave Chappelle gets in front of a mic, he seems to reignite a debate over when, or whether, a comedian can go too far. Chappelle has been heavily criticized for jokes abou...

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Life Is Hard For Migrants On Both Sides Of The Border Between Africa And Europe from 2022-11-25T22:00:38

There are two tiny patches of Spain on the African continent. One is a city called Melilla that's surrounded by Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea.

The European Union has spent billions to ke...

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Our Picks For TV Shows And Movies You Should Watch This Holiday Weekend from 2022-11-24T22:00:28

As people across the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving and enjoy their long holiday weekend, Consider This provides listeners with a list of TV shows and movies to binge over the holiday weekend...

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A Triple Serving Of Flu, COVID And RSV Hits Hospitals Ahead Of Thanksgiving from 2022-11-23T22:00:01

Hospitals around the country are overwhelmed, but this time it's not just with COVID.

Cases of the flu and RSV are also spiking earlier this year.

We hear from a pediatrician in Sea...

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Amid Missile Tests, What Is North Korea's Endgame? from 2022-11-22T22:00:21

North Korea says it has successfully tested its largest intercontinental ballistic missile. And experts say it could potentially deliver a nuclear warhead to targets in the continental United State...

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Meet The Everyday Crypto Investors Caught Up In The FTX Implosion from 2022-11-21T22:00:15

Jake Thacker of Portland, Ore. says he had $70,000 trapped in FTX when the the cryptocurrency exchange collapsed this month. That money may be gone.

And he's not the only one. The company's...

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How to Cook a Faster, Easier Thanksgiving Dinner from 2022-11-19T23:00:38

Thanksgiving is probably the most celebrated meal of the year. But for a lot of home cooks or new cooks, or would-be cooks-- it's also the most daunting.

But what if there was a much easie...

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How Much Should Wealthier Nations Pay For The Effects Of Climate Change? from 2022-11-18T22:02

At COP 27, the annual U.N. conference on climate change, one of the big questions that's been raised is how some of the wealthier nations should be paying for the effects of climate change in less ...

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The Hidden Toll Of Working On Prison Executions from 2022-11-17T22:00:07

During the past 50 years, more than 1,550 death sentences have been carried out across the U.S.

Many of the hundreds of people involved in carrying out those executions say their health has ...

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What Happens To The Investigations Involving Now-Candidate Trump? from 2022-11-16T23:05:07

Former President Trump is launching his 2024 campaign with a cloud of legal issues hanging over his head. They include the federal investigation into the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol,...

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Michelle Obama On Parenting, Partnerships And Political Action from 2022-11-15T22:00:43

Even a former first lady who's lived an extraordinary life has ordinary and relatable fears.

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How Rising Seas Turned A Would-be Farmer Into A Climate Migrant from 2022-11-14T22:01:24

Climate change is a present tense disaster in some parts of the world. In Senegal, rising seas are destroying neighborhoods and once-fertile farm fields.

That's pushing young Senegalese like...

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Can Black Twitter survive Elon Musk? from 2022-11-12T23:00:24

A surge in anti-Semitic and racist tweets, an incoherent rollout of a paid verification service, and thousands of layoffs. Then a scramble to rehire some employees. This is only a couple of weeks i...

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How Hip-hop Is A Mirror That Reflects The Problem Of Gun Violence In America from 2022-11-11T22:00:40

Takeoff, from the Atlanta trio known as Migos, was shot and killed at the beginning of November outside a bowling alley in Houston.

The issue of violence, specifically gun violence, is often...

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For Many In Ukraine, The Struggle Doesn't End With Liberation from 2022-11-10T22:02:15

As Russian forces have retreated in Ukraine, people in newly liberated towns and villages have been trying to pick up the pieces. But it's a process that can be long and painful.

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No Red Wave But A Divided Government Is Still A Possibility from 2022-11-09T22:01:54

The "red wave" of Republican gains that some predicted didn't come to pass during the midterm elections. As of Wednesday afternoon, control of both houses of Congress was still up for grabs.
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Haiti Is In Turmoil — But Is International Intervention The Right Solution? from 2022-11-08T22:00:21

Haiti is a country in crisis. Armed gangs have overtaken the capital of Port-au-Prince. Electricity and clean drinking water are in very short supply and there's been an outbreak of cholera. Half t...

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Five Big Issues Americans Are Voting On This Election from 2022-11-07T22:00:34

National issues are increasingly crowding out more local concerns in elections across the country.

With that in mind, we hear from five NPR correspondents covering some of the issues that m...

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Diversity After Affirmative Action from 2022-11-05T21:58:23

Over the last four decades, affirmative action has helped transform diversity on college campuses in the United States. But soon, affirmative action in higher education may come to an end.

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What Happens When The Mighty Mississippi Becomes The Measly Mississippi from 2022-11-04T21:00:10

The extremes of climate change are wreaking havoc on the Mississippi.

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Why Federal Security Agencies Are Warning About Potential Election Violence from 2022-11-03T21:02:21

The attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband and other recent incidents have security experts worried about the potential for political violence around the midterm elections.

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Qatar's Human Rights Record In The Spotlight Ahead Of 2022 World Cup from 2022-11-02T21:01:18

Billions will be watching when the men's soccer World Cup begins in Qatar this month. But the country's human rights record will also be in the global spotlight during the tournament.

A 20...

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How Ukrainian Soldiers Are Preparing For The Battle Over Kherson from 2022-11-01T21:00:10

More than eight months after the start of Russia's war in Ukraine, new challenges are emerging.

NPR's Franco Ordoñez reports that Ukrainian soldiers are preparing for what could be their tou...

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What Do Young Voters in Wisconsin Want? from 2022-10-31T21:00:31

Elections are tight in many parts of the US these days. They certainly are in the battleground state of Wisconsin, where the last two presidential elections were decided by very thin margins. This ...

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From Clergy to Veterans, Volunteers Rally To Fight Voter Intimidation from 2022-10-29T22:00:49

On Friday, federal authorities issued an internal bulletin that warned of the potential for violence from domestic extremists during the midterm election season.

The same day, a federal Judg...

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Brazil's Presidential Vote Could Have An Impact Beyond The Country's Borders from 2022-10-28T21:09:08

On Sunday, Brazilians will go to the polls to choose between two very different presidential candidates. One is the far-right incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, who has been called Latin America's Trump. T...

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Black Vets Were Excluded From G.I. Bill Benefits. Congress Could Fix That. from 2022-10-27T21:00:38

The G.I. Bill of 1944 provided free education, unemployment pay and home loans for millions of veterans returning from fighting in World War II. These benefits helped to expand the American middle ...

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Here's What We Know About The 12 Million Midterm Ballots Cast So Far from 2022-10-26T21:00:32

As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 12 million people have cast ballots in the 2022 midterms, according to the United States Elections Proj...

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For William Shatner, seeing Earth from space was moving and heartbreaking from 2022-10-25T21:00:40

A year ago, William Shatner, the actor who played Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek series, boarded a Blue Origin rocket ship. At the age of 90, he became the oldest person to fly into space....

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It's Not Just The U.S. There Are Signs Of A Global Economic Downturn. from 2022-10-24T21:00:43

The war in Ukraine is stressing global energy and food markets. China's COVID-19 lockdowns continue to affect supply chains. Economies large and small are facing persistent inflation. All of it add...

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Is Britain's Political Turmoil a Lesson in Democracy for the U.S? from 2022-10-22T22:00

This week, politics in the UK looked a little — crazy.

Outraged members of Parliament yelled their demands for Prime Minister Liz Truss to resign, a head of iceberg lettuce managed to outl...

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Former President Donald Trump Subpoenaed by House January 6 Committee from 2022-10-21T21:22:20

The House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot has subpoenaed former President Donald Trump for testimony under oath and records.

We speak with Nick Akerman, a former federal ...

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As Election Day Nears, Democrats Rest Hopes On Abortion Rights from 2022-10-20T21:00:09

Election day is less than three weeks away, and Democrats are trying desperately to hold on to their slim majority in Congress by focusing on abortion rights. But Republicans are betting that the e...

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What A Third Term For Xi Jinping Could Mean For China And The World from 2022-10-19T21:00:04

This week, China's Communist Party Congress is expected to approve a historic third term in office for the country's leader, Xi Jinping.

Xi has already been in power for a decade, a period ...

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Ongoing Protests In Iran Echo A Century-Old Revolution from 2022-10-18T21:00:28

It's been more than a month since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died after being detained by Iran's morality police – allegedly for breaking the rule requiring women to wear a hijab. Her death sparked pr...

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How PPP Loan Forgiveness Became a Messy Process with Limited Scrutiny from 2022-10-17T21:00:41

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was designed to soften the financial impact of the pandemic for small businesses. It issued about $800 billion in potentially forgivable government loans to ke...

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What Does a Record Number of Black Candidates Really Mean for Republicans? from 2022-10-15T22:00:07

In a party not known for ethnic diversity, 22 Black candidates are running for Republican House seats this year. And for the first time, we could see two Black Republican senators serving simultan...

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Are We Ready for Another COVID Surge? from 2022-10-14T21:00:55

Public health officials are warning of a possible surge in COVID cases this winter. How bad it could get depends on how many people take the right precautions, according to Listen

Does The U.S.-Saudi Alliance Have A Future? from 2022-10-13T21:00:05

President Biden met with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman this summer — a man he had previously accused of ordering the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But at the meeting, he ...

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#Dementia TikTok Is A Vibrant, Supportive Community from 2022-10-12T21:00:10

There are more than 16 million people in the U.S. that are caring for someone with Alzheimer's and related dementias. More than two-thirds of them are women.

Caregiving can be emotionally an...

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A Russian Missile, A Little Pink Coffin And Unimaginable Grief from 2022-10-11T21:00:06

In the span of one morning this week, Russian airstrikes hit cities across Ukraine—some hundreds of miles from the frontline. Throughout the war, even when Russian troops haven't been able to reach...

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The Supreme Court Case That Will Decide if Voting Rights Should Be Race-Blind from 2022-10-10T21:00:46

Last week, the Supreme Court heard opening arguments in Merrill v. Mulligan, a case that could gut the Voting Rights Act of 1965 for the third time this decade.

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Report on Pervasive Culture of Abuse in Women's Pro Soccer Incudes Youth Sports from 2022-10-08T22:01

Over the past few years, we've heard shocking allegations from women athletes about experiencing sexual harassment and abuse. And earlier this week a report was released outlining a pervasive cultu...

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Chess, Fishing, Irish Dancing: Cheating Scandals Reveal Why We Care About Cheating from 2022-10-07T21:03:53

Cheating allegations have rocked many worlds over the last few weeks.

Chess, fishing, poker, and even Irish dancing.

These 'sports' cheating scandals have attracted a lot of attention...

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Is Independence The Answer For Puerto Rico? from 2022-10-06T21:03:20

As a U.S. territory, Puerto Rico is perpetually stuck in limbo.

The people there are subject to federal laws, but don't have a vote for president or Congress.

This is a major problem ...

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Prescribed Burns Started a Wildfire, But Experts Say They're A Crucial Tool from 2022-10-05T21:00:39

After a prescribed burn became the largest wildfire in New Mexico history earlier this year, the U.S. Forest Service put a ninety day ban on controlled burns.

But while these kinds of burns ...

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Migration Is Shifting. Who Is Crossing Where? from 2022-10-04T21:00:06

The past twelve months have been the deadliest on record for the migrants crossing the Southern U.S. Border from Mexico. More than 800 have died in the last fiscal year.

This past year also...

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As Mortgage Rates Climb, A Hot Housing Market Cools from 2022-10-03T21:33:16

Higher mortgage rates are putting a damper on the U.S. housing market. Home prices are down and sales of existing homes have now fallen for seven months in a row.

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Is the Electoral College Anti-Democratic? from 2022-10-01T21:59:42

The Electoral Count Reform Act is a bipartisan response to the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol where rioters and the former president attempted to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence int...

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Russia's Illegal Annexation Ushers In A Dangerous New Phase Of The War from 2022-09-30T21:06:06

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the formal annexation of four territories in Ukraine on Friday, after the conclusion of what U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called "sham" referend...

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Hurricane Ian Tears Across Florida from 2022-09-29T21:32:48

Hurricane Ian carved a path of destruction through central Florida, with extreme winds, heavy rains and a torrent of waters flooding in from the Gulf of Mexico.

Roads and bridges were washed...

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In Iran Protests, Anger At Hijab Rules Is "The Tip Of The Iceberg" from 2022-09-28T21:18:44

The widespread protests in Iran were sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. She died after being detained by Iran's morality police for allegedly violating the country's strict dress code...

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The Heartbreak And Cost Of Losing A Baby In America from 2022-09-27T21:00:33

Every year, more than 300,000 U.S. families have infants who require advanced medical care in neonatal intensive care units.

Specialized treatments and round-the-clock care rack up enormous...

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The Civil Rights Activist Sharing Her Story With A New Generation from 2022-09-26T21:00:41

Ruby Bridges was just six years old in 1960 when she became the first Black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans.

She was escorted by four fede...

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What's Really Causing America's Mental Health Crisis? from 2022-09-24T21:56:50

This week the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced recommendations that doctors screen all patients under 65 for anxiety.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, we've heard about sha...

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Scandals? What Scandals? The NFL Keeps Surging. from 2022-09-23T21:00:28

The NFL has dealt with plenty of scandal this century, but this offseason was pretty rough.

Accusations of racist hiring practices, star players charged with sexual assault, and owners beha...

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The Stories Of People Serving Life Sentences, In Their Own Words from 2022-09-22T21:00:41

More than 55,000 people in the U.S. are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole, according to research from The Sentencing Project.

Behind bars, they are largely unseen and...

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An Unfinished Recovery From Hurricane Maria Left Puerto Rico Vulnerable to Fiona from 2022-09-21T21:00:56

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has allocated billions of dollars to Puerto Rico to help it rebuild from Hurricane Maria with more resilient infrastructure. Five years after the storm, only...

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The Experiment Aiming To Keep Drug Users Alive By Helping Them Get High More Safely from 2022-09-20T21:00:02

As record numbers of people in the U.S. die from drug overdoses, communities are searching for tools to prevent them. A new program in Canada could serve as a model.

Over the past few years,...

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Britain And Its Former Colonies Debate The Monarchy's Future After Elizabeth from 2022-09-19T21:24:27

For many in the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth was synonymous with the monarchy. As she's laid to rest, King Charles faces a potentially "existential" challenge in convincing the British and globa...

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College Athletes Cash in on Endorsements, but Playing Field is Uneven from 2022-09-17T21:41:58

Since a Supreme Court ruling paved the way for college athletes to profit from the use of their name, image, or likeness - NIL for short - athletes are popping up in ads selling everything from pro...

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Strippers In The U.S. Want Better Work Conditions. Some Are Trying to Unionize from 2022-09-16T21:04:58

For the past six months, dancers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in Los Angeles have been striking almost every weekend.

This is because the strippers say they've faced unsafe working co...

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COVID Risk May Be Falling, But It's Still Claiming Hundreds Of Lives A Day from 2022-09-15T21:05:16

It's a strange moment in the pandemic. Mask mandates and other restrictions have all but disappeared. For most vaccinated people, the risk of severe illness has gone way down.

But hundreds o...

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With New Counteroffensive, Ukraine Punches Back from 2022-09-14T21:00:01

Over the past week, the Ukrainian military has retaken thousands of square miles of territory from Russian troops, in a counteroffensive east of Kharkiv. Retreating Russian soldiers left behind tan...

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Does Social Media Leave You Feeling Angry? That Might Be Intentional from 2022-09-13T21:01:15

Social media platforms have helped fuel political polarization and incitements to violence across the globe, from the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar to the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol....

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How Owning A Mobile Home Can Leave You On Shaky Ground from 2022-09-12T21:00:26

A lot of mobile homes aren't actually that mobile. They're brought in trucks in big pieces, then screwed together and put up on foundations.

At that point they're basically just houses, wit...

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When Fashion Is About More Than Trendy Clothes from 2022-09-10T21:59:38

Even if you have never walked the red carpet at the Met Gala, or sat in the front row of a Fashion Week runway, the notion of fashion is hard to escape. For some of us, what we wear – whet...

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Quiet Quitting: A Loud Trend Overtaking Social Media from 2022-09-09T21:01:40

Quiet quitting. It's a buzzy topic in the workplace and on social media, sparked by a viral TikTok video earlier this summer. So what does it mean?

For some workers, it's simply doing what's...

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The Life And Reign Of Queen Elizabeth II from 2022-09-08T21:00:03

Queen Elizabeth II, the monarch of Britain since 1952, died on Thursday at the age of 96. She reigned for longer than any other ruler of the United Kingdom, spanning seventy years and fifteen prime...

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In Jackson, Mississippi, A Water Crisis Decades In The Making from 2022-09-07T21:08:29

For more than a month, residents of Jackson, Mississippi, have not had access to safe drinking water. The city is under a boil water advisory after problems with the pumps at the city's main water ...

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Traffic Deaths Are At A 20-Year High. What Makes Roads Safe (Or Not)? from 2022-09-06T21:03:27

Traffic fatalities have surged since the early days of the pandemic, reversing a persistent decline since the 1970s. Roads in the U.S. are now more dangerous than they've been in 20 years.

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Tracking Down A Journalist's Killers from 2022-09-05T21:04:35

When Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in 2017, she was in the midst of reporting on corruption within the island's government. After her death, a small team of reporters picked...

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The Quiet Trend of Reimagining and Reusing Prisons and Jails from 2022-09-04T00:04:55

After decades of scandals over horrible conditions, many states are reimagining prisons and jails and reusing those properties to benefit the community.

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This Tool Was Supposed To Detect Election Hacking. Now It's A Misinformation Target from 2022-09-02T21:00:45

After the 2016 election – and Russian hacking attempts targeted at local election offices – hundreds of local governments across the country made changes.

Among them, installing something ca...

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Still Reeling, Uvalde Goes Back To School from 2022-09-01T21:00:47

Students in Uvalde, Texas are going back to school for the first time since a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School back in May. But parents and kids are still worrie...

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As Climate Change Drives More Disasters, What Can We Learn From 'Katrina Babies'? from 2022-08-31T20:59:31

It's been 17 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, permanently changing life for many people across the country.

Over a thousand were killed, and many more were displaced. Th...

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In Serena Williams, A Generation Of Black Players Saw A Legend "Who Looked Like Me" from 2022-08-30T21:06:17

Serena Williams dominated tennis for the better part of two decades. Her athleticism and aggressive style changed the way the women's game is played. And she inspired a generation of young Black pl...

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Abortion Bans Bring Back Painful Memories For One Rape Survivor from 2022-08-29T21:00:19

This summer, just weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the story of a 10-year-old girl in Ohio became a flashpoint in the national abortion debate.

The girl had become pregn...

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To attract and retain teachers, some schools are getting creative from 2022-08-27T21:07:22

Across the country, some teachers are deciding not to return to the classroom this September. The pandemic didn't create the problem of teacher burnout, but it made a bad situation worse. Fed up wi...

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What You Need To Know About Biden's Plan to Forgive Student Loan Debt from 2022-08-26T21:00:04

President Biden's plan to forgive federal student loan debt – up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients and up to $10,000 for others who qualify – leaves millions of borrowers with unanswered questio...

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Dr. Anthony Fauci Steps Away from 2022-08-25T21:00

For nearly four decades, Dr. Anthony Fauci has been leading the fight against infectious diseases in America - including AIDS and COVID-19. Now, he's stepping away.

Earlier this week, Dr. Fa...

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For Families Of Ukrainian Prisoners Of War, An Agonizing Search For Answers from 2022-08-24T21:01:56

The soldiers known as the Azovstal defenders are heroes in Ukraine. They held out for months against the Russians, fighting from a bombed-out steel plant in the southern port city of Mariupol.
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As Inflation Eases, Food Prices Soar from 2022-08-23T21:00:02

Gas prices are down. Inflation is dropping ever so slightly. But the cost of food is going up. The price of food in America rose more in the past year than it has at any time since 1979.

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Life For Afghan Women And Girls Under Taliban Rule from 2022-08-22T21:12:05

One year after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, the lives of women and girls have changed dramatically.

Girls are no longer permitted to attend secondary school. Women are blocked from...

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Close to a decade after a catfishing incident, former NFL player Manti Te'o opens up from 2022-08-20T21:38:55

It's the kind of captivating, complex story that's hard to forget once you hear it. In 2012, star Notre Dame linebacker Manti T'eo's grandmother died. Just hours later, his girlfriend died of leuke...

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$4 Trillion: How The Biden Administration's Legislative Successes Became Reality from 2022-08-19T21:05:21

President Biden had the narrowest possible Democratic Majority in the Senate when he took office. Yet the Biden administration's legislative successes continue to pile up.

He signed the Amer...

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Trying To Heal The Wounds Of Partition, 75 Years Later from 2022-08-18T21:00:51

75 years ago this week, British colonial rule ended in India. Two new nations emerged - Muslim-majority Pakistan and Hindu-majority India.

But that freedom was followed by chaos and bloods...

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Where Does Liz Cheney Go From Here? from 2022-08-17T21:05:13

A key primary this week in Wyoming re-affirmed Donald Trump's hold on the Republican party.

As expected, Republican Representative Liz Cheney lost her race in a landslide, defeated by attorn...

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How The Family Separation Policy Came To Be from 2022-08-16T21:00:35

In 2018, more than 5,500 children of immigrants were separated from their parents at the border.

The Trump administration's "Zero Tolerance" policy, better known as family separation, was sh...

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A U.S. Marine's View From Kabul's Airport As the City Fell to the Taliban from 2022-08-15T21:03:02

One year ago, on August 15, 2021, the Taliban swept into power in Kabul.

It's a day that many remember, as videos and images showed a chaotic scene at the Kabul airport, with thousands of A...

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High profile grads and a yearning for respite have helped boost HBCU applications from 2022-08-13T23:32:28

At one point, over 90% of African Americans with a college degree obtained it from an HBCU. But in the decades following the legal dismantling of segregation, enrollment declined at HBCUs.

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What Is The Status Of All Of Trump's Legal Woes? from 2022-08-12T21:42:32

Former President Donald Trump is dominating headlines yet again.

Earlier this week, the FBI took several boxes of secret and top secret documents from Mar-a-Lago during a search of Trump's ...

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What The Climate Package Means For A Warming Planet from 2022-08-11T21:00

Up until a few weeks ago, meaningful climate legislation was sidelined in the U.S. Senate. But after months of wrangling votes — and adding concessions to oil and gas companies — Democrats in the S...

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From The Grassroots To The Top Of The Ticket, Election Denial Looms Large in GOP from 2022-08-10T21:00:24

In Republican politics, one of the biggest issues in the 2022 election is the 2020 election. In at least 8 states so far, Republicans have picked candidates for Secretary of State who deny the resu...

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How The U.S. Gave Away Cutting-Edge Technology To China from 2022-08-09T21:00:32

Researchers at an American national laboratory spent years developing cutting-edge vanadium redox flow batteries. But now, a Chinese company is making those batteries in a factory in northeastern C...

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The Course Of The War In Ukraine Hinges On The Fight For Kherson from 2022-08-08T21:00:21

All eyes are on Kherson. In Ukraine's first major offensive of the war, soldiers are pushing towards the city, trying to retake it from Russian troops. It's a transport hub and key river crossing, ...

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Palestinian pop singer Bashar Murad struggles for freedom and equality on two fronts from 2022-08-06T23:14

Bashar Murad's danceable riffs and live concerts and videos - filled with bubbles, enormous hats, and layers and layers of veils - have earned him the nickname "Palestinian Lady Gaga" from his fans...

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As U.S. Declares Monkeypox A Public Health Emergency, What To Know About The Risks from 2022-08-05T21:18:51

This week the Biden administration declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency.

And as the number of cases in the U.S. continues to climb, there's a lot of confusion about the...

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The National Security Advisor's Very Busy Week from 2022-08-04T21:00:59

With House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, the U.S. airstrike that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, there's a lot to talk about with National Se...

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Abortion Bans Have Consequences For Wanted Pregnancies, Too from 2022-08-03T21:01:08

Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, a dozen states have implemented laws banning or severely restricting abortion. Those laws have consequences for wanted pregnancies, too.

NPR's Carrie Feibel b...

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Al Qaeda Leader Killed In U.S. Drone Strike In Afghanistan from 2022-08-02T21:01:33

Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of Al Qaeda, was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan over the weekend. For years, al-Zawahiri was Osama Bin Laden's deputy — and was known as the maste...

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Why We Will See More Devastating Floods Like The Ones In Kentucky from 2022-08-01T21:09:06

Dee Davis remembers watching his grandmother float by in a canoe during the 1957 flood that hit Whitesburg, Ky. The water crested at nearly 1...

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Being An Abortion Doula In A Post-Roe World from 2022-07-30T21:00:27

You may have never heard the phrase abortion doula, but for years they have been working to support people navigating the process and experience of ending a pregnancy.

With Roe ove...

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In Canada, The Pope Delivers An Apology To Indigenous Peoples from 2022-07-29T21:00:11

This week, Pope Francis has been in Canada, on what he calls a "Pilgrimage of Penance". He's been going around the country to apologize for the Catholic Church's role in Canada's residential school...

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How To Protect Yourself From The BA.5 Omicron Subvariant from 2022-07-28T21:00:31

The BA.5 variant is the most dominant strain of COVID-19 in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's highly transmissible and it's driving up COVID cases and h...

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What We Lost When Hotels Stopped Being Housing from 2022-07-27T21:00:57

Residential hotels used to play a huge role in the American housing landscape, providing flexible accommodation for anyone who needed it, from the rich and famous to the barely scraping by. Slate s...

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The Long And Winding Journey Of The James Webb Space Telescope from 2022-07-26T21:00:03

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of the universe that have stunned both scientists and the public. But for more than twenty years before its launch, the mission faced multiple del...

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With Inflation Soaring, The Fed Weighs Another Interest Rate Hike from 2022-07-25T21:00:04

Food, gas, rent — prices are climbing across the board. As inflation hit a 40-year high last month, millions of Americans are adjusting their spending and looking for ways to stretch their budgets....

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Do Police Officers View Themselves Differently As Public Perception of Them Changes? from 2022-07-23T21:08:19

This week dozens of family members of victims of the Uvalde Texas school shooting showed up at the town's first school board meeting since a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers in May.
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The January 6th Committee Rests Its Case For Now, And Eyes Turn to Merrick Garland from 2022-07-22T21:12:33

This week the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol wrapped up its first set of public hearings. The final hearing focused on former President Trump's act...

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Climate Change And Record Breaking Heat Around The World from 2022-07-21T21:02:40

Record high temperatures have wreaked havoc around the world this week. In Southern England, railway tracks bent from the heat. In China, the roof tiles on a museum melted. In Texas, heat and a dry...

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How To Talk To Kids About Abortion from 2022-07-20T21:00:46

Talking about abortion can be difficult even among adults. So how do you talk to kids about it? We asked listeners to send us their questions — and brought together two experts to answer them.
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He Tracked Down Nazi War Criminals. Now He's Investigating Atrocities In Ukraine from 2022-07-19T21:05:12

How serious is the U.S. about investigating Russian war crimes in Ukraine? They put Eli Rosenbaum on the case. He's best known for directing the Department of Justice special investigations unit wh...

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As States Ban Abortion, Demand For Contraceptives Is Rising from 2022-07-18T21:00:03

Interest in birth control and emergency contraception has surged since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion. But safe and reliable birth control isn't always easy to access. Listen

In A Divided America, Can The January 6 Hearing Change Hearts And Minds? from 2022-07-16T22:00

The televised probe into the mob attack on the Capitol has dropped plenty of bombshells as insider testimonies pull back the curtain on the efforts of former President Donald Trump and his allies t...

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As Monkeypox Cases Climb, U.S. Officials Increase Testing and Order More Vaccine Doses from 2022-07-15T21:03

Public health experts know what it takes to get a disease outbreak under control - widespread testing and treatment, and vaccines made available to communities most at risk.

But in the last...

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They Don't Trust Election Officials, So They're Doing Their Own Door-To-Door Audit from 2022-07-14T21:00:26

Your vote is secret. But the fact that you voted in an election is typically public record.

So some people who falsely believe the 2020 election was stolen have tried to audit the results th...

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What We Learned From This Week's Jan. 6 Hearing — And What Questions Still Remain from 2022-07-13T21:00:28

In a tweet sent on December 19, 2021, former President Trump issued what Democrats now say was a "clarion call" to his supporters. "Big protest in D.C. on January 6th," he wrote. "Be there, will be...

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As New Variant Surges, Officials Warn More Will Follow Without Global Vax Effort from 2022-07-12T21:00:07

A new omicron subvariant is now the most dominant strain of COVID-19 in the U.S. It's called BA.5 — and it appears to evade neutralizing antibodies, making it easier for fully-vaccinated people to ...

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The Other Gun Deaths from 2022-07-11T21:00:02

Mass shooting deaths represent just a fraction of people killed by gun violence in America, and more than half of all gun deaths are suicides.

The numbers are staggering: in 2020, the most ...

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What Will It Take To Get Brittney Griner Out Of Detention In Russia? from 2022-07-09T22:00:53

When the Women's NBA All-Star Game gets underway this weekend, the league will be missing one of its superstars, Brittney Griner.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist and star center for the P...

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The Supreme Court just had its most conservative term in nine decades from 2022-07-08T21:00:11

A wave of decisions by the Supreme Court's conservative majority has lead to criticism that the court is more politicized than it used to be. Now there's data to support that claim. Researchers wit...

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The Stolen Election Lie Keeps Spreading, Here Are Some Of The People Responsible from 2022-07-07T21:00:27

Donald Trump's lie that the election was stolen from him continues to spread. That's, in large part, because of a group of people crisscrossing the country, spreading false claims about voter fraud...

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Your Vaccine Questions Answered from 2022-07-06T21:00:11

COVID vaccines are available to children as young as six months old. Still, plenty of parents and caretakers have questions before they get their children the jab. NPR Health Correspondent Listen

Post-Roe America: A Chaotic Patchwork Of Litigation from 2022-07-05T21:00:33

Trigger bans. Restraining orders. State and local disputes. New fights about old laws. After Roe, states are awash in abortion-related legal challenges. Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer Listen

Songs Of The Summer In A Time Of Protest from 2022-07-04T21:00:46

It may be too soon to crown the "song of the summer". NPR Music's Stephen Thompson says there's no one quality that the songs that ...

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Criminal Prosecution Of Pregnancy Loss Expected To Increase Post-Roe from 2022-07-02T22:00:55

In states across the country, long before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, pregnant people were already being criminally charged, convicted, and imprisoned for loss of pregnancy. Advocates...

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Summer Travel Is Chaos Right Now. Here's Some Reasons Why from 2022-07-01T21:00:32

As many countries have loosened their COVID-19 restrictions and reopened their borders, the demand for travel is high. Meanwhile, there are hundreds of flights getting canceled and delayed on a dai...

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The Global Struggle For LGBTQI+ Rights from 2022-06-30T21:00:04

While the last few decades have shown major progress when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights globally, queer people have had to continue to fight for them.

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What We've Learned From A Month Of January 6th Committee Hearings from 2022-06-29T21:00:08

Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony before the January 6th committee landed with a bang. The surprise hearing on Tuesday, featuring this aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, was the m...

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Pell Grants In Prison: A New Effort To Fund Degrees For People Behind Bars from 2022-06-28T21:00

There are 1.5 million people in state and federal prisons in the United States. Very few of them get a chance to earn a bachelor degree. That's due to a decades-old ban on the use of federal money ...

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On Gun Control, Two Big Steps In Opposite Directions from 2022-06-27T21:04:28

Congress and the Supreme Court took big steps in opposite directions last week, in the country's long standing debate on whether and how to regulate guns.

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Does HBO's 'The Wire' still hold up after 20 years? from 2022-06-25T22:17:01

Omar Little, Jimmy McNulty, Stringer Bell, Snot Boogie. If you recognize these names, you are probably a fan of the HBO series The Wire.

This month marks 20 years since the series premiere....

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Roe v. Wade Is Overturned from 2022-06-24T21:44:15

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion no longer exists. For nearly 50 years, Americans have had a constitut...

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The Rental Market Is Wild Right Now from 2022-06-23T21:00:42

Listed rents are up 15% nationwide, and as much as 30% in some cities. At the same time, inflation and rising interest rates are pricing many buyers out of the housing market — increasing the press...

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The Foreign Fighters Who've Gone To Ukraine from 2022-06-22T21:00:18

Two American citizens who'd traveled to Ukraine to join the fight against Russia have reportedly been captured by pro-Russian forces. The State Department says it's "closely monitoring" the situati...

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Meet The Man Who Helped Build The Court That May Overturn Roe from 2022-06-21T21:00:21

As soon as Thursday, the Supreme Court could rule on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. A leaked draft opinion in that case showed a majority of justices agreeing to overturn Listen

Teachers Reflect on a Tough School Year: 'It's Been Very Stressful' from 2022-06-20T21:00:57

After two years of pandemic disruptions, this school year was supposed to be better. But for many teachers, it was harder than ever.

Teachers say they are stressed and burned out. Many are ...

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Warning Vulnerable Populations About Monkeypox Without Stigmatizing Them from 2022-06-18T21:00:11

Many of the people affected by the current global monkeypox outbreak are reported to be men who identify as gay or bisexual, or men who have sex with men.

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Q&A: If Abortion Is Illegal, What Happens Next? from 2022-06-17T21:00:32

There are few issues as highly debated and emotionally charged as abortion.

And in the coming days, the Supreme Court will issue a ruling that could fundamentally change the landscape for a...

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China and Taiwan: What's Ukraine Got To Do With It? from 2022-06-16T21:02:42

The war between Russia and Ukraine is reverberating in Taiwan, a self-governed island that China claims as its own and has threatened to invade if Taiwan declares independence.

Residents of ...

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DACA Recipients On Ten Years Of Precarious Protection from 2022-06-15T21:00:17

It's been ten years since the Obama administration announced Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. The policy provided protection from deportation for hundreds of thousands of undocument...

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The Emerging Deal On Gun Violence: Is It Enough? from 2022-06-14T21:00:05

A bipartisan group of Senates say they have reached a deal on a package of safety and gun-related measures. The deal is not yet done, but lawmakers say they are closer than they've been in a long t...

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Inflation Is Not Getting Better. Why Some CEOs Are Predicting Recession from 2022-06-13T21:00:18

Prices rose more than expected in May. Gas is averaging $5 a gallon. Food, rent, and housing all cost more, too. NPR's Scott Horsley s...

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Is the U.S. Moving Closer to Erasing All Federal Student Loans? from 2022-06-11T22:15:29

After years of struggling to pay federal student loans used to attend the for-profit Corinthian Colleges, hundreds of thousands of student borrowers will have their debt canceled. Corinthian closed...

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January 6th Hearings Begin, With A Focus on the Proud Boys from 2022-06-10T21:10:45

On Thursday, the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol began presenting its findings in the first in a series of high profile public hearings. The p...

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With Gas Prices Still Soaring, Electric Cars Meet A Moment from 2022-06-09T21:00:39

There have never been more options for drivers who want an electric car. But the demand — fueled by high gas prices — is almost over-powering, and supply chain constraints aren't helping.

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A First Step To Crypto Regulation, Or A Step Backwards? from 2022-06-08T21:07

Nearly everyone agrees the cryptocurrency industry needs regulation, but there are huge disagreements about what that should look like.

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As Lawmakers Debate Gun Control, What Policies Could Actually Help? from 2022-06-07T21:12:48

President Biden urged Congress to act and the House is preparing to pass multiple gun control measures. But the Senate is where a compromise must be made. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is reporte...

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New White House COVID Czar: 'Less Fear Is A Good Thing' from 2022-06-06T21:00:05

In the third summer of the pandemic, White House COVID response coordinator Ashish Jha tells NPR it's a good thing that many people feel less afraid of getting sick. But he says the Biden administr...

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As School Shootings Claim More Victims, Young Activists Want to Be Heard from 2022-06-04T22:00:23

The mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX has parents and students worried about safety at school. Data gathered by the Washington Post estimates that more than 300,000 students hav...

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Jubilee Jubilation for a Troubled Monarchy from 2022-06-03T21:00:16

The UK is celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years on the throne with four days of pomp and tribute.

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Robb Elementary School and Uvalde's History of Mexican-American Activism from 2022-06-02T21:00:32

So many people in Uvalde, Texas have a shared history. Some of that history runs right through Robb Elementary School, a place that was part of the Mexican-American community's struggle for racial ...

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How A New Federal Prison Became One Of The Country's Deadliest from 2022-06-01T21:00:32

NPR and The Marshall Project have uncovered violence, abuse and a string of inmate deaths at a new penitentiary in Thomson, Ill.

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Q&A: What An Abortion Ban Would Mean For Patients Who Need One from 2022-05-31T21:00:25

What happens if a medical condition threatens the life of a pregnant patient? What about a fetus with a lethal anomaly? Will treatment for miscarriage change? This episode we're answering those que...

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Looking Back At A Life In Limbo from 2022-05-30T21:00:26

Some immigrants never look back. Some spend their lives look back. All Things Considered Senior Producer Miguel Macias has...

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Can We Stop Mass Shootings Before They Start? from 2022-05-28T22:00:09

In the past two weeks the nation has borne witness to the tragedy of two mass shootings. In Uvalde, Texas, a gunman killed 19 students and their two teachers inside a fourth grade classroom at Robb...

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Taking Stock of What George Floyd's Murder – And Life – Have Changed, Two Years Later from 2022-05-27T21:00:25

This week marks two years since George Floyd's murder at the hands of a white police officer and the subsequent racial justice protests and calls for police reform that spread from Minneapolis acro...

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Why Americans Feel The Toll Of High Inflation Beyond Gas Pumps&Grocery Stores from 2022-05-26T21:01:03

This is a fragile moment for the U.S. economy. Many people are feeling the steep rise of the cost of gas and groceries, and some are having to decide whether to buy food or fill up their tanks. Foo...

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Not Much Changed After Sandy Hook. Will Federal Laws Change After Uvalde? from 2022-05-25T21:00:40

At least 19 children were shot and killed by a man who investigators say was armed with assault rifles legally purchased after his 18th birthday. It was the deadliest school shooting since Sandy Ho...

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What Could A Post-Roe Future Look Like? Poland Offers A Glimpse from 2022-05-24T21:00:03

Dozens of states could soon take steps to ban or restrict abortion. But there are a lot of unanswered questions about how those laws would be enforced if they vary from state to state, Listen

Georgia's GOP Primaries, Where Trump's 'Big Lie' Is On The Ballot from 2022-05-23T21:00:04

It's 2022, but the 2020 election is on the ballot in Georgia, where several Trump-backed candidates are running in Republican primary races.

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Investigating The Tragic History Of Federal Indian Boarding Schools from 2022-05-21T22:00:40

Last year the remains of 215 children were found in unmarked graves on the site of a former residential school for Indigenous children in British Columbia. The news was shocking, but among Indigeno...

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How A Possible NATO Expansion Shows Russia's Plans are Backfiring from 2022-05-20T20:59:27

Russian President Vladimir Putin has used possible NATO expansion to justify invading Ukraine. Now, that invasion might expand the alliance. Finland and Sweden, both formerly neutral Russian neighb...

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They Fled The Most Traumatized Parts of Ukraine. Classrooms Are Offering Them Hope from 2022-05-19T20:59:33

A Polish school in Warsaw has taken in Ukrainian refugee students and teachers. The school provides safety and a place of hope as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues.

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A Formula Shortage Shows How Policy, Societal Pressure Impact Babies&Parents from 2022-05-18T21:00:19

This week, the FDA announced new steps to ease a nationwide baby formula shortage prompted, in part, by a temporary shutdown of a facility that makes formula back in February.

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How Many Of America's One Million COVID Deaths Were Preventable? from 2022-05-17T21:00:19

As the U.S. marks one million people dead from COVID-19, scientists suggest that nearly one third of those deaths could have been prevented if more people had chosen to be vaccinated. Listen

Buffalo Shooting Victims Are Likely Targets Of Racist 'Replacement' Violence from 2022-05-16T21:32:06

A man accused of killing 10 people in Buffalo, New York was allegedly motivated by a racist doctrine known as 'replacement theory.' It's just a new name for an old set of racial hatreds, Kathleen B...

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The Children's Mental Health Crisis Didn't Start With The Pandemic from 2022-05-14T22:00:10

The United States is experiencing an adolescent mental health crisis. Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the Surgeon General are stressing the urgent need to address the...

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Genetic Testing: Is It Better Not To Know? from 2022-05-13T21:00:32

Sasa Woodruff loves food—she's been accused of having far too many cookbooks. But in 2019, a phone call from an unknown caller changed her relationsh...

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Inflation Is Still High. Why That Hits Low-Income Americans Hardest. from 2022-05-12T21:00:20

Inflation dipped slightly in April, but it's still at a historically-high 8.3 percent. Research suggests lower-income families suffer the most when prices rise.

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How Abortion Laws Around The World Compare To The U.S. from 2022-05-11T21:00:56

Some countries in Latin America are expanding abortion rights. Other countries, like Poland, have all but outlawed the procedure. Meanwhile, health officials in Canada have signaled Americans would...

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Why White Nationalists Identify With A Russian Church — And Vladimir Putin from 2022-05-10T21:00:47

The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia is gaining followers in the U.S. — not Russian immigrants, but American converts drawn to its emphasis on "traditional values."

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Roe's Legal Fate Is Unclear. But Studies Already Show Who'd Likely Be Hit Hardest from 2022-05-09T21:00:10

Debates about the status of Roe v. Wade continue after the Supreme Court's draft opinion was leaked last week. This week, the Senate is planning to vote on legislation that would codify ab...

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The Road To Overturning Roe v. Wade from 2022-05-07T23:08:02

Earlier this week, a leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court suggested that after nearly 50 years, the court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwid...

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As COVID-19 Cases Surge Again, Public Health Leaders See A Turning Point from 2022-05-06T21:00:41

For a few months, it looked like COVID-19 was retreating in the United States. But cases are rising across the country again. Still, public health leaders are signaling that the U.S. is turning ano...

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The Harrowing Journey To Get Premature American Twins From Kyiv To The U.S. from 2022-05-05T21:00:08

Twin babies Lenny and Moishe were born via surrogate in Ukraine, just as Russia invaded the country. Their parents live in Chicago and had been anxiously awaiting the arrival of their new sons.
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Republicans In Michigan Have Replaced Election Officials Who Certified Biden's Win from 2022-05-04T21:01:03

Bipartisan members who serve on state and county boards of canvassers in Michigan have an important job: certifying the results of elections, making them official.

In 2020, Former President...

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The Potential Impact Of The Decision To Overturn Roe v. Wade from 2022-05-03T21:11:42

The right to an abortion in the United States appears closer than ever to being eliminated, after a draft of a majority opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked. Should it stand,...

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Voices From Lockdown In Shanghai As The City Battles A Surge Of COVID Cases from 2022-05-02T20:59:06

Cases of COVID-19 have been surging throughout China. The country has implemented a stringent "zero-COVID" strategy that includes mass testing, limited travel and large-scale lockdowns. In Shanghai...

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Understanding The Link Between Racial Justice And The Fight Against Climate Change from 2022-04-30T22:00:09

Communities of color are the most harshly affected by climate change in the United States. While the importance of environmental justice is becoming more mainstream, too often people in this moveme...

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How One Night In LA Illustrates The Growing Tension Between Police And The Press from 2022-04-29T21:00:05

Over the past two years, about 200 journalists across the country have been detained or arrested while on the job. Many were covering the social and racial justice protests that began after the mur...

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The 1944 Law That Gave The CDC Its Powers, Explained from 2022-04-28T21:00:01

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's mask mandate on planes, trains and buses ended earlier this month, and it came down, in part, to a judge's interpretation of the word "sanitation." ...

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Following The Journey of One Palestinian Seeking Medical Care In Gaza from 2022-04-27T21:00:07

One Palestinian man's struggle to get life-saving medical care while living in the Gaza Strip highlights many lesser-seen victims of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Since the militant group Hamas...

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How COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Led To A Family Matriarch's Preventable Death from 2022-04-26T17:59:36

Stephanie is one of nearly one million Americans who have died of COVID-19. Her family says Stephanie's death was avoidable, but in recent years, she had been drawn into conspiracy theories.
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How One Republic Went From Resisting Russia to Supporting Its Attacks In Ukraine from 2022-04-25T17:59:31

Between the 1990s and late 2000s, people in Chechnya described Russia's wars there as a nightmare. Its former leader, Akhmad Kadyrov, resisted Russian forces.

But today, the Muslim-majority...

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Finding Power In Reclaiming One's Name from 2022-04-23T22:00:22

You introduce yourself and then someone mispronounces your name. At that point you have to decide if you correct them or let it slide.

For many people from immigrant communities, this has b...

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A Special Ed Teacher Shortage Is Getting Worse — But One Fix Is Catching On from 2022-04-22T21:00:14

For years, most states have reported a shortage of special education teachers. Now, according to federal data, nearly every state is struggling to hire qualified educators. And when schools can't f...

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California Is A Step Closer To Reparations. Not All Black Residents Will Qualify from 2022-04-21T21:01:14

California's Reparations Task Force is preparing to release its first report on the impact of racism on African Americans in June. It's the next step for the Task Force, following a narrow vote lat...

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How The War In Ukraine Is Deepening The World's Hunger Crisis from 2022-04-20T17:59:45

The pains of every war ripple out beyond the borders of the conflict zone. And as the war between Russia and Ukraine drags on, the disruptions in the global food supply chain are beginning to deepe...

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What The End Of The Mask Mandate Means For The Pandemic — And High-Risk Travelers from 2022-04-19T21:00:02

A federal judge struck down the CDC's mask mandate for public transportation on Monday, clearing the way for airlines and ride hailing companies to eliminate mask requirements for passengers. What ...

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What Elon Musk's Twitter Bid Says About 'Extreme Capitalism' from 2022-04-18T21:00

Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter. His vision of the future may not pan out for the platform, but that vision represents what historian Jill Lepore calls 'extreme capitalism.'

Lepore, a Harvar...

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Ukrainian Teacher Plans For A Future In Romania from 2022-04-16T22:00

More than 4.5 million Ukrainians have left their country since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. While many hope to return to Ukraine, they don't know when it will be safe to do so. As the war ...

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What a Rare Holiday Overlap Means In a Time That Seems 'Catastrophic' from 2022-04-15T21:00:51

This weekend, followers of three major religions are observing some of their most sacred holidays. Many will do so together, in person, for the first time in years.

Easter, Passover, and Ra...

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Tensions Are Rising Among Jan. 6 Defendants In A D.C. Jail from 2022-04-14T21:00:19

A U.S. House investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is entering its final phase before lawmakers' findings become public later this spring.

As that probe continues, prosecutions...

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As Russians Shift East, Here's What They Left Behind In One Ukrainian Town from 2022-04-13T21:00:07

This past week, the world's attention has been focused on the death and destruction that's been discovered in Ukranian towns north of Kyiv after Russian forces withdrew. One of those towns — vistie...

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Inflation Keeps Getting Worse. Is A Recession Next? from 2022-04-12T21:12:37

Prices are up on everything from groceries, to rent, to gas, and consumer price inflation hit a new 40-year high in March: Up 8.5% over a year ago.

This increase impacts everyone across the...

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Eight Months Later, A Look At The Taliban's Broken Promises from 2022-04-11T21:00:20

After taking control of Afghanistan last summer, the Taliban made promises for more inclusive and less repressive leadership in Afghanistan. Many of those promises involved maintaining women's righ...

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Refugee Assistance From One Of Europe's Poorest Countries from 2022-04-09T22:19:16

More than 400,000 Ukrainian refugees have poured across the border into the small country of Moldova, one of the poorest countries in Europe. Wedged between Ukraine and Romania, Moldova is a little...

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Michelle Yeoh is a subversive superhero in 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' from 2022-04-08T21:00:10

Michelle Yeoh has been a star for decades. American audiences will know her as a warrior in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or an icy matriarch in Crazy Rich Asians. Now, in Ev...

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War Crimes Seem Evident In Ukraine, But Accountability Is Challenging from 2022-04-07T17:59:29

Reports of civilians being tortured and killed — and the accompanying images that have surfaced this week in the city of Bucha — have raised questions about potential war crimes committed by Russia...

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Another Booster? Omicron Shot? What's Next For COVID Vaccines from 2022-04-06T21:00:04

Many Americans haven't gotten an initial COVID-19 booster. A second one is authorized for some. Others are waiting to see if they can get one soon. Will everyone need them eventually? An FDA adviso...

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What Florida's Parental Rights in Education Law Means for Teachers from 2022-04-05T21:16:01

Florida's Parental Rights in Education law, which prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity for students in kindergarten through third grade, was signed into law at ...

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How The Wealthiest Corporations Are Dodging Lawsuits Through Bankruptcy from 2022-04-04T21:00:29

Thousands of people who claim Johnson & Johnson baby powder caused them to develop cancer cannot sue the company, which used a controversial legal maneuver in bankruptcy court to freeze lawsuits ag...

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BONUS: The Blind Spot from 2022-04-03T21:00:55

Roger Latimer says he was beaten by guards in a security camera blind spot at Western Illinois Correctional Center. He complained at the prison. He complained to local officials. He asked medical s...

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Oligarch Assets Parked in the US Are Hidden in a Web of Financial Secrecy from 2022-04-02T22:00:31

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, there has been intense focus on Russian oligarchs - elites with enormous wealth and close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The United States and inte...

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'The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical' Creators Nominated For Their First Ever Grammy from 2022-04-01T21:09:40

Binge watching a show you love is enjoyable, but not always productive. But artists Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear turned their binge into a Grammy nomination.

They were inspired by Season 1 ...

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The Growing Overlap Between The Far-Right And Environmentalism from 2022-03-31T21:18:45

Researchers say the intersection between far-right movements and environmentalism is bigger than many people realize — and it's growing. Listen

Legal Experts Say Justice Thomas Should Recuse Himself From Jan. 6th Cases from 2022-03-30T21:00:12

Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is a longtime conservative activist who has been public about her views and support of former President Donald Trump. And text messa...

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New Variants. New Boosters. But So Far, No New COVID Spending From Congress from 2022-03-29T21:00:32

An omicron subvariant known as BA.2 could soon become the dominant form of the coronavirus in the United States. It's not more deadly, but it is more transmissible. At the same time, the Biden admi...

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Why Some Russians Are Fleeing To A Country Their Government Already Invaded from 2022-03-28T21:00:11

In 2008, Russia invaded another former Soviet republic: Georgia, a small country on the southeast edge of Europe. Today, Georgia is seeing an influx of Russians who are fleeing their home country i...

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Why Talking About Ye - the Artist Formerly Known as Kanye West - Is Complicated from 2022-03-26T22:00:21

Even if you're not a fan of celebrity gossip, you've probably heard that there's something going on with the rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. He's exhibited increasingly erratic behavior, i...

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The Film 'Flee' Reveals The Truth About A Man's Untold Refugee Story from 2022-03-25T21:00:42

The film Flee has already made Oscars history: it's the first to be nominated for best documentary, animated feature and international film.

Flee tells the story of a boy ...

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High Gas Prices: Why There's No Quick Fix from 2022-03-24T21:00:14

This week, the average price for a gallon of gas in L.A. County crested six dollars — the highest in the country. The national average is up around 70 cents in the last month.

The are a lot...

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How Name, Image, and Likeness Contracts Are Transforming College Sports from 2022-03-23T21:00:20

The NCAA's March Madness Tournament is upon us, and after over two years of pandemic restrictions at sporting events, stands are packed to full capacity with fans.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Poised To Make History from 2022-03-22T21:00:58

Tuesday was the second day of Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearings. She would be the first Black woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice, and the first Democratic nominee t...

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How Becoming A Refugee Changes You from 2022-03-21T21:01

Inside Ukraine, millions of people have been displaced, with millions more living in increasingly dire conditions. In the city of Maruipol, hundreds of thousands of civilians remain trapped — with ...

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Why Do So Few Public Defenders Become Judges? from 2022-03-19T22:00:38

Senate confirmation hearings begin next week for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. If she is confirmed she will be the first Black woman on the high court and the first public defe...

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A Look At Anti-Asian Violence One Year After The Atlanta Shootings from 2022-03-18T21:00:51

It's been one year since a white man opened fire at three spas in the Atlanta area killing eight people — six of whom were Asian women.

Since the beginning of the pandemic there has been an...

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Can Diplomacy Prevail In Ukraine? from 2022-03-17T21:01:53

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants America to help impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine. The U.S. favors other avenues of support, providing weapons and equipment. Now there are signs the R...

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Some Who Rushed To Buy Homes During The Pandemic Now Regret It from 2022-03-16T21:10:55

The pandemic created a spike in demand for housing that sent real estate prices through the roof. Which means a lot of Americans could no longer afford to buy, while many of those who could are now...

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A Third Pandemic Spring: How This One Will Be Different from 2022-03-15T21:00:41

In the U.S., with key COVID metrics trending rapidly downward, the pandemic's third spring is already looking very different. But concerns remain about future variants as Listen

How Russia's Past Military Campaigns Can Help Us Understand What's Next In Ukraine from 2022-03-14T21:00:58

The scenes of devastation in Mariupol, a southeastern port city in Ukraine, are increasingly reflected in cities across the country as Russian forces advance. More than 2,000 people have been kille...

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Amid Crackdown On Free Speech, Russians And Russian Americans Speak Out Against War from 2022-03-12T23:00:10

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that could impose fifteen years in prison on anyone who publishes or broadcasts what the Russian government considers "false information" about the...

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The Political Benefit Of Book Bans from 2022-03-11T22:00:08

The movement to ban books from public school reading lists is not new, but lately it's been gaining momentum throughout the country. In part, because fights over children and schools is a tried and...

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Parents of Transgender Youth Fear Texas' New Anti-Trans Orders from 2022-03-10T22:00:01

Governor Greg Abbot has directed the state's Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate certain gender-affirming care as possible child abuse, leaving parents of transgender youth ...

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A Mission To Evacuate Premature Twin Babies From Ukraine from 2022-03-09T22:00:14

More than two million people have fled Ukraine since Russia attacked two weeks ago - at least half of them children. It's a dangerous journey for anyone, let alone premature babies who were already...

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COVID-19 Inmate Deaths in Prisons from 2022-03-08T22:00:05

Throughout the pandemic, the The Federal Bureau of Prisons has maintained that they have a plan to keep the pandemic under control. But federal prison records tell a different story.

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More Than 1.5 Million Ukrainians Have Fled Their Country from 2022-03-07T22:01:51

In what the U.N. refugee agency calls the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II, more than a million Ukrainians have fled their country since Russia invaded less than two week...

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BONUS: The Great Wager from 2022-03-06T22:00:26

President Richard Nixon has a plan: He wants to go to China. The only problem? The U.S. and China have had zero contact since the Communist Party took over China two decades before.

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Facing History At The National Memorial For Peace And Justice from 2022-03-05T23:00:42

There's a battle raging over the telling and teaching of Black history in the United States. Much of that fight has been playing out in schools. School board meetings erupt into fights as critics a...

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Five Years After Trump's "Muslim Ban" from 2022-03-04T22:00:04

Just one week into his presidency, Donald Trump announced an executive order banning people from several Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S., the so-called "Muslim Ban".

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The Man Leading Ukraine from 2022-03-03T22:00:02

It's been exactly one week since Russia invaded Ukraine, which means one week since Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, became a wartime president. So far, he has mastered his message and has...

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The New Texas Abortion Law Is Putting Some Patients In Danger from 2022-03-02T22:00:03

Doctors in Texas have been warning that the state's abortion law known as SB 8 would make it harder for them to treat medical crises and would endanger their patients. Six months in, those predicti...

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As Masks Come Off, Immunocompromised Americans Feel Left Behind from 2022-03-01T22:00:15

The latest CDC guidance puts nearly 70% of the U.S. population in low or medium risk areas, and residents are no longer expected to wear a mask. In response, the vast majority of states in the U.S....

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Russia Meets A Strong Resistance from 2022-02-28T22:05:03

Russia's war against Ukraine rages on, but for now Russian troops appear to have been met with a level of resistance they were not prepared for. While the U.S. and its allies have pulled together i...

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What To Do About America's Child Care Crisis from 2022-02-26T23:00:50

America's child care system is in crisis. Experts say it's a failed business model. Parents can't afford it, and yet, daycare providers are some of the lowest paid workers in the country. The probl...

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Ketanji Brown Jackson Is The First Black Woman Nominated To The Supreme Court from 2022-02-25T22:04:40

Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court fulfills a promise President Biden made while running for office: to nominate the first Black woman for the highest court. Critics said ...

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Ukrainians Wake Up To War from 2022-02-24T22:14:19

Russia has launched an all-out, unprovoked invasion into Ukraine, the largest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War II. There have been missile strikes throughout the countr...

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Entering A Cautiously Relaxed Phase Of The Pandemic from 2022-02-23T22:00:07

As winter begins to fade, COVID-19 maps are changing colors from those ominous dark shades to a more hopeful outlook. Infections are down dramatically in the past few weeks and death and hospitaliz...

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Russia Makes Moves Against Ukraine from 2022-02-22T22:00:08

On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing two breakaway republics in Eastern Ukraine and sent troops to the region. On Tuesday, President Biden called the move "the be...

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Red Zip Codes Are Getting Redder, Blue Zip Codes Are Getting Bluer from 2022-02-21T22:00:50

The U.S. is becoming more geographically polarized. Red zip codes are getting redder and blue zip codes are getting bluer. And this is because people are purposefully moving to places that reflect ...

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Cryptocurrency: The Future Of Investing Or A Scam? from 2022-02-19T23:00:15

During the Super Bowl, clever ads from cryptocurrency companies urged a mainstream audience of 101 million viewe...

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The Canadian Trucker Protest Against Vaccines Has Evolved Into Something Much Bigger from 2022-02-18T22:01:17

Three weeks ago, semi trucks flooded the streets of Canada's capital city. Drivers were protesting a vaccine mandate at the U.S. border. But since then, the demonstration in Ottawa has evolved to b...

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American-Born Athletes Competing For China Experience Extra Scrutiny from 2022-02-17T22:00:03

Just under three dozen of China's athletes competing at the Olympics this year were born in other countries. Most famously, ski prodigy Eileen Gu, who has dozens of brand sponsorships and is praise...

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Russia May Be Able To Attack Ukraine From The Inside from 2022-02-16T22:00:03

Despite reports that Russia may have withdrawn some troops from the Ukraine border, NATO says there's no evidence of de-escalation and forces remain ready to attack. But it's not just the border th...

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Are States Ending Their Mask Mandates Too Soon? from 2022-02-15T22:00:06

More and more states are loosening their mask mandates as COVID-19 cases fall throughout the country. But the CDC says there isn't enough of a drop with deaths and hospitalizations to warrant this ...

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When Your Team Loses, Disappointment Can Lead To Genuine Grief from 2022-02-14T22:00:25

Fans of the Cincinnati Bengals may be licking their wounds after Sunday's Super Bowl loss, but every sports fan can relate to the pain that follows a big game not going their way. And while it's no...

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Love In The Time Of COVID: How We Date Is Changing from 2022-02-12T23:00:59

We're still learning how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting us emotionally and socially. Experts believe we will be seeing and analyzing its effects for years to come. But, thanks to popular onl...

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How Three Fashion Icons Shaped The Industry 'Beyond The Dress Or The Belt' from 2022-02-11T22:00:04

The fashion world has recently lost three of its greats - Andre Leon Talley, Thierry Mugler and Virgil Abloh. Each man was a pioneer in his own way: Mugler and Abloh pushed boundaries as designers,...

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In Supreme Court Nomination Debate, Echoes of Past Judicial Breakthrough from 2022-02-10T22:01:25

When President Biden announced that he would nominate a Black woman—the Supreme Court's first—to the seat that will be vacated by retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, criticism from some on the right b...

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In Bosnia, Fear Mounts Over Rising Ethnic Tensions from 2022-02-09T22:18:51

As the standoff over Ukraine continues, tensions are rising around another old conflict in Europe.

Brutal ethnic fighting left at least 100,000 dead in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s. ...

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Can The U.S. And Its Allies Stop Russia? from 2022-02-08T22:00:30

Russia never wanted NATO to spread east through the former soviet republics. But it especially didn't want it to reach Ukraine. A compromise in 2008 put Ukraine on the path to membership, and Russi...

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What's Next For ISIS After The Death Of Their Leader from 2022-02-07T22:00:25

Last Thursday morning, before dawn, U.S. special troops arrived at a house in Syria to capture the ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi alive. Two hours later, he was dead after detonatin...

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BONUS: Brian Flores On Taking A Stand Against The NFL from 2022-02-06T22:06:30

It was an abrupt move that not many could have foreseen. Despite an impressive three-year showing with the Miami Dolphins, Brian Flores was fired from his position as head coach last month in a sur...

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Treating Gun Violence As A 'Serious Public Health Threat' from 2022-02-05T23:00:20

Firearm-related injuries are among the 5 leading causes of death for people ages 1-64 in the United States, according to the ...

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TikTok Is Creating Music Stars – And The Music Industry Is Watching from 2022-02-04T22:04:19

User-generated content specific to TikTok has propelled songs old and new to viral success. Whether it's someone lip-syncing to a song, or participating in a dance or trend using that song, it's ma...

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Two Uyghur Children Describe What Life Was Like In A Chinese Boarding School from 2022-02-03T22:00:14

China has been detaining and arresting ethnic Uyghurs in the region of Xinjiang en masse while their children are often sent to state boarding schools.

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The Cost of COVID Safety Precautions Can Be A Big Burden For Some Families from 2022-02-02T22:00:17

Masks and at-home COVID-19 test kits have become staples of pandemic life. The Biden Administration announced in January that it would distribute 400 million free N95 respirators to pharmacies and ...

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Along The Russian Border, Some Ukrainians Already Live With War from 2022-02-01T22:00:18

The world is watching as Russia continues it's threat of invasion with troops at the border of Ukraine. But close to that border, in the Donbas region, people look at you a little funny if you ask ...

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Old Tactics Are Being Used To Find New Extremists from 2022-01-31T22:00:34

Before he took office, President Joe Biden said stopping domestic extremism would be a priority for him. His administration has now created the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships to st...

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Reframing The Minimalist Lifestyle from 2022-01-29T23:00:18

Minimalist lifestyles are in vogue. From books to blogs, to Instagram to YouTube, Marie Kondo and other influencers have popularized living with less.

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The Omicron Wave Is Receding. What Happens Now? from 2022-01-28T22:00:01

Cases rates are dropping, but the number of people dying each day is not. Many hospitals are still overwhelmed. NPR's Will Stone report...

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What It's Like In Ukraine, Under Threat Of A Russian Invasion from 2022-01-27T22:00:02

Tensions are not abating as the U.S. and NATO continue efforts to avoid armed conflict with Russia. This week President Biden said a Russian invasion of Ukraine would "change the world."

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What Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's Retirement Means from 2022-01-26T22:00:32

After 27 years on the Supreme Court, liberal justice Stephen Breyer is retiring. His departure won't change the balance of the court, but it will give President Biden a chance to put his stamp on i...

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Rethinking Joss Whedon's Legacy Amidst Bullying Allegations from 2022-01-25T22:00:36

Writer-Director Joss Whedon has responded to his former colleagues' accusations of bullying on set. NY Magazine reporter Lila Shapiro interviewe...

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Experts Call The Pandemic A Collective Trauma. Why Don't We Talk About It That Way? from 2022-01-24T22:00:26

When we talk about the pandemic, we talk about stress. Burnout. Uncertainty. Isolation. We don't talk as much about trauma. But a growing number of mental health professionals say that's what peopl...

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BONUS: The Beauty, Style, And Life Of André Leon Talley from 2022-01-23T22:00:48

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Amid Covid Surge, Students And Teachers Want To Be Heard from 2022-01-22T23:00:09

In Florida and Virginia, Governors Ron DeSantis and Glenn Youngkin are bolstering the right of parents to defy school mask mandates. While some parents are celebrating, others are filing lawsuits o...

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The Fate Of That Unwanted Air Fryer After You Return It from 2022-01-21T22:00:18

The pandemic has led to a huge rise in online shopping. And record spending from last year means record returns. But what happens to the items we send back is often a mystery.

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One Year In, Tracking Biden's Progress And Shortfalls from 2022-01-20T22:00:07

Today marks one year since President Joe Biden took office. His most immediate challenge was the pandemic, but he also promised action on climate, racial equity, and infrastructure.

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Addiction Is Deadlier Than Ever. But New Research Shows Most Americans Can Heal from 2022-01-19T22:00:21

Federal data released last week showed more than 101,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in a one-year period. This was partly due to the pandemic and disruptions to treatment, as well as a surge ...

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Why Trump Still Looms Large In Many Evangelical Congregations from 2022-01-18T22:00:03

During his time in office, former President Donald Trump embraced a Christian nationalist stance; the idea that the U.S. is a Christian country and should enforce those beliefs. Now, despite being ...

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More Vaxxed People Are Acting As If They're 'Done' With The Pandemic. Should They? from 2022-01-17T23:10:49

More people are hospitalized with COVID than at any point in the pandemic. But the omicron variant is also causing more Americans to tune out the pandemic and turn away from public health measures ...

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How To Fix Declining Trust In Elections And The News Media from 2022-01-15T23:00:23

Americans' trust in both their government and in each other is declining. That's according to the Listen

Is Russia About To Invade Ukraine? NATO, U.S. Promise 'Massive Consequences' from 2022-01-14T22:00:07

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. is planning "things that we have not done in the past" if Russia invades Ukraine. His comments follow days of diplomatic talks and a deadlock on reso...

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A Texas Prison's Radio Station Helps Incarcerated Men Build Community from 2022-01-13T22:00:06

The men on death row in Allan B. Polunsky Unit, a maximum security prison in southeastern Texas, spend most of their time in solitary confinement, isolated from each other. Now, a prison radio stat...

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Why COVID Tests Are Still So Scarce And Expensive — And When That Could Change from 2022-01-12T22:00:32

Many public spaces across the country now require negative COVID-19 tests for entry. But the cost of testing can vary widely, and some say they have had to spend hundreds of dollars to purchase tes...

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Senator Raphael Warnock Wants You To See Voting Rights As A Moral Issue from 2022-01-11T22:18:03

As Democrats are making a push for voting rights legislation in Congress, more faith leaders want Americans to approach it as a moral – even spiritual – issue, including pastor and Democrat, Sen. R...

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Omicron Has Schools And Parents Scrambling. How Are They Coping? from 2022-01-10T22:00:10

A surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the Omicron variant has meant many school districts across the country have considered or committed to returning to remote learning for the time being.

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BONUS: Maverick Carter On Building The LeBron James Empire from 2022-01-09T22:00:50

Before they built one of the biggest athlete-driven business empires in the world, LeBron James and Maverick Carter were just two kids from Akron, Ohio.

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How To Build Public Trust When Fighting A Pandemic from 2022-01-08T23:00:46

If you're confused about the new CDC Coronavirus guidelines, you're not alone.

In fact, this week, the American Medical Association released a statement saying, "The new recommendations on ...

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Countries Accused Of Human Rights Abuses Are Pouring Money Into Soccer from 2022-01-07T22:03:43

A new owner can change everything for a professional sports team. And in the world of professional soccer, more and more of those new owners are countries accused of human rights abuses.

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'The Big Lie' Lives On, And May Lead Some To Oversee The Next Election from 2022-01-06T22:00:14

A year since the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, the belief in 'the big lie' is now mainstream. And in ...

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Kids Under 5 Still Can't Get Vaccinated. What The Omicron Surge Means For Them from 2022-01-05T22:00:39

New daily cases are at an all-time high. The good news: vaccines and boosters have never been more widely available — but not for everyone. Children five and under still do not have a vaccine avail...

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The 'Big Lie' Continues To Threaten Democracy from 2022-01-04T22:01:35

A year ago, insurrectionists stormed the Capitol building in hopes of overturning the election results - fueled by the "Big Lie" that Donald Trump actually won. He did not.

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Revisiting January 6th One Year Later from 2022-01-03T22:00:11

This week marks a year since the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and in this episode we're returning to the events of the day, which have become much clearer over the past year.
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Was That This Year? from 2021-12-31T22:00:13

We take a look back on the year in news and pop culture... in quotes. Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro join Sam Sanders for a special episode of NPR's It's Been a Minute to play a deluxe vers...

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Ai Weiwei On His Father's Exile — And Hopes For His Own Son from 2021-12-30T22:00:48

In 2011, influential Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei was secretly detained by Chinese authorities.

While in detention, he thought often about his father – who had also been punished b...

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We're Halfway Through Another Intense Year For Teachers from 2021-12-29T22:00:52

We're halfway through another intense pandemic school year. As many teachers are taking a well-deserved holiday break, we'll hear why these past few months in the classroom have gotten harder – and...

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CDC Guidelines Change As Omicron Cases Cause Disruptions from 2021-12-28T22:00:28

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced this week that people who test positive for COVID-19 but remain asymptotic can cut their quarantine time in half, from ten days to five. Thi...

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NPR Investigates: How States Charge Poor Parents For Their Own Kids' Foster Care from 2021-12-27T22:00:39

An NPR investigation digs into the practice of billing parents for their children's foster care — something that happens in every state in the country.

It's a bill many cannot afford to pay...

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The Holiday Dishes That Are Never Missing From Your Table from 2021-12-24T22:00:04

After everything that has happened this year, it can feel difficult to find things to celebrate. So we're using this episode to spread a little joy, through something everyone can relate to: food....

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Manchin's Holiday Gift To Fellow Dems: A Lump Of Coal On Climate Change from 2021-12-23T22:00:41

This week, Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin said he cannot support the Build Back Better Act, which contains more than half a trillion dollars in climate investments. The White House ha...

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The Women Of 'Succession' And Reflections On Navigating Corporate Sexism from 2021-12-22T22:00:24

The HBO show Succession is compelling in part because it portrays a world most of us will never see: the backroom deals between cutthroat billionaires and their fraught family relationship...

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How To Get Through The Holidays As Omicron Looms from 2021-12-21T22:00:16

This holiday season we all deserve a little peace and quiet with the people we love, but the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 threatens to complicate things for everyone.

As t...

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School's In, But The Kids Are Out: Why Enrollment Continues To Drop from 2021-12-20T22:00:18

Public school enrollment dropped three percent nationwide during the 2020-2021 school year.

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BONUS: 12 Favorite Moments Of 2021 from 2021-12-19T22:00:27

NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast has a tradition to look back on some of their favorite things from the last 12...

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Fox Hosts' Texts To White House Official Contradict Coverage Of Jan. 6 Capitol Siege from 2021-12-17T22:00:39

On Jan. 6, three Fox News hosts desperately urged former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to get the president to tell supporters to stop attacking the Capitol building.

The tex...

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The Story Behind the Summit: Leading A Global Climate Change Fight Into 2022 from 2021-12-16T22:00:19

The COP26 Summit, the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow last month brought together people from all over the world. And everyone had stories of how climate change is already ...

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Deadly Tornadoes Bring Heartbreak And Questions on Resiliency and Climate Change from 2021-12-15T19:01:12

Five days after tornadoes first touched down in the Midwest and South of the U.S., survivors are coming to grips with what they have lost.

Of the several states that the storms tore through...

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How A Pact Made In Prison May Have Saved An American's Life from 2021-12-14T22:00:08

Kevin Dawes, an American from California, traveled to Syria in 2012 with hopes of a launching a career as a foreign correspondent. But shortly after crossing the border he was arrested and jailed f...

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Hunting A Rapid COVID Test For The Holidays? Good Luck With That from 2021-12-13T22:00:09

Almost two years into the pandemic, at-home rapid tests can still be difficult to find in the U.S. If you do find them, they're often expensive. Other countries are faring better, like the U.K. and...

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What We Learned When Elizabeth Holmes Took The Stand In Her Fraud Trial from 2021-12-10T22:00:22

After seven days of testimony directly from Elizabeth Holmes, her defense announced it had rested its case this week in a federal fraud trail that began in September.

Holmes, a former Silic...

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Why 'Abortion Or Adoption' Is Not An Equal Choice from 2021-12-09T22:00:02

During oral arguments last week in a major Supreme Court case, Justice Amy Coney Barrett brought up the idea of adoption as an alternative to abortion. But many people who choose not to have a chil...

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US Political Divide Reflected in Attitudes And Deaths Related to COVID from 2021-12-08T22:00:21

At least six conservative broadcasters who spread misinformation about COVID-19 and questioned coronavirus vaccines have now died from just this year.

Their deaths may mirror a wider trend ...

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A Real-Life Pearl Harbor Love Story from 2021-12-07T22:00:05

In October of 1941, a young soldier was on leave in southern California when he met the woman he was sure he would marry. Then, two months later while stationed in Hawaii, Art "Bud" Montagne witnes...

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Women's Tennis Stands Up To China from 2021-12-06T19:07:03

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai made an assault allegation in November, then disappeared from the public eye. She has since re-emerged, but in protest of her treatment, the Women's Tennis Associatio...

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Bonus: Banned Books from 2021-12-05T22:00:43

Banning books from classrooms and school libraries is nothing new, but it's recently become a topic of considerable political debate. How should parents react to this news, and to the books their c...

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Omicron Is Here. What That Means For The Winter from 2021-12-03T22:00

It was only a matter of time before cases of the COVID-19 omicron variant started popping up in the U.S., and now, it's here. Although it's too early to tell how this virus strain will spread, the ...

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Why Americans Love To Shop And What It's Doing To The Planet from 2021-12-02T19:00:12

Buying stuff is a part of this country's DNA. It's a tradition that really took off near the end of World War II, when the American economy was thriving and the market exploded with products Americ...

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A Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Roe v. Wade from 2021-12-01T22:02:11

Getting an abortion in Mississippi has never been easy, but it hasn't been impossible. Now, a case before the Supreme Court that centers on a clinic in Mississippi could upend abortion rights for p...

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The Infrastructure Package Was Signed By The President. Now What? from 2021-11-30T19:33:03

After years of jokes about unsuccessful Infrastructure Weeks, months of deliberation, and bouts of gridlock on the political left, a $1.2 trillion package made its way through Congress at long last...

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What We Know (And Don't Know) About The Omicron Variant from 2021-11-29T22:08:14

The World Health Organization is warning that the omicron variant of the coronavirus, which was first detected in South Africa, has a "very high" global risk because of the possibility that it spre...

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Constance Hauman 'Plays It Forward': A Musical Gratitude Project from 2021-11-26T22:00:47

This Thanksgiving week, we're sharing a segment from our special series Play It Forward, in which artists tell us about t...

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George Clinton 'Plays It Forward': A Musical Gratitude Project from 2021-11-25T22:00:31

For Thanksgiving Day, we're sharing a segment from our special series Play It Forward, in which artists tell us about the...

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The Indigenous Stories Glossed Over In The Typical 'First Thanksgiving' Story from 2021-11-24T22:00:09

The commonly-told version of the first Thanksgiving story leaves out a lot: The indigenous Wampanoag people who lived in a complex society long before the Mayflower arrived at Plymouth Rock; Squant...

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NPR Investigates: CTE, Desperate Patients, And The Hope For A Cure (Pt 2) from 2021-11-23T22:00:27

CTE — chronic traumatic encephalopathy — is a degenerative brain disease found in many former professional football and hockey players, for whom blows to the head have long been part of the job. <...

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NPR Investigates: CTE, Desperate Patients, And The Hope For A Cure (Pt 1) from 2021-11-22T22:36:45

CTE — chronic traumatic encephalopathy — is a degenerative brain disease found in many former professional football and hockey players, for whom blows to the head have long been part of the job. <...

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Living with Long COVID from 2021-11-19T22:00

For those living with long COVID, daily activities like going for a walk, washing the dishes, or being on a Zoom call can be incredibly draining.

These long-term effects of a COVID infectio...

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How A Dictator Engineered A Migration Crisis At The Belarus-Poland Border from 2021-11-18T22:00:08

Migrants from faraway countries are stuck in Belarus, just across its border with Poland. They've traveled there to seek asylum in the EU. But Poland has refused to accept them.

How did the...

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Half Of Afghanistan's Population Faces Acute Food Insecurity. Here's Why. from 2021-11-17T22:00:10

Afghanistan is facing its worst drought in decades, but that's not the only reason it is on the verge of a hunger crisis. After the Taliban took over, much of the country's international developmen...

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China Poses A National Security Threat Unlike Any The U.S. Has Seen Before from 2021-11-16T22:00:02

This week's virtual summit between President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping may have restored a tone of respect between the world's two largest powers, but U.S. intelligence is telling ...

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Yeah, The Supply Chain Situation Isn't Looking Great For The Holidays from 2021-11-15T22:00:53

The holiday shopping season is basically here. But a lot of things that Americans want to buy are not. Now the race is on to get goods off ships and into stores and warehouses — before it's too la...

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Young Activists At U.N. Climate Summit: 'We Are Not Drowning. We Are Fighting' from 2021-11-12T22:00:35

Thousands of youth activists from all over the world gathered in Scotland this week for the COP26 UN climate summit. They say climate change is already transforming their countries — and that their...

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What Went Wrong At Astroworld? The Deadly Dynamics Of Crowd Surge from 2021-11-11T22:09

Who is to blame for the deaths of nine people at the Astroworld Festival last Friday? Houston police have opened a criminal investigation and concertgoers have already filed more than 20 lawsuits a...

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Secret Tapes Of NRA Leadership Reveal Debate Of Post-Columbine Strategy from 2021-11-10T22:00:46

Following the Columbine shooting in April of 1999, top leaders of the National Rifle Association huddled in private to discuss their public response to the tragedy.

Secret tapes of those de...

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Is The Future Of The Internet In The Metaverse? from 2021-11-09T22:00:31

Mark Zuckerberg says the metaverse is not just the next chapter of his company: it's the next chapter of the internet. There are a lot of questions about what role Meta, the company formerly known ...

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Education In Virginia's Election: It Wasn't Just About Critical Race Theory from 2021-11-08T22:00:14

Now that the hot takes have cooled after Virginia's gubernatorial election, NPR correspondents Anya Kamenetz and Listen

BONUS: How To Wake Up Early from 2021-11-07T22:00:12

Waking up at dawn with the bakers and the baristas may not be for everyone — especially night owls. Whether you have to wake up early, or you'd like to become more of a morning lark, here are a few...

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How Sudan's Military Coup Is Threatening Its Long March Toward Democracy from 2021-11-05T21:00:44

In recent years, Sudan has been home to one of the most successful pro-democracy movements on the African continent. Now, a military coup threatens that movement's progress.

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Young Kids Are Now Vaccine-Eligible. Why Doctors Say Parents Shouldn't Wait from 2021-11-04T21:00:30

The CDC made it official on Tuesday: kids 5 - 11 are now eligible to receive Pfizer's COVID-19 pediatric vaccine. Within hours, some of the first shots were administered in Hartford, Connecticut. <...

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Will The Supreme Court Rule Against The Texas Abortion Law? from 2021-11-03T21:00:38

Any ruling is months away, but this week's oral arguments provided some clues. NPR's Nina Totenberg watched them unfold. Hear more fr...

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'Striketober' And The Power Of Workers from 2021-11-02T21:00:34

In what some have called "Striketober," workers in factories as well as the health care and food industries have either started or authorized strikes in the past month.

Thousands of workers ...

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As Climate Summit Moves Ahead, The World's Biggest Polluters Are Behind from 2021-11-01T21:00:54

A U.N. climate summit is underway this week in Glasgow, Scotland. Many of the world's top carbon emitting-countries will be represented there. Scientists say they need to do more to curb greenhouse...

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BONUS: Embedded — 'The Capitol Gazette' from 2021-10-31T21:00:28

In this episode of NPR's investigative podcast Embedded, Chris Benderev reports on the trial of a man who shot and killed ...

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Author Grady Hendrix Explores What Happens To 'Final Girls' After The Credits Roll from 2021-10-29T21:00:19

A final girl in the horror genre is the woman who is left to deal with the aftermath of surviving a terrifying killer. From The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, to Friday the 13th, to Listen

Why Iraq's Protest Movement Led To An Election That Millions Sat Out from 2021-10-28T21:00:44

Two years ago, a massive protest movement swept through Iraq. People were angry about corruption and a lack of basic services like electricity and health care in a country that brings in billions o...

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Barack Obama And Bruce Springsteen On Their Belief In A Unifying Story For America from 2021-10-27T21:00

Last summer, when former President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen sat down to tape their podcast, the country was facing a pandemic, joblessness and a contentious election.

And their c...

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Booster Guidance For All 3 Vaccines; Shots For Kids Weeks Away from 2021-10-26T21:00:23

The CDC has now released booster guidance for all three vaccines available in the U.S. — making tens of millions of people eligible for another shot. And on Tuesday, an FDA panel met to review data...

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School Boards: A New Front Line In The Culture Wars from 2021-10-25T21:00:17

School board members across the country are being intimidated and threatened. Now the National School Boards Association wants the federal government to step in. The group said in Listen

BONUS: Wisdom From The Top from 2021-10-24T21:00:28

This episode is from our friends at Wisdom From The Top.

From the creator of How I Built This, host <...

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The Great Resignation: Why People Are Leaving Their Jobs In Growing Numbers from 2021-10-22T21:00:38

A record 4.3 million workers in America quit their jobs in August.

Anthony Klotz coined this ongoing phenomenon "The Great Resignation."

Klotz is an organizational psychologist at Tex...

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Why The Global Supply Chain Is Still Clogged — And How To Fix It from 2021-10-21T21:00:03

Last week the White House announced a plan to help move the port of Los Angeles into 24/7 operating status. But that will only "open the gates" of the clogged global supply chain, Transportation Se...

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Havana Syndrome: Over 200 Cases Documented Yet Cause Remains A Mystery from 2021-10-20T21:00:39

Since 2016, a number of U.S. diplomats and federal employees have reported symptoms of a mysterious illness, the so-called Havana Syndrome.

The list of symptoms include hearing loud sounds, ...

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Colin Powell's Complicated Legacy from 2021-10-19T21:00:07

Colin Powell's life was marked by public service, first as a soldier in Vietnam and then eventually as President George W. Bush's secretary of state. By that time he had already held many prominent...

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The Trial For The Killing Of Ahmaud Arbery from 2021-10-18T21:00:27

One of the killings that sparked racial justice protests last year is again in the national spotlight, with a trial that begins this week in Brunswick, Ga. Three white men are accused of murdering ...

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BONUS: 'Nina' And 'Just Us' Offer Ways To Start A Conversation On Race from 2021-10-17T21:00:56

After the protests last year, we heard the phrase "racial reckoning" a lot, as some groups of people struggled to catch up with what's just been reality for many others. On this episode of Listen

Desperate Times, Desperate Measures As Water Runs Short In The West from 2021-10-15T21:00:15

Large parts of the West have been hot and dry for so long that reservoirs are running low and some communities are mandating conservation. California is talking about a statewide mandate, too. Mean...

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Remembering an Abortion Rights Activist Who Spurned the Spotlight from 2021-10-14T21:00:33

Patricia Maginnis, who was 93 when she died on August 30, may have been the first person to publicly call for abortio...

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Social Media Misinformation Stokes A Worsening Civil War In Ethiopia from 2021-10-13T21:00:07

Hate and division on Facebook are not just a problem in the U.S. That's one of the messages whistleblower Frances Haugen took to Congress last week, where she accused Facebook's algorithms of quote...

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Is China A Threat Or An Opportunity? from 2021-10-12T21:00:49

In many parts of the U.S., China remains a huge business opportunity despite recent friction. That's the country where Apple makes its phones and Nike stitches its shoes. Yet inside the Washington ...

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Native Americans Take Over The Writers' Room and Tell Their Own Stories from 2021-10-11T21:00

After decades of Indigenous stories told by non-Natives, two shows from this past year signal a change.

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BONUS: Janet Jackson Once Had 'Control' of the Charts from 2021-10-10T21:00:55

Thirty-five years ago, Janet Jackson released an album that changed the course of her career, and of pop music. Control took over radio, rein...

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R. Kelly, Britney Spears, And The Rise Of 'Consequence Culture' from 2021-10-08T21:00:55

Last month, R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking. Days later, a judge suspended Jamie Spears as the conservator of his daughter Britney Spears' estate. While the...

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For Facebook, A Week Of Upheaval Unlike Any Other from 2021-10-07T21:00:37

One day after a worldwide outage on multiple of its platforms, Facebook was accused by a whistleblower of hiding concerns about its products from the public and its shareholders. Both crises reveal...

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America's Other Drug Crisis: New Efforts To Fight A Surge In Meth from 2021-10-06T21:00:06

Meth-related overdoses have tripled in recent years. In the west, 70 percent of police departments identify meth as their biggest problem. Now one state — California — is on the brink of implementi...

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Kids Born Today Could Face Up To 7 Times More Climate Disasters from 2021-10-05T21:00

Children being born now will experience extreme climate events at a rate that is two to seven times higher than people born in 1960, according to a new study in the journal Science. The re...

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The U.S. Has Passed Its Delta Peak — With More Vaccine Rules Coming from 2021-10-04T21:00:52

Cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are all on the decline in the U.S. — with September marking a turning point in the delta surge.

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BONUS: Goodbye, Climate Jargon. Hello, Simplicity! from 2021-10-03T21:00:03

People are likely to be confused by climate change terms like "mitigation" and "carbon neutral," according to Listen

The Best Song Japanese Breakfast Says She's Written Is For A Video Game from 2021-10-01T21:00:11

Michelle Zauner is best known as the frontwoman of indie rock band Japanese Breakfast and like most musicians, she's trying to tell a personal story through her music. But she's spent the last coup...

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Redistricting: What Happens When The Party With Power Gives Themselves More from 2021-09-30T21:00:17

Like lawmakers across the country, the Republican majority in Texas is getting ready to redraw the lines that define state and congressional voting districts. Those lines cement the shape of politi...

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Why A Growing Number Of Haitian Migrants Are Headed To The U.S. from 2021-09-29T21:00

Thousands of Haitian migrants who had gathered on the southern border were deported back to their home country last week, even though some of them haven't lived there for a decade. They'd been livi...

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The Global Supply Chain Is Still A Mess. When Will It Get Better? from 2021-09-28T21:00:30

Retail experts are already warning of delays, shortages, and price hikes this holiday shopping season as the pandemic continues to disrupt global supply chains.

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Religious Exemptions To Vaccines: Who Wants Them And What's Legal from 2021-09-27T21:00:34

Some city and state workers around the country have already begun to resist workplace vaccination rules on religious grounds. Soon those rules will be the norm in the private sector too, with the B...

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BONUS: A Friendly Ghost Story from 2021-09-26T21:00:35

It's one of the most common and perplexing friend mysteries out there - when friends ghost friends. In this episode of NPR's Invisibilia, they examine a contemporary real-life ghost story ...

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Lil Nas X Is Not Trying To Comfort Anyone from 2021-09-24T21:00:06

Every generation has its musical "boogeyman." The Rolling Stones, N.W.A., Madonna. And the latest musician to be inducted into this notorious list is Lil Nas X. Not only has he broken Listen

Border Crisis: Thousands Of Haitians Flown to Haiti Against Their Will from 2021-09-23T21:00:49

Thousands of Haitan migrants who were camping out under a bridge in a Texas border town seeking to cross the Rio Grande and find refuge in the US are now being forced back to their home country.

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Lessons Learned From Flint from 2021-09-22T21:00:29

The infrastructure bill moving through Congress includes billions to replace lead pipes. In Flint, Mich., NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with residents on how governments can tackle a water crisis equitably.

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Boosters Won't Make It To Everyone For Now, But Vaccines For Young Children Are Coming from 2021-09-21T21:00:24

The FDA Advisory Committee decided not to approve boosters for people sixteen and up. Instead, they made a recommendation for those 65 and up, or younger people at high risk to get a booster shot r...

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Germany Is Holding Syrian Officials Accountable For Alleged War Crimes from 2021-09-20T21:00:43

10 years ago, when the Syrian regime sent tanks and warplanes to stop a an uprising, it sparked a bloody civil war that is still ongoing.

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BONUS: The Lost Summer from 2021-09-19T21:00:23

Twenty years ago, during the dog days of summer, a fledgling journalist named Shereen Marisol Meraji — maybe you've heard of her? — headed to Durban, South Africa. Her mission: to report on the mee...

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To The Stage: After A Year Away, Broadway Is Back from 2021-09-17T21:00:14

After a year away, Broadway's lights are back on. Some of the biggest productions have returned for vaccinated and masked audiences. From "Wicked" to "Chicago" to "Hamilton," theaters in New York a...

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Heatwaves Are The Deadliest Weather Events, But They're Rarely Treated That Way from 2021-09-16T21:00

Heatwaves don't have names or categories like hurricanes and wildfires, but they kill more people each year than any other weather event, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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One Month After The Fall Of Kabul Thousands Still Wait For Escape from 2021-09-15T21:00:03

It has been exactly one month since Kabul fell and the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. With U.S. troops gone from the region and the collapse of the Afghan Armed forces, thousands have been fl...

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India's 'Love Jihad' Laws Make Marriage Difficult For Interfaith Couples from 2021-09-14T21:00:02

In India, where arranged marriages are the norm, people typically marry within their religion or caste. But occasionally, some find love on their own and end up with a partner of a different faith....

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Will A Federal Mandate Make The Difference For Unvaccinated Americans? from 2021-09-13T21:00:03

Last week President Biden announced a six-pronged strategy to combat the newly surging pandemic — including a federal rule that all businesses with 100 or more employees must ensure their workers a...

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StoryCorps Presents: The Lasting Toll Of 9/11 from 2021-09-10T21:00:06

This weekend the nation marks 20 years since 9/11 — a day we are reminded to never forget. But for so many people, 9/11 also changed every day after.

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In A New Afghanistan, Some Women Fear For Their Rights — But Others Are Hopeful from 2021-09-09T21:00:19

This week, women protested in Kabul after the Taliban announced an all-male interim government. One woman who helped organized the protests told NPR "the world should feel" what Afghan women are fa...

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Delta Surge Slows Recovery As Parts Of Pandemic Safety Net Disappear from 2021-09-08T21:00:54

Last week's jobs report for the month of August show signs the delta surge is slowing the economic recovery, just as some pandemic safety net programs disappear. The Supreme Court recently struck d...

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As A Destructive Fire Season Rages On, What Might Prevent The Next One? from 2021-09-07T21:00:02

The good news is that firefighters in California have regained control of the Caldor Fire near Lake Tahoe and tens of thousands of evacuated residents can now return to their homes. The bad news is...

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What Kids Feel Entering A Third COVID School Year (And How To Help Them Through It) from 2021-09-06T21:00:19

Most kids are now in their third year of school during the pandemic. It's been a time of ups and downs; adjustments and re-adjustments. Some have flourished in online school and want to stay home —...

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Did The Supreme Court Just Overturn Roe v. Wade? from 2021-09-03T21:02:14

The Supreme Court's conservative majority allowed a Texas law banning most abortions to go into effect. Almost immediately, abortion providers had to begin turning people away.

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The Delta Surge Keeps Getting Worse. What Happens When Hospitals Fill Up from 2021-09-02T21:00:12

Some states in the south are have more people in the hospital than at any point during the pandemic — fueled by the highly transmissible delta variant and low vaccination rates.

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Scenes From The Aftermath Of The U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan from 2021-09-01T21:00:06

The U.S. military's mission in Afghanistan is over. For many still living in the country, a new struggle has begun: how to move forward after they were not able to make it before the U.S. withdrawa...

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How Climate Change Is Making Storms Like Ida Even Worse from 2021-08-31T21:00:33

Hurricane Ida's winds intensified rapidly as the storm approached coastal Louisiana over the weekend — making landfall at its most powerful. NPR's Listen

How A Bankruptcy Deal Could Offer Clean Slate For Opioid Billionaires from 2021-08-30T21:00:07

A federal bankruptcy judge says he'll rule Wednesday in the case of Purdue Pharma, makers of OxyContin. The company is owned by the Sackler family, who are at the center of a national reckoning ove...

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BONUS: Venezuela's Rise and Fall from 2021-08-29T21:00:32

Venezuela is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis as extreme poverty and violence have forced many to flee the country in recent years. How did a country once wealthy with oil resources fall ...

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Taliban Vs ISIS-K: An Emerging And Deadly Conflict In Afghanistan from 2021-08-27T21:00:16

For Afghans like Fawad Nazami, life under the Taliban would be a fate 'worse than death.' Nazami is a political counselor at the Afghan embassy in Washington D.C. He told NPR this week he would nev...

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12 U.S. Service Members Killed In Kabul: What We Know About The Attack from 2021-08-26T21:00:02

12 U.S. service members were killed in an attack at the Kabul airport on Thursday. They were among some 5,000 U.S. troops evacuating American citizens, Afghans allies, and others from Kabul. At lea...

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Pfizer's Fully-Approved Shot Opens The Door To More Mandates from 2021-08-25T21:00:29

New York City, New Jersey, Goldman Sachs, and the Pentagon all imposed new vaccine requirements in the days following the FDA's full approval of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. Public health officials —...

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Time Is Running Short For The U.S. Evacuation Effort In Afghanistan from 2021-08-24T21:00:50

The Biden administration said Tuesday that the U.S. was on pace to meet an August 31 deadline to fully withdraw from Afghanistan, but that "contingency plans" are being developed in case they do no...

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Why Are Millions Of U.S. Workers Still On The Sidelines? from 2021-08-23T21:00:50

School districts can't find bus drivers. The TSA is short on security screeners. Ports can't find enough workers to load and unload shipping containers. Across many different sectors, the unavailab...

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On Our Watch: The Brady Rule from 2021-08-22T21:00:34

Antioch police officials suspected one of their veteran detectives of leaking operational details as far back as 2010. But they didn't fire Santiago Castillo for another seven years. During that ti...

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Teachers Are Stressed, Burnt Out — Yet Hopeful As School Begins from 2021-08-20T21:00

Across the country, it looks like this time, last year. Schools — some days or weeks into the start of the new year — are forced to close temporarily over COVID outbreaks. In many cases, the closur...

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The Desperate Effort To Get Afghan Allies To Safety from 2021-08-19T21:00:42

As many as 100,000 Afghans — those who worked with the U.S. military over the years, and their families — are trying to get out of the country. But access to the Kabul airport is controlled by the ...

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How Haiti Is Weathering Two Natural Disasters At Once from 2021-08-18T21:00:03

Just weeks after the shock of a presidential assassination, Haiti was hit by a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake on Saturday. The death toll is nearing 2,000 — and still rising — while thousands...

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Booster Shots Coming Soon As Delta Overwhelms Some Hospitals from 2021-08-17T21:00:17

Hospitals like the University of Mississippi Medical Center are overwhelmed. Dr. LouAnn Woodward, vice chancellor of the Jackson hospital, Listen

Chaos And Collapse In Afghanistan: How Did The U.S. Not See It Coming? from 2021-08-16T21:00:01

The Taliban now control Afghanistan. How did the country's government fall so quickly — and why didn't the U.S. see it coming? NPR put those questions to the former commander of U.S. and allied for...

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On Our Watch: Neglect of Duty from 2021-08-15T21:00:43

In the agricultural town of Salinas, Calif., Police Officer William Yetter repeatedly makes mistakes. First there's a stolen bike he doesn't investigate. Then, his bosses discover he's not filing p...

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Taliban Gains, U.S. Evacuates: What's The Endgame In Afghanistan? from 2021-08-13T21:00:37

In the last week, the Taliban have gained control of large sections of Afghanistan faster than most people expected. The Pentagon is dispatching troops to assist in evacuating staff from the Americ...

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After Dire U.N. Warning On Climate, Will Anything Change? from 2021-08-12T21:00:58

What struck John Kerry the most about this week's landmark U.N. report on climate change?

"The irreversibility" of some of the most catastrophic effects of global warming, he tells Listen

Uncharted Territory: Back To School Meets The Delta Surge from 2021-08-11T21:00

In the next few weeks, millions of children will head back to school. Many of them are too young to be vaccinated. At the same time, children are being hospitalized with COVID-19 in small but growi...

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Ethiopia's Civil War Is Becoming A Humanitarian Crisis from 2021-08-10T21:05:12

The Tigray region in northern Ethiopia is at the center of a civil war that broke out last November, after rebels there attacked a military base. Since then, the political fight has become an ethni...

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'A Code Red For Humanity:' Climate Change Is Getting Worse — Faster Than We Thought from 2021-08-09T21:00:55

A landmark new report from the United Nations warns that the world is running out of time to avoid the catastrophic effects of global warming.

Those effects are already becoming clear as ex...

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On Our Watch: Perceived Threat from 2021-08-08T21:00:35

Episode four of On Our Watch from NPR and KQED investigates the case of a plainclothes Stockton police officer who grabbed a ...

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Biden Admin Sees Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill As A Win from 2021-08-06T21:00:33

After months of bipartisan negotiation, the Senate may finally vote this weekend on a 2,700 page infrastructure bill that includes $1 trillion in spending on things like roads, bridges, public tran...

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A Resistant Gov. Cuomo Could Face Impeachment from 2021-08-05T21:00:47

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is refusing to resign after this week's explosive report from the state's attorney general. It detailed multiple allegations of sexual harassment and assault against ...

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Beirut's Deadly Port Explosion, One Year Later from 2021-08-04T21:00:09

It's been exactly one year since a massive explosion in Beirut's port killed over 200 people, injured thousands and caused billions of dollars in damage.

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Eviction Protection Extended, But Millions Of Renters Still Face Uncertainty from 2021-08-03T18:00:09

At the stroke of midnight last Saturday, a federal moratorium that had been in place for nearly eleven months expired.

After the Supreme Court ruled that the CDC could not extend that morat...

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New Phase Of Pandemic Met With Confusion And Exhaustion from 2021-08-02T21:02:43

The United States has reached yet another turning point in this pandemic—one that may feel particularly unrelenting and confusing.

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On Our Watch: 20-20 Hindsight from 2021-08-01T21:00:01

In episode three of On Our Watch, we examine the records that were unsealed by this transparency law to piece together what exactly happened on September 14, 2014 when Pedie Perez was shot...

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Vaccine Mandates Are Spreading Alongside Dangerous Delta Variant from 2021-07-30T21:00:56

The Delta variant is more dangerous and contagious than many experts initially realized. In response to the uptick in cases and hospitalizations countrywide, some government leaders are implementin...

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Black Olympians Often Have 'The Weight Of The World' On Their Shoulders from 2021-07-29T21:01:52

When Simone Biles dropped out of her Olympic competitions this week, the whole world took notice. At 24 years old Biles is the most decorated gymnast ever, she's won 36 medals—27 of those are gold....

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Justice Department Struggles To Bring Jan. 6th Cases To Trial from 2021-07-28T21:02:32

Four police officers offered harrowing testimony of their experiences protecting the U.S. Capitol on January 6th during the first hearing for a new Democrat-led House Select Committee investigating...

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Who Pays When Sea Levels Rise? from 2021-07-27T21:00:02

Rising seas are threatening coastal communities around the world, which will need billions of dollars to protect themselves. It's clear the water is coming. What's not clear is who pays.

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Food Service Workers Are Quitting At Record Rates. Why? Because They Can from 2021-07-26T20:59:56

Food service workers in America have newfound bargaining power, and they're using it — quitting jobs for better ones at record rates.

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On Our Watch: Conduct Unbecoming from 2021-07-25T21:00:09

One officer in Los Angeles used car inspections to hit on women. Three hundred miles away in the San Francisco Bay Area, another woman says an officer used police resources to harass and stalk her.

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Rodrigo Amarante Throws a Musical Tantrum in Latest Album, 'Drama' from 2021-07-23T21:00:05

Starting over can be scary. But not for Rodrigo Amarante. After an established musical career in Brazil, he made the jump to the U.S., where his relative anonymity was a source of creative energy —...

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Haiti's Unraveling: How A Mysterious Assassination Fanned Violent Unrest from 2021-07-22T21:00:43

It's still unclear who is responsible for planning and funding the assassination of Haiti's president Jovenel Moïse earlier this month. But violence and unrest in the country has been ramping up fo...

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Will Delta Surge Sway Unvaccinated? Plus: The Truth About 'Breakthrough' Infections from 2021-07-21T21:00:45

The delta variant now makes up an estimated 83% of coronavirus cases in the U.S., a sharp increase over recent weeks. Cases are rising more rapidly in places with low rates of vaccination. Arkansa...

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The New Child Tax Credit Is Here. Will Millions Get Cash Permanently? from 2021-07-20T21:00:29

Tens of millions of American families are beginning to receive direct cash payments as part of the expanded child tax credit, which was part of the COVID relief bill passed back in March.

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How The Pandemic Shaped Medical Education And, Ultimately, Your HealthCare from 2021-07-19T21:00:23

Medical education must always keep up with the times. But the pandemic forcing medical students to learn virtually revealed new fault lines and opportunities to rethink the way medical professional...

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On Our Watch: In Good Faith from 2021-07-18T21:00:07

From police officer misconduct to deadly shootings, internal affairs investigations are how law enforcement agencies investigate their own and promise to hold themselves accountable. In California,...

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Cross-Cultural Casting: Noteworthy For Hollywood, But Not Exactly New from 2021-07-16T21:00:16

Jodie Turner-Smith in Anne Boleyn. Mindy Kaling in Scooby Doo. Dev Patel in The Green Knight, and last year's David Copperfield.

It seems like Hollywood g...

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How Cuba's Government Is Attempting To Silence Unprecedented Protests from 2021-07-15T21:00:09

The protests that erupted in Cuba over the weekend are the biggest the country has seen in decades. Cubans are suffering through a summer of shortages, from food and electricity to medicine. All of...

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Democrats Assail 'Jim Crow' Assault On Voting Rights. So What's Their Plan? from 2021-07-14T21:01:05

In a speech this week, President Biden said Democrats must 'vigorously challenge' what he described as the '21st Century Jim Crow assault' on voting rights, attacking Republican-led state efforts t...

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The U.S. Almost Out Of Afghanistan. What Happens There Next? from 2021-07-13T21:00:07

The U.S. military will be fully out of the country by August 31. The Taliban already control more than half of it. A U.S. intelligence assessment reportedly says the Afghan government could collaps...

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Latest On Boosters; 'Trusted Messengers' Lead Vaccine Outreach from 2021-07-12T21:00:20

The Biden administration is emphasizing vaccine outreach by 'trusted messengers' — community volunteers, faith leaders, and primary care providers — who are best-positioned to convince people to ge...

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Co-Opted And Weaponized, 'Cancel Culture' Is Just Today's 'Politically Correct' from 2021-07-09T21:00:53

'Cancelling' is a term that originated in young and progressive circles, where it was used to mean 'boycott,' University of Pennsylvania linguist Listen

Why Wildfire Is Not Just A Western Problem from 2021-07-08T21:00:34

All over the east coast and Midwest, forests are getting hotter and drier. Many are also overgrown and overdue for wildfire. And increasingly, Americans are moving to areas where these forests and ...

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NPR Traces California Yoga Teacher's Alleged Path To The Capitol Riot from 2021-07-07T21:00:03

NPR's Tom Dreisbach reports on the story of Alan Hostetter, a former police chief and yoga instructor from California who's now faci...

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How Critical Race Theory Went From Harvard Law To Fox News from 2021-07-06T21:03:44

Critical race theory is a legal framework developed decades ago at Harvard Law School. It posits that racism is not just the product of individual bias, but is embedded in legal systems and policie...

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Questlove Unearths The Long-Forgotten 'Summer Of Soul' from 2021-07-05T21:00:45

In 1969, during the same summer as Woodstock, another music festival took place 100 miles away. The Harlem Cultural Festival featured black musicians like Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder — stars wh...

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BONUS: American Anthem from 2021-07-04T21:00:58

The Star-Spangled Banner is the official anthem for the United States, but there are plenty of songs that have become informal American anthems for millions of people.

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How The Delta Variant Is Changing The Pandemic On A Global Scale from 2021-07-02T21:00:23

Cases are surging in countries around the world as the more transmissible delta variant spreads rapidly. Also growing: pressure on vaccine-rich countries to help people in countries where vaccines ...

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What Donald Rumsfeld Left Behind from 2021-07-01T21:00:56

The former Secretary of Defense was a chief architect of the conflict that came to be known as America's 'forever war.' After his death this week at age 88, that conflict has now officially outlive...

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A 'Pandemic Of Unvaccinated People' As Delta Variant Spreads Rapidly from 2021-06-30T21:00:46

Los Angeles County — America's most populous county — recently recommended mask wearing even for vaccinated people, just two weeks after the state relaxed most COVID restrictions. County officials ...

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What The Pentagon's UFO Report Reveals About Aliens — And Ourselves from 2021-06-29T20:59

Late last year the Senate passed a bill that required U.S. intelligence agencies to share what they know about "unidentified aerial phenomena," the technical term for UFOs. That report was released...

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What We've Learned In The First 100 Hours Since The Surfside Condo Collapse from 2021-06-28T21:00:36

Susana Alvarez, a survivor of the condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, explained to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro on Weekend ...

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BONUS: Battle Rattle from 2021-06-27T21:00:33

Alicia Argelia met Army veteran Matt Lammers when he rolled into the store where she worked. Matt had lost both legs and one arm during a deployment to Iraq. Strangers often approached him to awkwa...

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What Hollywood Could Learn From The 20-Year Success Of 'Fast&Furious' from 2021-06-25T21:00:04

What's behind the 20-year success of the Fast & Furious franchise? Casting, storytelling and reinvention. NPR's Linda Holmes ...

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Not Just Wildfire: The Growing Ripple Effects Of More Extreme Heat And Drought from 2021-06-24T21:00:36

For the second weekend in a row, parts of the American West will be gripped by historic heat, coming in the second decade of megadrought that has gripped the region for 22 years.

Wildfire is...

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Millions Of Americans Could Be Facing Eviction from 2021-06-23T21:00:02

Back in March, Congress approved nearly $50 billion in aid for people who need rental assistance to avoid eviction. At the same time a federal moratorium on evictions is expected to be extended ti...

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The Unproven Lab Leak Theory Puts Pressure On China — But It May Backfire from 2021-06-22T21:00:51

From the beginning of the pandemic, the debate about the origins of the coronavirus was immediately politicized by former President Donald Trump. But now international efforts to investigate and fi...

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50 Years Later, Is America's War On Drugs At A Turning Point? from 2021-06-21T21:00:49

In June 1971, then-President Richard Nixon said the U.S. had a new public enemy number one: addiction. It was the beginning of America's long war on drugs.

Fifty years later, during months...

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BONUS: Tom Hanks, Fox News, And A Debate About Whiteness In Hollywood from 2021-06-20T21:00:01

This all started with a guest essay by Tom Hanks for The New York Times called "You Should L...

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Reparation Discussions Are Gaining Traction But Not Widespread Support from 2021-06-18T21:00:13

Juneteenth, the celebration to commemorate the end of chattel slavery in the United States, is the newest federal holiday after Listen

Will The U.S. Meet Its July 4 Vaccination Goal? Your State May Already Have from 2021-06-17T21:00:57

Last month, President Biden laid out an ambitious goal: to get 70% of adults in the U.S. at least one vaccine dose by July 4. With less than three weeks to go, that goal may too ambitious, Harvard ...

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Parents Want Schools To Make Up The Special Education Their Kids Lost In The Pandemic from 2021-06-16T21:00:04

Remote learning simply didn't work for many children with disabilities. Without the usual access to educators, therapists and in-person aides, the families of these children, and many like them, sa...

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What's At Stake As President Biden Enters Negotiations With Vladimir Putin from 2021-06-15T21:00:26

Wednesday will be President Biden's first meeting with one of America's greatest adversaries. Drawing a contrast with his predecessor is the least of what the commander-in-chief hopes to accomplish...

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Why Everything Is More Expensive Right Now from 2021-06-14T21:00

From computer chips to rental cars to chicken breasts, a complex global supply chain is straining under pent-up post-vaccine demand. NPR's Listen

BONUS: A World Where The NRA Is Soft On Guns from 2021-06-13T21:00:16

About two months after the coronavirus began spreading in the United States, groups of Americans began to protest the quarantine lockdown measures in their states. At some of these anti-lockdown r...

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ProPublica's 'Secret IRS Files' Unveil How Richest Americans Avoid Income Tax from 2021-06-11T21:00:59

The story made waves in Washington, D.C., this week: ...

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Back To The Office: Not Everyone Is Welcoming The Return from 2021-06-10T20:59:55

For Americans who were able to work from home at the start of the pandemic, what felt like an extended snow day at first has now turned into 15 months and counting of Zoom calls and logging onto wo...

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Listener Q&A: Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy On Variants, Boosters And Vax Mandates from 2021-06-09T21:00:05

More than half of U.S. adults have been fully vaccinated, and case rates are at their lowest point since the pandemic began. But there are still a lot of unanswered questions about the future of th...

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Democrats' Path To Big Legislation Runs Through West Virginia. Is It A Dead End? from 2021-06-08T21:00:27

Democratic proposals for immigration reform, gun control, infrastructure and voting rights are stalled in Congress. Standing in between Democrats and much of their progressive wish list is one of t...

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How The Biden Administration Is Confronting A Surge In Cyberattacks from 2021-06-07T21:00:40

Cyberattackers have recently targeted a crucial fuel pipeline, a global meat distributor and a water treatment plant. The Biden administration likens the surge in cyberattacks to terrorism — and sa...

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BONUS: A Looping Revolt from 2021-06-06T21:00:59

Stockton, Calif., may represent the future of American news.

The city's longtime newspaper, The Record, has lost reporters, subscribers and, therefore, power. Meanwhile a non-tradi...

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The U.S. Can't Agree On The Truth. Is It The Media's Job To Fix That? from 2021-06-04T21:00:30

Freedom of the press is enshrined in the Constitution as crucial to a functioning democracy. But what role does the press serve when it feels like the country can't agree on basic facts? Listen

Companies Made Racial Justice Promises Last Summer. Did They Keep Them? from 2021-06-03T21:16:33

Corporations had a lot to say about racial justice last summer. They made statements. They donated millions to civil rights organizations. They promised to address their own problems with diversity...

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Pressure On The World's Biggest Polluters Is Increasing. But Can It Force Change? from 2021-06-02T21:01:14

The Atlantic hurricane season began Tuesday and another "above average" number of storms is expected. And it's not just hurricanes — overall, scientists are predicting more extreme weather events a...

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Americans Are Feeling Optimistic And Uncertain As Second Pandemic Summer Begins from 2021-06-01T21:04:11

From dating apps, to airline travel, to in-person high school classes, the U.S. is seeing evidence of a return to close-to-normal life.

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Does America Have Its Own 'Civil Religion?' from 2021-05-31T21:00:51

Much is said about how divided the U.S. is these days. But perhaps there is still something that unites Americans. Longtime NPR corresponden...

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BONUS: Barack Obama Talks About What It Means To Be A Man from 2021-05-30T21:00:25

Former President Barack Obama is thinking a lot about our values as Americans. These days, in a divided America, he's particularly thinking about what it means to be a man.

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Threats To Democracy Are Growing Around the World — And The U.S. May Be One Of Them from 2021-05-28T21:00:50

All over the world, democratic institutions are under threat. The United States isn't just part of that trend — it may also be one of the causes. Former Obama administration foreign policy adviser ...

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How Anti-Trans Bills Evoke The Culture Wars Of The 90s from 2021-05-27T21:00:52

Proponents of trans female athlete bans struggle to cite examples of trans women or girls gaining an unfair advantage in sports competitions. But amid a lot of debate about fairness, there's been l...

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Fortnite Trial Tests Apple's 'Good Guy' Reputation from 2021-05-26T21:00:35

Apple has always wanted to be one of the good guys in tech. But now a high-stakes lawsuit with Epic Games, the creator of the hit video game Fortnite, isn't just challenging Apple's reputa...

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What's Changed — And What Hasn't — In The Year Since George Floyd Was Killed from 2021-05-25T21:00

After his death on May 25, 2020, George Floyd became the face of a movement against police violence. But attorney Andrea Ritchie says, in some ways, the prosecution and conviction...

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What's Behind The Progressive Push To Rethink America's Relationship With Israel from 2021-05-24T20:59:34

For decades, Israel had solid bipartisan support for Israel from Capitol Hill. But progressive congressional Democrats have started to question support for the policies of the Israeli government. P...

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NPR Analysis Finds Growing Vaccine Divide Between Urban And Rural America from 2021-05-21T20:59:36

We know that Americans in blue states are getting vaccinated at higher rates than those in red ones. But that gap obscures another growing divide in America's vaccine campaign — the divide with...

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The CDC's Mask Guidance Created Confusion. Could It Also Boost Vaccinations? from 2021-05-20T21:00:52

A week ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidance that vaccinated people can safely return to most activities without wearing a mask. But the announcement caught many...

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The Latest On Biden's Infrastructure Plan, With A Vision For A New 'Climate Corps' from 2021-05-19T21:00:43

The White House is courting influential Democratic senators and making a public relations push for President Biden's infrastructure proposal, while Republicans draw a red line around corporate tax ...

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Long Before QAnon Conspiracies, The U.S. Was Swept By 'Satanic Panic' from 2021-05-18T21:00:22

Over the past year, QAnon conspiracies have migrated from obscure corners of the internet into national headlines. The false belief that left-wing Satanists are controlling the government helped fu...

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The Conflict Between Israel And Hamas Is Getting Worse, Raising Humanitarian Alarms from 2021-05-17T21:05:56

The conflict between Israel and Hamas has gone from bad to worse. The Biden administration says it's engaging in "quiet, intensive diplomacy" to broker an end to the violence.

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BONUS: How One Family Is Learning To Support Their Non-Binary Child from 2021-05-16T21:00:16

Nine-year-old Hallel is the oldest of three children. They also identify as a "boy-girl," which was a revelation to their parents Shira and Ari when Hallel made the announcement to them.

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How To 'Human' Again: Advice For The Long Transition To Post-Pandemic Life from 2021-05-14T21:00:38

The promise of post-pandemic life is exciting, but that doesn't mean it won't get awkward at times. We asked for your questions about how to navigate this new normal and we have some answers.
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The Debate Is Over: Donald Trump Owns The Republican Party from 2021-05-13T20:59:28

This week, House Republicans voted to expel Rep. Liz Cheney from party leadership after the Wyoming congresswoman repeatedly called out former President Trump's false claims about the 2020 election...

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Why Are So Many Businesses Struggling To Find Workers? from 2021-05-12T20:59:03

Republicans say enhanced pandemic unemployment benefits are what's keeping people out of the workforce. That could be playing a role, but the complete picture is far more complicated.

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'It's Top-Down': Three Generations Of Black Officers On Racism And Police Brutality from 2021-05-11T21:00:47

Three officers, each from a different generation, weigh in on Derek Chauvin's murder conviction and other recent acts of police violence.

Isaiah McKinnon became a police officer for the cit...

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How One LA Neighborhood Reveals The Racist Architecture Of American Homeownership from 2021-05-10T21:13:07

Property ownership eludes Black Americans more than any other racial group. NPR's Ailsa Chang and Listen

BONUS: We Buy A Superhero from 2021-05-09T21:00:52

Comic book publishers like Marvel and DC sit on a treasure trove: thousands and thousands of comic book characters. Pieces of intellectual property. You know the big ones--Superman, Ironman, Captai...

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NPR Turns 50 Amid Reckoning In Journalism Over Who Tells Stories — And How from 2021-05-07T21:00:20

Now 50 years old, NPR has grown up alongside American journalism. We take stock of some lessons learned along the way.

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Supply Scarce Abroad, Demand Down At Home: Vaccine Access Is Starkly Unequal from 2021-05-06T21:00:43

Vaccine demand is beginning to slide in the U.S., but in other parts of the world, the pandemic is devastating countries where vaccines are more scarce. India is one of those countries. There only ...

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Scotland May Try To Break Away From The United Kingdom — Again from 2021-05-05T21:00:04

On Thursday, Scots vote in Regional Parliamentary elections. That's not usually an international story, but the ruling Scottish National Party is running on a platform to hold another independence ...

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Is The Biden Rescue Plan Working? 'American Indicators' Weigh In On The Recovery from 2021-05-04T21:00:40

The pandemic economy has left different people in vastly different situations. Today, we follow up with four American indicators — people whose paths will help us understand the arc of the recovery...

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How Brazen Smugglers Are Fueling Record Numbers At The Southern Border from 2021-05-03T21:00:17

A record 172,000 migrants were apprehended at the southern border in March. Those numbers are fueled, in part, by smuggling organizations that exploit desperate migrants, most of them from central ...

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How India's COVID-19 Outbreak Got So Bad, And Why It May Be Even Worse Than We Know from 2021-04-30T21:00:01

Things have gone from bad to worse in the pandemic's global epicenter. India reported nearly 400,000 new COVID-19 cases on Friday — and the death count is likely higher than current estimates. Laur...

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What Makes President Biden's Massive Spending Pitch So Historic from 2021-04-29T21:00

Any one of President Biden's multi-trillion-dollar spending packages would be among the largest ever enacted by Congress. He has passed one — the American Recuse Plan — and proposed two others in ...

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The CDC's New Mask Guidance, Explained, And A Look At How Long Vaccines Protect Us from 2021-04-28T21:00:05

Fully vaccinated people can ditch the mask outdoors, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week — unless they're at a crowded event. Dr. Anthony Fauci explains the new guidance t...

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New Census Numbers Mean A Political Power Shift For Some States from 2021-04-27T21:00:04

The first set of results from the 2020 census are in, and according to the count, the official population of the United States is 331,449,281.

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How Faith Leaders In Israel And The U.K. Are Fighting Vaccine Hesitancy from 2021-04-26T21:00:12

Israel and the United Kingdom are among the most-vaccinated countries in the world. Their success is due in part to public health campaigns designed to fight vaccine disinformation in faith and min...

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BONUS: Policing In America from 2021-04-25T21:00:56

Black Americans being victimized and killed by the police is an epidemic. As the trial of Derek Chauvin plays out, it's a truth and a trauma many people in the US and around the world are again wit...

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The Story Behind The SolarWinds Cyberattack from 2021-04-23T21:01:12

Last year, hackers believed to be directed by the Russian intelligence service, the SVR, slipped a malicious code into a routine software update from a Texas- based company called SolarWinds. They ...

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How To Navigate Life When You're Vaccinated And Others Aren't (Or Vice Versa) from 2021-04-22T21:00:11

A little more than half of adults in the U.S. have had at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. That means a growing number of Americans are figuring out how to navigate life in a hybrid society wh...

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Will Justice For George Floyd Lead To Lasting Change? from 2021-04-21T21:05:23

As crowds gathered Tuesday evening after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd, two themes emerged. Many expressed joy and relief...

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Jury Finds Derek Chauvin Guilty On All Counts In Killing Of George Floyd from 2021-04-20T22:21:37

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted on three counts in the trial over George Floyd's killing. The jury announced their verdict on Tuesday and found Chauvin guilty of ...

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With All U.S. Adults Eligible, How Can More Be Convinced To Get Vaccinated? from 2021-04-19T21:00

Starting Monday, every person in America 16 and older is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Nearly 40% already have. Now public health officials will begin to focus more on those who have not....

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BONUS: Workin' 9 To 5 from 2021-04-18T21:00:17

Flexible hours for working parents, daycare centers at the office, equal pay. Between the 1960s and 1980s, there was a real sense that big workplace changes were just beyond the horizon.At the time...

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What Amazon's Defeat Of Union Effort Means For The Future Of American Labor from 2021-04-16T21:00:49

A movement to unionize workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., was seen as a potential turning point for the American labor movement. But the effort failed resoundingly. Listen

'I Wish There Was An Easy Ending:' Afghanistan's Murky Future After Longest U.S. War from 2021-04-15T21:43:01

President Biden announced this week that all U.S. troops if Afghanistan will be withdrawn by Sept. 11, marking the end of America's 20-year war there.

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Minneapolis Lives In 'A State Of Continuous Trauma' After Another Police Killing from 2021-04-14T21:00:03

There have been nightly protests in Brooklyn Center, Minn., following Sunday's killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, who was shot by former police officer Kim Potter.

Police officials have s...

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The J&J Pause, Explained — And What It Means For The U.S. Vaccination Effort from 2021-04-13T21:30:16

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced a recommended pause in use of Johnson & Johnson's single-use COVID-19 vaccine, while the agencies inves...

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The Biden Administration's Women-Led Push For Investment In 'Care Infrastructure' from 2021-04-12T21:03:13

President Biden wants to make a massive investment in infrastructure, and not just in roads and bridges. His administration is proposing big investments in "care infrastructure" — investments desig...

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BONUS: 'We Already Belong' from 2021-04-11T21:00:29

"To Asian women, not for—there's no speaking for us, splendidly vast and manifold as our people are." So writes Korean-American novelist R.O. Kwon in an essay in Vanity Fair. The ...

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As Anti-Trans Bills Advance, Trans Journalists Weigh In On 'Privilege' Of Reporting from 2021-04-09T21:00:12

This week Arkansas became the first state to outlaw gender-affirming health care for transgender youth, as the state legislature overrode a veto by Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Hutchinson tells ...

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Within Biden's Infrastructure Plan Lies An Agenda To Address Climate Change from 2021-04-08T20:59:47

The details in President Biden's proposed $2 trillion infrastructure plan have a lot to do with protecting the environment. There's a new clean electricity standard and a focus on low-income commun...

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Amid Record Pandemic Travel, What's Safe? And The Debate Over Vaccine Passports from 2021-04-07T21:00:37

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's mixed messaging on travel reveals the uncertain future of the pandemic, Dr. Monica Gandhi Listen

The Housing Market Is Wild Right Now — And It's Making Inequality Worse from 2021-04-06T21:00:40

Home prices are soaring around the U.S. Amid low inventory and historically low interest rates, some buyers are hitting the market to find they can't compete with all-cash offers, or bidding wars t...

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How The Pandemic Has Changed Worship In America And The Debate Over Religious Freedom from 2021-04-05T21:07

Two Easters have now come and gone since the pandemic began, and the need for restrictions has not gone away. It has faith communities wondering when things will get back to normal. NPR's Listen

'It Hurts People': How Trans Youth Are Being Targeted By State Legislation from 2021-04-02T21:00:03

Bills under consideration in dozens of states target trans youth by focusing on two things: health care and sports. Some bills have already become law in states including South Dakota, Mississippi,...

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High School Seniors Ask, 'What Will College Look Like Next Fall?' from 2021-04-01T21:00:40

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is giving us all hope that we'll be back to some sense of normal soon, but the pandemic will likely still play a role in what college life looks like next fall.
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Race To Immunize Tightens As Cases Rise; Promising Vaccine News Released from 2021-03-31T21:00:59

Scientists are growing concerned the U.S. may be headed for a fourth wave. COVID-19 cases are rising rapidly, mirroring an increase in many countries around the world.

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Inside The Opening Days Of The Derek Chauvin Trial — And The Trauma It's Resurfacing from 2021-03-30T20:58:28

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's trial began this week. He's accused of murdering Minneapolis resident George Floyd in May of 2020, when Chauvin was recorded kneeling on Floyd's ne...

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4 Countries Dominate Doses As Pressure Grows For Global Vaccine Solutions from 2021-03-29T21:00:21

More than half of worldwide vaccine doses have been administered in just four countries — India, China, the U.K. and the U.S. That kind of inequity will "extend the pandemic, globally," says Listen

First-In-The-Nation Effort Advances Debate Over What Form Reparations Should Take from 2021-03-26T21:00:41

The city of Evanston, Ill., authorized spending on a reparation program this week — believed to be the first of its kind in the country. Listen

One's Antifa. One's In A Militia. How An Ancestry Match Led To An Unlikely Bond from 2021-03-25T21:00:33

Two distant cousins connect online, only to learn that one is a militant leftist and the other is in a right-wing militia. Their story shows the complexities of a timely question: Who's an extremis...

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Colorado Shooting Reveals Limits Of State Gun Control — And Steels Activists For More from 2021-03-24T21:00:05

Colorado has universal background checks, a red flag law and the city of Boulder recently passed an assault weapons ban. None of it was enough to stop a man from shooting and killing 10 people at a...

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President Biden's Next Big-Ticket Item: A Transformational Infrastructure Plan from 2021-03-23T21:00

America's infrastructure GPA is a C-minus, according to the American Society Of Civil Engineers, which this month Listen

Coronavirus Cases Are Surging In Europe. Why The U.S. Is In Better Shape — For Now from 2021-03-22T21:00

In Europe, the COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been slow. The U.S. is doing better — vaccinating as many as 3 million people per day this past weekend.

Some of those people were vaccinated by ...

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BONUS: Sohla El-Waylly on Race, Food and 'Bon Appétit' from 2021-03-21T21:00:18

Sohla El-Waylly was one of the most vocal critics of her previous employer, Bon Appétit, and eventually resigned after the magazine's racial reckoning.She's now a columnist at Food52 and s...

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Are We Ready For The Next One? The Striking Pandemic Warnings That Were Ignored from 2021-03-19T21:00:26

Dante Disparte, founder and chairman of Risk Cooperative and member of FEMA's National Advisory Council, explains how lessons from last year can help us in the next pandemic — and why warnings from...

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Georgia Shooting: The Latest In A Year Of Trauma And Terror For Asian Americans from 2021-03-18T21:00:22

Reports of hate incidents against Asian American and Pacific Islanders have skyrocketed in the past year, coinciding with former President Trump's racist rhetoric.

The pattern is clear: Asia...

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Pregnant In A Pandemic: 'COVID Couldn't Rob Us Of Everything' from 2021-03-17T21:25:27

Three women come together to talk about the isolation and sacrifice that comes with being pregnant during the pandemic.

Those women: Irène Mathieu, a pediatrician in Charlottesville, Virgin...

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What's Behind The Increase In Migrant Children At The Southern Border from 2021-03-16T21:08:05

Thousands of unaccompanied migrant children have shown up at the southern border in recent weeks, overwhelming the government's ability to process and transfer them into the custody of sponsors or ...

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Young And Radicalized Online: A Familiar Pattern In Capitol Siege Suspects from 2021-03-15T20:59:46

People who stormed the Capitol were radicalized by what they consumed online and in social media. That should sound familiar: Ten years ago, ISIS used a similar strategy to lure Americans to Syria....

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BONUS: Rapper Mac Phipps, After 20 Years In Prison, Is One Step Closer To Freedom from 2021-03-15T12:06:45

In this episode from NPR's Louder Than A Riot, New Orleans rapper Mac Phipps speaks exclusively to NPR about the power ...

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Breonna Taylor Was Killed By Police 1 Year Ago. What's Changed Since Then? from 2021-03-12T21:59:18

It's been one year since Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by police in her own apartment. In that year, Taylor's name has become a national symbol in the fight against racial inj...

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The Pandemic Is Still Global. Here's How Vaccination Is Going In Other Countries from 2021-03-11T22:00:10

Less than 4% of Brazil's population has been vaccinated, and now a dangerous new variant has overwhelmed parts of the country's health care system.

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The Day Everything Changed: Fauci, Collins Reflect On 1 Year Of The Pandemic from 2021-03-10T22:00:39

March 11 will mark one year since the World Health Organization officially declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic — when schools, businesses and workplaces began shutting down.
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George Floyd Case: Trial Of Former Police Officer Derek Chauvin Underway from 2021-03-09T22:05:14

Jury selection in the highly anticipated trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin began Tuesday after being delayed amid an effort to gain clarity on the potential of a third-degree...

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COVID-19 Relief And Cash Payments Near; CDC Says Vaccinated Can Gather Without Masks from 2021-03-08T22:00:19

Over the weekend, the Senate approved a version of President Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, setting up a vote in the House that could send the package to Biden's desk as early as Tuesd...

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BONUS: 'It's OK That We're Alive' from 2021-03-07T22:00:11

What do you do after you've survived a mass shooting? In this episode of NPR's Embedded podcast, we hear the staff at the Capital Gazette newspaper return to work after losing fiv...

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Colombia Welcomes Venezuelan Refugees With Open Arms: Will The U.S. Do The Same? from 2021-03-05T21:59:50

Colombian President Iván Duque won praise from the United Nations, Pope Francis and the Biden administration with his recent announcement that Colombia would welcome Venezuelan refugees with open a...

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Pandemic Inflection Point: Drop In Cases Stalls, States Loosen Public Health Measures from 2021-03-04T22:00:01

In the U.S., the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is improving every day, but hundreds of millions of people are still vulnerable. And now, with some states relaxing or eliminating public health measur...

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Stacey Abrams On The Continuing Fight For Voter Access from 2021-03-03T21:59:53

The Supreme Court heard arguments this week about voting laws in Arizona that would make ballot access harder for people living in rural areas like the Navajo Nation. Listen

The Growing Threat Of Disinformation And How To 'Deprogram' People Who Believe It from 2021-03-02T22:00:12

Disinformation isn't new. But in the last decade, the growth of social media has made it easier than ever to spread. That coincided with the political rise of Donald Trump, who rose to power on a w...

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Post-Trump, New U.S. Intel Chief Seeks To Rebuild Trust — And Fight Domestic Terror from 2021-03-01T22:00

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has taken over after a turbulent time. Former President Donald Trump was frequently at odds with the American intelligence community, including some o...

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BONUS: The Man Behind the March on Washington from 2021-02-28T22:00:01

Bayard Rustin, the man behind the March on Washington, was one of the most co...

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America's Next Generation Of Legal Marijuana: New State Laws Focus On Racial Equity from 2021-02-26T22:00:28

It's been almost a decade since Washington and Colorado became the first states in America to legalize recreational marijuana. Now a new generation of states are wrestling with how to do it with a ...

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The Challenge To Stop The Next Outbreak Of Homegrown, Extremist Violence In The U.S. from 2021-02-25T22:46:09

Just because the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is done, it doesn't mean the story of what happened on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol is over.

House Speaker Nancy Pelo...

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America's Energy Future: How Gas Companies Are Fighting To Block Climate Rules from 2021-02-24T22:00:29

Natural gas utilities face a bleak future in a world increasingly concerned about climate change. An NPR investigation shows how they work to block local climate action and protect their business. ...

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Optimism About Case Rates, Vaccines, And Future Of The Pandemic from 2021-02-23T22:00

After more than 500,000 deaths and nearly a full year, experts say there are a growing number of reasons to be optimistic about the direction of the pandemic. Cases, hospitalizations and deaths hav...

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Update On A Movement: How 'Defunding Police' Is Playing Out In Austin, Texas from 2021-02-22T22:01

Last summer, the city of Austin, Texas, slashed the budget for its police department. More recently, the city council voted on a new way to spend some of that money. Listen

BONUS: Why 500,000 COVID-19 Deaths May Not Feel Any Different from 2021-02-21T22:00:43

Why is it so hard to feel the difference between 400,000 and 500,000 COVID-19 deaths — and how might that impact our decision making during the pandemic?

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Memorializing The Deaths Of More Than 500,000 Americans Lost To COVID-19 from 2021-02-19T22:00:36

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 is on track to pass a number next week that once seemed unthinkable: Half a million people in this country dead from the coronavirus.

And while the pandemic...

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Texas Is Defined By Energy. How Did The State's Power Grid Fail So Massively? from 2021-02-18T21:59:39

Millions of people in Texas have gone three or more days without power, water or both. Texas has had winter weather before, so what went so wrong this time?

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Impeachment Fallout At Home And Abroad: GOP Fractured, America 'Tarnished' from 2021-02-17T22:00

After the Senate vote failed to convict former President Donald Trump, a clearer picture of the political consequences is emerging — both for the Republican party and for the United States on the w...

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The Intensifying Race Between Coronavirus Variants And Vaccines from 2021-02-16T22:00

There's evidence of at least seven U.S. variants of the coronavirus, while another that emerged from the U.K. is poised to become the dominant strain here by the end of March. One adviser from the ...

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Asylum-Seekers Are Being Unlawfully Shut Out During The Pandemic from 2021-02-15T22:00

The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, says more than 60 countries around the world are using COVID-19 as an excuse to skirt international law by closing borders and ports to asylum-seekers. Tha...

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Q&A: Expert Advice On Love, Dating, And Pandemic Relationships from 2021-02-12T22:00:11

We asked for your questions on navigating love and dating during the pandemic. Therapist and sexologist Lexx Brown-James has answers. She's joined by Listen

Scenes From A Pandemic Economy: 4 American Indicators from 2021-02-11T22:00:57

The pandemic economy has left different people in vastly different situations. Today, we introduce four American indicators — people whose paths will help us understand the arc of the recovery. Hea...

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Public School Teachers Weigh In On Vaccines, Masks And Returning To The Classroom from 2021-02-10T22:00:10

The Biden administration has set a goal: a majority of public schools open "at least one day a week" by the 100th day of his presidency. But it's possible the country is already there — and decisio...

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What Donald Trump's Impeachment Means The 2nd Time Around from 2021-02-09T22:00:05

In the weeks after Jan. 6. insurrection, even top Republicans like Mitch McConnell said Donald Trump provoked the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol, leaving five people dead.

But it appears...

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Who's Getting Vaccinated And Who Isn't: NPR Analysis Finds Stark Racial Divide from 2021-02-08T22:01

Using data from several states that have published their own maps and lists of where vaccination sites are located, NPR identified disparities in the locations of COVID-19 vaccination sites in majo...

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BONUS: Biden Promises To Grapple With Environmental Racism from 2021-02-07T22:00:34

People of color experience more air and water pollution than white people and suffer the health impacts. The federal government helped create the problem, and has largely failed to fix it.

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BONUS: The Lasting Power Of Whitney Houston's National Anthem from 2021-02-06T22:00:52

Why does Whitney Houston's 1991 Super Bowl national ant...

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Live Performance, The Pandemic And The Domino Effect Of Dark Stages from 2021-02-05T22:00:29

The pandemic leveled live performance, and the industry is last in line for a return to normal.

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Life On Minimum Wage: Why The Federal Debate Continues from 2021-02-04T22:03:07

Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is one of President Biden's priorities with the newest COVID-19 relief package. But Republicans say it will hurt small businesses too much and some swing vot...

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Third Vaccine On The Way, Fauci Hails 'Spectacular Results' from 2021-02-03T22:00:55

A third COVID-19 vaccine could receive emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration this month. The vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson is 66% effective in preventing moderate to...

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Myanmar Explained: How A Coup Followed Unproven Allegations Of Voter Fraud from 2021-02-02T21:59:24

For months, Myanmar's military party has claimed — without evidence — that its poor performance in the country's November parliamentary elections was the result of voter fraud. This week, when the ...

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After Biden's First Actions On Climate Change, How Much More Can He Do Alone? from 2021-02-01T22:01

This past week, President Biden signed executive orders that represent his administration's first actions in the fight against climate change. Some changes will take longer than others — and many m...

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The 2020 Election Has Tested American Democracy. Are We Passing? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The 2020 election was tested by disinformation, a global pandemic and an incumbent president who refused to say he'd accept the results.

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BONUS: Can't Stop GameStop from 2021-01-30T22:00:53

In 2019, GameStop seemed to be just another failing brick-and-mortar business. But a couple of internet dwellers at Wall Street Bets, in a strange corner of the giant forum, reddit, thought the hed...

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What Lessons Should News Organizations Learn From Trump's Presidency? from 2021-01-29T22:00:34

There's is a reckoning happening across the media. Major news organizations are reconsidering what they cover and how. The Trump presidency is one big reason for the self-examination. But this new ...

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How Trumpism Led To An Ideological War Over Voice Of America from 2021-01-28T22:06:15

In its very first broadcast, the U.S.-government-run service called Voice of America pledged honesty.

"The news may be good and it may be bad. We shall tell you the truth."

The idea w...

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Biden Administration: 'It Will Be Months' Before Widespread Vaccine Availability from 2021-01-27T22:00:19

President Biden said Tuesday that the federal government's vaccine distribution program is "in worse shape than we anticipated." His administration's coronavirus response team held its first public...

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Deplatforming: Not A First Amendment Issue, But Still A Tough Call For Big Tech from 2021-01-26T22:00

Removing disinformation — and users who spread it — can come at a cost for web hosts and social media platforms. But studies indicate "deplatforming" does stem the flow of disinformation.

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'We Have To Stop Rewarding Obstruction:' Will Democrats Nuke The Filibuster? from 2021-01-25T21:56

Adam Jentleson knows firsthand how powerful a tool the filibuster can be — and what's possible without it. He was deputy chief of staff to former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, who was majority leader in ...

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BONUS: Breathe from 2021-01-24T22:00:07

Breathing is essential to life. And lately, the safety of the air we inhale, or the need to pause and take a deep breath, is on our minds a lot. In this episode of NPR's TED Radio Hour, we...

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'Battlefield Medicine' In Los Angeles ICU As Biden Launches 'Wartime Effort' from 2021-01-22T22:00

More than 400,000 Americans have been killed by the coronavirus. That's more Americans than were killed in all of World War II, President Biden pointed out this week. He calls his new plan to fight...

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How President Biden's Immigration Plan Would Undo Trump's Signature Policies from 2021-01-21T22:00:47

President Biden followed through on a day-one promise to send a massive immigration reform bill to Congress. Now the hard part: passing that bill into law.

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President Biden Hails 'Democracy's Day' In Unprecedented Transfer Of Power from 2021-01-20T21:54:44

"Through a crucible for the ages, America has been tested anew," President Biden said in his inaugural address on Wednesday. "And America has risen to the challenge."

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The 46th President: How Tragedy And Resilience Prepared Joe Biden To Meet A Moment from 2021-01-19T21:59

When Joe Biden takes the oath of office at noon ET on Wednesday, he will become the oldest president to ever hold the office. His journey to the White House spans nearly half a century in public li...

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1 Year, 400,000 Dead: What Could Change This Week About America's Pandemic Response from 2021-01-18T22:00

President-elect Joe Biden has outlined a plan to administer 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in his administration's first 100 days. But before that he'll have to convince Congress to pay for ...

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BONUS: Inside The Capitol Siege from 2021-01-16T20:00

In this episode from the team at NPR's Embedded, hear the stories of two NPR teams that spent January 6th on the grounds of the Capitol — and stories from a lawmaker, photographer, and pol...

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Their Family Members Are QAnon Followers — And They're At A Loss What To Do About It from 2021-01-15T22:00:11

The QAnon conspiracy theory originated in 2017, when an anonymous online figure, "Q" started posting on right-wing message boards. Q claims to have top secret government clearance. Q's stories rang...

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What The COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Looks Like Across The World from 2021-01-14T17:25:45

President-Elect Biden's plan to attack COVID-19 includes a $20 billion plan for vaccine distribution in the U.S., hiring 100,000 public health workers to do vaccine outreach and contact tracing, an...

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House Votes To Impeach, All Eyes On McConnell Amid Concerns About More Violence from 2021-01-13T22:05:30

House Democrats — joined by 10 Republicans — voted to impeach President Trump on Wednesday. Now the process moves to the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he hasn't made a final de...

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Extremists Face Charges As House Moves Toward Impeachment from 2021-01-12T21:57:02

California Rep. Adam Schiff, who led House Democrats in their first effort to impeach President Trump, tells NPR what they are hoping to achieve in doing it a second time. He spoke to Listen

America's Vaccine Plan: What's Working — And What Isn't from 2021-01-11T22:00:54

More than 25 million vaccines have been distributed by the federal government, but only slightly more than one-third of those have made it into peoples' arms. Vaccine mega-sites are opening in majo...

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Race And The Capitol Riot: An American Story We've Heard Before from 2021-01-08T22:00:13

In 1898, white supremacists in Wilmington, N.C., led what is known as the only successful coup ever to take place on American soil. They overthrew the government because Black leaders there had rec...

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GOP Faces Trump Reckoning: 'If You Play With Matches, You Will Get Burned' from 2021-01-07T21:54:16

On Wednesday, in the nation's capital, a mob was incited to violence by the president of the United States. In the years that led up to that moment, many Republicans supported Trump. Now, where doe...

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Trump Supporters Storm U.S. Capitol, Halting Final Count Of Biden Votes from 2021-01-06T22:08:44

A joint session of Congress to formally affirm the results of the 2020 presidential election was just getting started on Wednesday when a group of Republicans from the House and the Senate went on ...

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Why U.S. Vaccinations Started Slow And What We Know About The New Coronavirus Variant from 2021-01-05T21:57

Initially, U.S. officials predicted that as many as 20 million Americans would be fully vaccinated before the end of 2020. And while that many vaccine doses were distributed, only a fraction of th...

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All Eyes On Georgia: Senate Hangs In The Balance As Trump Tries To Steal Votes from 2021-01-04T22:00:23

Georgia was already going to be the center of the political universe this week. Now, leaked audio of a phone call between President Trump and Georgia election officials raises new questions about h...

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Advice For Making (And Succeeding At) Your New Year's Resolution from 2021-01-01T22:00:58

Back in November, comedian Robyn Schall found an old list of her goals for 2020. She shared the list in Listen

The Long Awaited Brexit Deal Is Finally Here from 2020-12-31T22:00:03

After four and a half tumultuous years in British politics, Brexit is now becoming a reality.

NPR's London correspondent Frank La...

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Congress Is Sending Relief But Many Cities And States Didn't Get What They Wanted from 2020-12-30T22:05:03

While it took time for congress and President Trump to agree on the $900 billion pandemic relief bill, one thing has been certain for a while. Many mayors and governors did not get the money they r...

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Contact Tracers Struggle to Keep Up As Coronavirus Cases Surge From Holiday Travel from 2020-12-29T22:00:40

One in every thousand people has died of COVID-19 in the U.S. And California just passed 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases. This surge, likely from Thanksgiving travel, is making contact tracin...

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'Where Are We Going?' Inside The Deadly Decision to Evacuate An Entire Nursing Home from 2020-12-28T22:00

On a crisp morning in late March, health care workers in yellow hazmat suits arrived at St. Joseph's Senior Home in Woodbridge, New Jersey.

They were responding to an outbreak of COVID-19 a...

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BONUS: 12 Memorable Pop Culture Moments From 2020 from 2020-12-27T22:00:56

At the end of every year, the hosts of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour like to look back on some of their favorite things from the last 12 months. In this episode, they revisit some of the TV...

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How The Pandemic Is Reshaping Our Holiday Traditions from 2020-12-25T22:00:29

Nothing could stop Christmas from coming. Not even a pandemic. But this year many of our holiday traditions look a bit different.

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Our Favorite Reads Of 2020 (And Hundreds More) from 2020-12-24T22:00:37

Every Fall NPR asks our critics and staff to pick their favorite books from the past year. Those nominations - there's hundreds of them - are then sorted down to a semi-manageable number. This year...

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U.S. Secures More Vaccine Doses As Distribution Continues For Essential Workers from 2020-12-23T22:00:37

Americans got some good news on Wednesday morning when the White House announced that it had Listen

Congress Passes Relief Bill, But For Many Americans It Comes Too Late from 2020-12-22T22:00

After seven months since the last coronavirus relief bill, Congress finally passed a new one on Monday. Neither Democrats or Republicans are completely happy Listen

The Election Was Secure, But Russia Found Other Ways To Interfere In The U.S. from 2020-12-21T22:00

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged who was behind the cyber attack on Friday, saying Listen

BONUS: We Buy A Lot Of Christmas Trees from 2020-12-20T22:00:22

Every year, Americans buy tens of millions of Christmas trees. But decorative evergreens don't just magically show up on corner lots, waiting to find a home in your living room. There are a bunch o...

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Vaccinating Inmates Is Good For Public Health. Why Aren't More States Doing It? from 2020-12-18T22:00:50

Prisons and jails are hotbeds for COVID-19. Public health experts say they should be given early access to a coronavirus vaccine. But only six states have prioritized vaccination for people who are...

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With 100,000 Restaurants Already Closed, Owners Left Wondering If Help Is Coming from 2020-12-17T22:00:25

An emerging coronavirus relief package may not do enough to help restaurants hobbled by the pandemic, many of which have struggled to make ends meet all year — with 100,000 restaurants closed on a ...

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When Hospitals Decide Who Deserves Treatment: NPR Investigates 'Denial Of Care' from 2020-12-16T22:00:33

In an Oregon hospital, a disabled woman fought for her life as her friends and advocates pleaded for proper care. Her case raises the question: Are disabled lives equally valued during a pandemic?<...

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Electors Seal Biden's Win, Sanders Pushes For Direct Cash Payments from 2020-12-15T21:58:44

Electors in every state officially sealed Joe Biden's presidential victory this week, and Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., congratulated the president-elect on Tuesday.

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Your Questions Answered: How To Navigate Changing Relationships In The Pandemic from 2020-12-14T22:21:37

The U.S. officially began vaccinating people a...

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BONUS: How Effective Are Antibody Treatments For COVID-19? from 2020-12-13T22:00:02

The Food and Drug Administration has issued emergency use authorizations for two monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19 – one produced by Eli Lilly and another by Regeneron. But emergency use ...

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White House Reporters Reflect On 4 Years As 'Enemies Of The People' from 2020-12-11T22:00:56

President Trump once told veteran CBS journalist Lesley Stahl why he attacks the press.

"I do it to discredit you all and demean you all," he admitted to her in 2017, "so when you write neg...

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John Kerry: Restoring American Credibility On Climate Change 'Not So Simple' from 2020-12-10T22:00:07

In his first round of interviews since President-elect Joe Biden announced John Kerry would ...

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Vaccine Approval Looks Imminent, But Distrust, Misinformation Have Experts Worried from 2020-12-09T22:00:46

The Food and Drug Administration could vote as soon as Thursday to approve a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer for emergency use authorization in the United States.

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Life After ISIS: A Portrait Of Human Resilience In The Middle East from 2020-12-08T22:00:29

2020 has been a year of resilience in the face of tragedy. But for much longer, resilience in the face of tragedy has been a defining story of the Middle East.

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COVID Is Straining Rural Hospitals, Where There's No Plan B from 2020-12-07T22:00

Health care facilities in rural areas hard-hit by the coronavirus are running out of ways to provide safe care to patients. Unlike earlier in the pandemic, it's more difficult to find hospitals wit...

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BONUS: Life In The Time Of Coronavirus from 2020-12-06T22:00:36

"What has this pandemic been like for you?"

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In Many States, 2020 Election Winners Hold All The Redistricting Power from 2020-12-04T22:00:58

Every 10 years after the U.S. Census, lawmakers in most states have the power to redraw congressional and state legislative districts. It's called redistricting. The party in power can do it in a w...

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Trump's Election Denialism Could Hurt His Own Party, And Its Media Allies from 2020-12-03T22:00:04

President Trump and his allies have spent nearly a month promoting an alternate reality of rigged elections and stolen votes.

Now, there's concern in Georgia that some of the president's su...

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Fauci Predicts Widespread Vaccine Availability By April. Are Americans Ready? from 2020-12-02T22:00:16

Dr. Anthony Fauci said this week that it's likely that any healthy American who wants a coronavirus vaccine will be a...

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Millions In Crisis As Coronavirus Relief Set To Expire At Years' End from 2020-12-01T22:01:56

Lawmakers have been deadlocked for months on another coronavirus relief package. Now millions of Americans who have relied on emergency spending programs during the pandemic are about to see their ...

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Why Our Brains Struggle To Make Sense Of COVID-19 Risks from 2020-11-30T22:00:15

Millions of Americans traveled for Thanksgiving despite pleas not to do so from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Listen

BONUS: The Badder, The Better from 2020-11-29T22:00:40

Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda blew up in 2014 off of his song "Hot N****" and the instantly viral Shmoney Dance. But just months after his breakout hit, Bobby and about a dozen of his friends were ...

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Student Debt Is Weighing Americans Down. Here's How Biden May Address It from 2020-11-27T22:00:18

Student loans can crush an individual. And when a lot of people have more debt than they can handle, the effects ripple into the larger economy.

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Play It Forward: A Musical Chain Of Gratitude from 2020-11-26T22:00:10

What began as a Thanksgiving tradition five years ago for NPR host Ari Shapiro is now a recurring segment on All Things Considered. Play It Forward is a musical chain of gratitude.

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A Feast For A Few: Rethinking The Traditional Thanksgiving Meal from 2020-11-25T22:00:06

Thanksgiving is going to look different for many Americans this year. As the coronavirus pandemic rages, Listen

As Biden Transition Picks Up Pace, Trump Lays Government Speedbumps from 2020-11-24T22:00:44

After an unusually dramatic meeting of the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, the state...

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Stunned By Congressional Losses, Democrats Debate The Future from 2020-11-23T22:00

Democrats went into the election expecting to gain seats in the House. Instead, they lost at least eight of them.

Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger speculated about why in a Nov. 5 conferenc...

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BONUS: Biden And McConnell from 2020-11-22T22:00:24

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President-elect Joe Biden have a long working relationship. And if republicans retain a majority in the senate, McConnell could be a thorn in the side of ...

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The Growing Backlash Against Trump's Efforts To Subvert The Election from 2020-11-20T21:50:35

Election experts say there is no realistic legal path for President Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election. But his determination to proceed anyway is doing real damage to the idea of A...

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Vials, Cold Storage, Staggered Doses: The Challenges Of Vaccine Distribution from 2020-11-19T21:56

Distribution of the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine could be mere months away. But how that distribution will work remains a massive logistical puzzle that is still coming together piece by pi...

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America's Other Epidemic: The Opioid Crisis Is Worse Than 4 Years Ago from 2020-11-18T22:00:11

During President Trump's first year in office, 42,000 Americans died of drug overdoses linked to heroin, fentanyl and prescription opioids. After a minor decrease in 2018, deaths rose to a record 5...

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Vaccine Trials Point To December Doses, 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel' from 2020-11-17T22:00:59

Data from two leading COVID-19 vaccine trials indicate they may be between 90 and 95% effective. Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the chief scientist in charge of the U.S. government's vaccine development progra...

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Barack Obama On Trump's Defeat And Cooperation In A Divided America from 2020-11-16T22:00

Former President Barack Obama talks with NPR's Michel Martin about his time in office, President Trump's pandemic response, the 2020 election and what he thinks President-elect Joe Biden says about...

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Pandemic Fatigue Q&A: Mental Health, Processing The News, And Staying Occupied from 2020-11-15T22:00:52

The U.S. is entering the worst of the pandemic. For many, pandemic fatigue set in months ago. Others are struggling anew with cases spiking dramatically almost everywhere in the country.

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'There's No Transition': Trump's Non-Existent National Security Handoff from 2020-11-13T22:05:29

President Trump's refusal to engage in any meaningful national security transition is dangerous, say two former national security officials.

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Hospitals Pushed To The Brink, Governors Warn Of Health Care Shortages from 2020-11-12T22:00:20

The governors of North Dakota, Ohio and Utah all delivered the same message this week: hospital resources normally used for patients with heart attacks, strokes or emergency trauma will soon be ove...

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The Consequences Of Election Denialism from 2020-11-11T22:00:21

We know President Trump lost the election. What we don't know is what will happen between now and Inauguration Day if he refuses to accept the results.

In the short term, the Biden transiti...

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As Senate Hinges On Georgia, GOP Mostly Silent On Biden's Victory from 2020-11-10T21:54:29

President Trump may be on his way out, but Republicans will have to rely on his voters to hold power in the Senate. If Democrats win two runoff elections in Georgia on January 5, they will win a na...

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Joe Biden Could Take Office During The Worst Of The Pandemic. What's His Plan? from 2020-11-09T21:53

In 2008, then President-elect Obama and President Bush set up a join task force to help the incoming administration deal with the financial crisis they were about to inherit. Listen

What We're Learning About The Electorate That Made 2020 So Close from 2020-11-05T22:00:11

Early on election night, when it seemed clear that Joe Biden was underperforming with a specific group of Latino voters in the Miami-Dade County, a narrative began to take hold: the Democratic Part...

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Historic Turnout Leans Biden With Votes Still Being Counted from 2020-11-04T21:55:45

Early data suggests 160 million people voted this year — which would be the highest turnout rate since 1900. With an unprecedented number of those votes cast by mail, knowing the results of the pre...

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The Electoral College: Why Do We Do It This Way? from 2020-11-03T22:00:40

The electoral college is a system unlike any other in American democracy. Why does it exist? Ramtin Arablouei and Listen

An Unprecedented Election Season Ends The Way It Began: With Voters Locked In from 2020-11-02T21:57:35

NPR political correspondents Tamara Keith and Asma Khalid reflect on a...

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Bonus: The Latinx Vote Comes Of Age from 2020-11-01T22:00:58

Today, a bonus episode from NPR's Code Switch.

For the first time in election history, Latinos are projected t...

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What To Expect On Election Day — And In The Days After from 2020-10-30T21:00:36

There is no reason to expect we will know the result of the Presidential election on Tuesday night. Wendy Weiser of the Brennan Center...

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Expectations Vs. Reality: Trump Supporters, Opponents On The Last 4 Years from 2020-10-29T21:00:12

Four years after Donald Trump won, he turned out to be a better president than many of his supporters hoped — and worse one than many of his opponents feared.

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Early Voting Points To Possible Record Turnout, With New States In Play from 2020-10-28T21:03:09

More than 74 million people have already voted. Michael McDonald of the Florida Elections Project tells NPR that could indicate Listen

Coronavirus Cases Are Surging Past The Summer Peak — And Not Just In The U.S. from 2020-10-27T21:00:12

The U.S. looks poised to exceed its summer peak, when the country averaged as many as 65,000 cases a day for a 10-day stretch in late July. The seven-day average of cases is now more than 69,000, <...

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As COVID-19 Cases Climb, How Safe Is It To Go Home For The Holidays? from 2020-10-26T21:00

On Friday, the U.S. hit its highest...

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How Much Do You Really Know About Your Flood Or Wildfire Risk? from 2020-10-23T20:59:58

Every year, millions of American renters and homebuyers make decisions about where to live. They have a lot of information to help them make a decision — about everything from schools to public tra...

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Why More White Voters Aren't Supporting President Trump In 2020 from 2020-10-22T21:00

Polls show that Joe Biden has strong support among white voters with a college degree, especially white women, young voters, and those who live in cities and suburbs.

That support adds up to...

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From Air Travel to Hospital Treatment, We're Still Learning About The Virus from 2020-10-21T21:00:17

Francis Collins, director of the Nationa...

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Election FAQs: Postmark Deadlines, Ballot Security And How To Track Your Vote from 2020-10-20T21:00

With two weeks until election day and more than 35 million votes already cast, NPR's Miles Parks and Listen

The Economy Is Driving Women Out Of The Workforce And Some May Not Return from 2020-10-19T21:00:58

Women are dropping out of the workforce in much higher numbers than men. Valerie Wilson of the Economic Policy Institute explains that women...

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The Pandemic Bounceback Abroad: Concerts And Movies In Other Countries from 2020-10-16T21:00:04

While U.S. movie theaters continue to struggle...

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Pandemic 'Halftime': U.S. Looks At Lessons Learned As Fall&Holidays Near from 2020-10-15T21:00:03

As cases spike around the country, Utah is one state changing the way it's approaching the coronavirus. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert has a "new game plan" to beat back record-high cases that threat...

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The Politics At Play In Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Confirmation Hearings from 2020-10-14T21:00

With less than three weeks to go until Election Day, Republicans have the votes to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Her confirmation hearing is now much about the politics of the ele...

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The U.S. Pandemic Is Stuck In A Cycle Of Endless Ups And Downs from 2020-10-13T21:00

Coronavirus cases fall, so people let their guard down. Cases rise, so they get more vigilant. That's the cycle the U.S. is stuck in.

In most states across the country, the number of new co...

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An NPR Investigation Into Lethal Injection: Why It Could Amount To Torture from 2020-10-12T21:00

Lethal injection is commonly thought of as the most painless method of execution. But now many lawyers and doctors are looking inside the bodies of executed inmates and making the case that lethal ...

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The Michigan Kidnapping Plot And What's Fueling Right-Wing Extremism from 2020-10-09T21:00:25

The FBI announced Thursday that it had thwarted a plan by far-right militia member...

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Pandemic 'Profiteers': Why Billionaires Are Getting Richer During An Economic Crisis from 2020-10-08T21:00:13

"Excess" profits during wartime have been subject to tax at several points in American history. Writer Anand Giridharadas argues we are at similar point today as ...

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Millions Of Americans Can't Afford Enough To Eat As Pandemic Relief Stalls In D.C. from 2020-10-07T21:00:48

Two years ago, about 12% of American households reported they didn't have enough food. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, that number has nearly doubled. It's even more severe for Black and Hispani...

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President Trump's COVID-19 Treatment Reveals Unequal Burden Of The Disease from 2020-10-06T21:00:27

President Trump told the country Tuesday: "Don't be afraid of COVID. Don't let it dominate your life." This was in a video published after the president's return to the White House from Walter Reed...

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The White House COVID-19 Crisis from 2020-10-05T21:00

The president, first lady, and a growing list of White House staffers have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Ever since President Trump left the White House for Walter Reed National Mili...

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The President Has Coronavirus. What Happens If He Gets Sicker from 2020-10-02T21:00:37

News broke overnight that President Trump and the first lady tested positive for the coronavirus. The White House says they have mild symptoms.

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As Social Media Giants Plan For Disinformation, Critics Say It's Not Enough from 2020-10-01T21:00

Facebook and Twitter have plans for an election season rife with disinformation on their platforms.

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg explains what Listen

Trump's Baseless Attacks On Election Integrity Bolstered By Disinformation Online from 2020-09-30T21:19:41

President Trump used Tuesday night's debate to attack the integrity of the upcoming election with false claims about voter fraud and mail-in ballots. National security officials say claims like tho...

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With 1 Million Dead Worldwide, The Latest On A Coronavirus Vaccine from 2020-09-29T21:29:26

With 10 vaccine candidates now in phase three trials, one expert predicts another million people worldwide could die within three to six months.

One of those vaccine candidates is produced b...

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Ahead Of First Presidential Debate, Almost 1,000,000 Americans Have Already Voted from 2020-09-28T21:00:33

President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will meet Tuesday night in Cleveland for the first of three presidential debates. Michael McDonald, who runs the Listen

What's Next For Breonna Taylor's Family, And The Movement That Followed Her Death from 2020-09-25T21:00:56

The Kentucky attorney general said this week that police were "justified" in the shooting that killed Breonna Taylor during a botched narcotics raid, and no charges were brought against any officer...

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How Countries Around The World Are Coping With New Surge In Coronavirus Cases from 2020-09-24T21:00:21

India is poised to overtake the U.S.<...

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What The SCOTUS Vacancy Means for Abortion — And The 2020 Election from 2020-09-23T20:49:31

This week Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol. She'll be the first woman in history to do so.

Ginsburg's death sparked record political donations from Democrat...

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White Support For BLM Falls, And A Key Police Reform Effort Is Coming Up Short from 2020-09-22T21:00

Daniel Prude died of asphyxia a week after his brother called 911 on March 23. His death was ruled a homicide. Listen

With Nearly 200,000 Dead, Health Care Workers Struggle To Endure from 2020-09-21T21:00:37

The coronavirus has killed nearly 200,000 people in America — far more than in any other country, according to Johns Hopkins University. And experts are predicting a new spike of cases this fall. <...

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Costs Of Climate Change Continue To Rise As Storms Become More Destructive from 2020-09-18T21:04:46

There have been so many tropical storms this year that the National Hurricane Center has already made it through the alphabet to name the storms. The last storm name started with "W" (there are no ...

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This Election Season Is Shaping Up To Be The Most Litigated Ever from 2020-09-17T21:00:29

During the 2000 Presidential election season, it took 36 days and a Supreme Court decision before George W. Bush became the 43rd president of the United States.

Before that final Supreme Cou...

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Who Was Breonna Taylor Before She Became The Face Of A Movement? from 2020-09-16T21:30:10

Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by police in March. Her killing in Louisville, Ky., was part of the fuel for the nationwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism this spring and ...

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Conspiracies Add Fuel To An Already Challenging Wildfire Season from 2020-09-15T21:30

Wildfires in Western states aren't slowing down and conspiracy theor...

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Journalist Bob Woodward Says Trump Is 'The Wrong Man For The Job' from 2020-09-14T21:30:09

If President Trump knew how contagious and potentially deadly the coronavirus was back in February, why didn't he express that to the American public?

That's the question Trump has been fac...

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Wildfires Have Gone From Bad To Worse — And More Are Inevitable from 2020-09-11T21:30:35

More than 3 million acres have burned in California this wildfire season. The previous record in a single season was 1.7 million, two years ago.

Towns are being decimated across California,...

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Why Are So Many Americans Hesitant To Get A COVID-19 Vaccine? from 2020-09-10T21:30:54

As trials continue for a coronavirus vaccine, some of the world's biggest drug companies have come together in an unusual way. This week, nine drugmakers released a Listen

Gen Z Is Getting Ready To Vote. Are Political Parties Speaking To Them? from 2020-09-09T21:30:10

Youth voter turnout exceeded expectations in 2018 and may do so again in 2020. Generation Z — those born after 1996 — is the most pro-government and anti-Trump generation, according to the Listen

School Is Off To A Slow Start, And It's Going To Be A Long Year from 2020-09-08T20:51:23

With Labor Day weekend gone, summer is unofficially over — and millions of children head back to school this week, many virtually.

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What's Driving California's Biggest-Ever Wildfire Season from 2020-09-07T21:35:03

California set a new record high this week for the most acres burned in a single wildfire season.

In an average season, 300,000 acres burn. This year more than 2 million acres have been sco...

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Banning Evictions Should Help The Economy. But Can The CDC Do That? from 2020-09-04T21:16:59

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The President's New Advisor Is A Fan Of 'Herd Immunity' — And Scientists Are Worried from 2020-09-03T22:12:02

As the Northern Hemisphere prepares for a flu season with COVID-19, there are lessons to be learned from the south. Countries like Australia and Argentina made it through the middle of winter with ...

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President 'Heaping Fuel On The Fire' Of Unrest, Ex-Trump DHS Official Says from 2020-09-02T21:48:27

President Trump has stoked tensions and repeatedly failed to condemn acts of violence from racially — and ethnically — motivated attackers, says Elizabeth Neumann, former assistant secretary in the...

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Getting Back To School Isn't Easy For Anyone — But It's A Lot Harder For Some from 2020-09-01T20:40:27

It's September and millions of kids are going back to school this month. Millions more already have. And while some students are beginning the new year in physical classrooms, many are still learni...

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Race, Hollywood, And The Rise Of Chadwick Boseman from 2020-08-31T21:28:55

Chadwick Boseman had raw talent, world-class training and the will to defy Hollywood gatekeepers. As a college student at Howard University, he had a helping hand from Denzel Washington. Boseman of...

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Scientists Fear The Trump Administration Is Putting Politics Before Public Health from 2020-08-28T20:09:30

From therapeutics to testing to vaccine development, public health experts are increasingly worried the Trump administration is letting politics guide public health decisions.

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The Reaction To Kenosha, From Pro Sports To Washington, D.C. from 2020-08-27T20:58:57

Professional athletes from several leagues said they would not play scheduled games Wednesday night in response to events in Kenosha, Wis.

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2016 On Loop: GOP Targets White Voters Amid Police Shootings, Protests from 2020-08-26T21:16:47

Donald Trump told the Republican National Convention: "The crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon — and I mean very soon — come to an end." That was in 2016.

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Believers Of Internet Hoax 'QAnon' Could Be Headed To Congress from 2020-08-25T21:50:37

The FBI has called it a potential domestic terror threat. The President says he doesn't know much. Now, congressional candidates who've signaled support for the internet hoax 'QAnon' are on the bal...

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Postmaster General Says 'No, I Will Not' Put Mail Sorting Machines Back from 2020-08-24T21:32:29

Louis DeJoy testified in front of the House Oversight Committee today. He denied ordering the removal of mail sorting machines, but also said he would not put them back into operation.

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Voters React To A Virtual Convention Unlike Any Before from 2020-08-21T21:47:34

For the first time in modern history, a major political party convention was not about the optics, the crowds, or arena-sized production value. The Democratic National Convention, held virtually, w...

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What Would A Biden-Harris Administration Look Like? from 2020-08-20T22:55:23

Former President Barack Obama reportedly changed the speaking order during Wednesday night's Democratic National Convention so that he would speak before Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris, sy...

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Chaos And Confusion: The President, The Postal Service, And Voting By Mail from 2020-08-19T22:12:32

For months President Trump has tried to suggest voting by mail is not reliable, while 'absentee' voting is. There's no difference.

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Can College And COVID Co-Exist? from 2020-08-18T22:30:22

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill welcomed students back to campus, only to cancel all in-person classes a week later. Can any college campus really open while the virus is still so w...

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Why Are Testing Rates Going Down? from 2020-08-17T21:30:07

Testing is down 40% in two of the hardest-hit states — Texas and Florida. Ashish Jha of Harvard's Global Health Institute explains what might be going on.

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The 2020 Census Could Be The Least Accurate Ever — And It's Ending A Month Early from 2020-08-14T21:13:59

The Census Bureau has said it needs more time to complete their count of every person living in the country. But the Trump administration is ending the effort a month earlier than planned. Census e...

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Congress Is Stuck On Coronavirus Aid. What's President Trump Doing? from 2020-08-13T21:46:28

Democrats and Republicans have been unable to agree on a new coronavirus aid package. The president has his own plan — a handful of executive orders that would delay the federal payroll tax and pro...

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Former 'Top Cop' Kamala Harris And America's Reckoning With Police from 2020-08-12T22:54:24

No major political party has ever put a woman of color on a presidential ticket. Until now, when Senator Kamala Harris — a former district attorney and state attorney general — is meeting a moment ...

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What's Changing At The Postal Service, And What It Could Mean For 2020 from 2020-08-11T21:41:59

More Americans are expected to vote by mail this year than ever before. But President Trump has called the U.S. Postal Service "a joke," and now a major GOP donor runs the organization.

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5,000,000 Cases And Counting: The U.S. Is Still Failing To Contain The Virus from 2020-08-10T22:10:10

A school district in Georgia learned firsthand last week that the virus is almost impossible to contain — especially without masks and social distancing.

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President Trump Wants To Ban TikTok. Is It Really A National Security Threat? from 2020-08-07T20:24:34

The app doesn't seem to collect any more data than other social media platforms. But the Trump administration argues that data could fall into the hands of the Chinese government.

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From Online Conventions To Teen Poll Workers, The Virus Is Transforming Election 2020 from 2020-08-06T22:14

States are scrambling to replace older poll workers with younger ones. The two major political parties will hold their conventions mostly online. And in one big battleground state, the pandemic is ...

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The Patchwork Pandemic Continues As New States Approach A 'Danger Point' from 2020-08-05T22:03:13

First New York, then the Sun Belt. Now, new states like Illinois and Mississippi are urging residents to wear masks and take the virus more seriously.

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Americans Want To Go Back To Normal, But 'Normal' Is What Got Us Here from 2020-08-04T21:07:50

After rising for weeks, the rate of daily COVID-19 cases in the U.S. has started to level off. But now, just as we saw in the spring, the country is facing a spike in deaths.

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The Virus Is Out Of Control, And Kids Are Headed Back To School Anyway from 2020-08-03T21:35:11

Millions of students are getting ready to head back to school. Some already have. NPR's Anya Kamentez reports on what happens when p...

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Slow Mail, Misinformation, And The Pandemic: What Could Go Wrong On Election Day 2020 from 2020-07-31T21:59:55

Rosa Brooks, law professor at Georgetown University, recently helped organize an experiment to game out what might happen if the wi...

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The U.S. Has Lost Control Of The Coronavirus. What Now? from 2020-07-30T21:30:52

The spread of the virus exceeds our capacity to test, contact trace, and isolate those who test positive. Some public health experts say the only option that remains is a second shutdown. NPR's Rob...

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In The Pandemic, Big Tech Is Bigger Than Ever. Should Consumers Be Worried? from 2020-07-29T22:17:41

The CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google faced questions today from a House subcommittee. Some lawmakers believe those companies have too much economic and political power. Former Facebook p...

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John Lewis Fought For Voting Rights His Entire Life. Why His Work Is Still Unfinished from 2020-07-28T22:39:04

John Lewis, the civil rights icon and late congressman from Georgia who represented Atlanta for more than three decades, spent his life fighting for equal voting rights in America.

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First Phase III Vaccine Trial Underway, Government Seeks Thousands Of Volunteers from 2020-07-27T22:04:08

This morning in Savannah, Georgia, the first volunteer was injected in a phase-three vaccine trial administered by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health. Dr Anthony Fauci hopes that up to 1...

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Expanded Unemployment Set To Expire; Americans Face 'Utterly Preventable' Evictions from 2020-07-24T22:22:36

More than 25 million Americans have been receiving expanded federal unemploym...

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The Fight Over Confederate Statues, And How They Could Tell Another Story from 2020-07-23T22:33:45

Monument Avenue is a large, tree-lined street in Richmond, Virginia that used to have several confederate statues and monuments. In the wake of protests against racism and police brutality, the cit...

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Voting By Mail Will Increase Dramatically This Year — And It Could Get Messy from 2020-07-22T21:47:47

Up to 70% of vote this November could be cast by mail. But not all states will allow it.

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Masks May Protect Those Wearing Them; Vaccines To Enter Large-Scale Trials from 2020-07-21T21:45:16

Dr. Anthony Fauci tells NPR he's glad the President is promoting masks, and hopes more frequent White House briefings will be a source of clear and concise public health messaging.

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Federal Officers Could Expand Beyond Portland; Trump Searches For Campaign Strategy from 2020-07-20T22:02:49

In Portland, Oregon, federal agents have been using violent force against protesters. Some proteste...

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Money Is Flowing For Big Banks. For Unemployed Americans, It's About To Be Cut Off from 2020-07-17T20:24:11

The United States had 71,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. Back in June, Listen

Trump Administration Push To 'Consolidate' CDC Data Worries Public Health Experts from 2020-07-16T21:15:04

Until now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has collected important information about COVID-19 hospitalizations and equipment from around the country. Listen

There's No Untangling The Pandemic From The Economy from 2020-07-15T21:38:19

A lot of Americans are having trouble getting a coronavirus test. If they do get one, th...

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Can Schools Open Safely? What Other Countries Have Decided from 2020-07-14T21:33:38

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Florida ICU Could Hit Capacity 'In Days' As Health Care Workers Face Burnout from 2020-07-13T21:02

Governors in Southern states like Louisiana are starting to come around to mask mandates, but not all residents are following suit.

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Consider This: Make Sense Of The Day from 2020-07-12T20:00:53

Every weekday afternoon, Kelly McEvers and the hosts of NPR's All Things Considered — Ailsa Chang, Audie Cornish, Mary Louise Kelly and Ari Shapiro — help you consider the major stories of the day ...

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The GOP Operatives Toying With Trump, Hoping For A President Biden from 2020-07-10T20:15:56

The President traveled to Florida today. It's one of three states that just set records for new daily deaths from the coronavirus. Trump's trip there included a stop at a fundraiser for his re-elec...

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Testing Labs Falling Behind; SCOTUS Rules On Trump Taxes from 2020-07-09T20:56:49

With so many new coronavirus cases, testing labs are falling behind and people are waiting days for results.

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3 Million Cases And Counting, U.S. Faces Same Problems From Beginning Of Pandemic from 2020-07-08T21:25

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Ideas For Reopening Schools; Evidence Of Airborne Spread from 2020-07-07T21:31

The Australian state of Victoria, which includes Melbourne, just started a new six-week lockdown. The state just recorded a record number of new daily cases: 191.

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Lawsuit Forces Release of Government Data On Racial Inequity Of Coronavirus from 2020-07-06T21:47

For the first time in the states history, Arizona has activated "crisis of care standards," a set of protocols health care workers can use to make decisions about how to allocate resources.
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America Relied On 'Individual Decisions' To Slow The Virus. It Didn't Work from 2020-07-03T18:00:32

It can feel a bit like headline deja vu: New cases on the rise; bars and restaurants closing back down. More than 130,000 people have died in the United States. Listen

Fauci Admits Government Fault On Masks; Celebrating July 4 Safely from 2020-07-02T22:00

Employers added 4.8 million jobs last month but the U.S. is s...

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The Mask Debate Is Over; Fauci On Mandates, Vaccine Skepticism from 2020-07-01T21:27

As Arizona hits new records of coronavirus cases and deaths, the state announced they will pause their reopening plans.

More and more Republicans are speaking up in support of face masks. Ev...

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Gaps In The Russian Bounties Story; Fauci Warns Of 100k Cases A Day from 2020-06-30T21:29

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After SCOTUS Decision, The Future Of Abortion Rights; Mask Mandates from 2020-06-29T22:06

On Monday, the Supreme Court issued a major decision on access to abortion. The court struck down a Louisiana law that required doctors who perform abortions at clinics to also have admitting privi...

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Stay Tuned For 'Consider This' from 2020-06-27T21:00:16

On Monday, June 29th, the name of this show will change to 'Consider This from NPR.'

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White House Task Force Briefing Is Back; Texas Emergency Rooms Are Filling Up from 2020-06-26T22:58

COVID-19 cases are at an all-time high in the U.S. And for the first time in almost two months, The White House Coronavirus Task Force Listen

Mask Debate Heats Up; Creating A Vaccine For A Mutating Virus from 2020-06-25T23:31

Just two months ago, the Northeast was the epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S. On Wednesday, there were just 581 new reported cases of the coronavirus in New York and now visitors from other stat...

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The Pandemic Isn't Over: Nearly 10 Million Coronavirus Cases Worldwide from 2020-06-24T22:34

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO, started Wednesday's coronavirus briefing on a somber note: By next week there will be a total of 10 million cases globally. A reminder, ...

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Fauci Fact-Checks Trump On Testing from 2020-06-23T22:01

Wearing a face mask, with hand sanitizer and Lysol wipes close at hand, Dr. Anthony Fauci Listen

Florida Passes 100,000 Cases; More Young People Are Testing Positive from 2020-06-22T22:51

Florida passed a grim milestone: 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases. The latest numbers include a lot of people in their 20s and 30s. Some officials are putting a pause on reopening.

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Florida Passes 100,000 Cases; More Young People Are Testing Positive from 2020-06-22T18:51

Florida passed a grim milestone: 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases. The latest numbers include a lot of people in their 20s and 30s. Some officials are putting a pause on reopening.

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The President's Indoor Rally; Rise In Cases Not Explained By More Testing from 2020-06-19T20:52:08

COVID-19 cases are on the rise in some states — and more testing isn't the only explanation.

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Restaurants Are Closing. Again. from 2020-06-18T21:46:54

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration's plan to end DACA — Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals — was "arbitrary and capricious." The ruling is welcome news for recipient...

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Which Masks Are Better; The Rich Aren't Spending (And That's Hurting The Economy) from 2020-06-17T21:57:55

While President Trump wants to celebrate an uptick in retail sales as states reopen, there's still a long way to go before the economy is back on track. Part of the problem is that the wealthiest A...

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Isolation Causes Loneliness. What Else Can It Do To Our Bodies? from 2020-06-16T21:44:42

There's a cost to staying home, too. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a neuroscientist and social psychologist at Brigham Young University, explains the toll that social isolation can take.

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There Is No 'Second Wave.' The U.S. Is Still Stuck In The First One from 2020-06-15T21:57:57

Nationwide, numbers were never trending downward in any big w...

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What We Don't Know About Potential Vaccines; Protest Safety from 2020-06-12T21:15

All week we've been hearing about r...

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Masks Are Even More Important Than We Thought from 2020-06-11T21:52

Many states that reopened a few weeks ago are seeing spikes in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. In Arizona, Listen

Numbers Steady, Hundreds More Dead Each Day; The Cost Of Opening Schools from 2020-06-10T22:13

The numbers aren't really changing. 20,000 new cases a day, and more than 800 dead. Experts warn that by fall, in America, the death count could rise to 200,000.

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Kids And COVID-19; Mixed Messages On Asymptomatic Spread from 2020-06-09T22:48:40

George Floyd's killing by police sparked protests around the world. Because of the coronavirus, attendance at Floyd's Houston funeral was limited and mourners were encouraged to wear masks.

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New York Reopening; Hindsight On Sweden's Lack of Lockdown from 2020-06-08T21:57:08

After a nearly three-month lockdown and over 20,000 coronavirus-related deaths, Listen

Surprising Job Gains Are Good News — But Not For Everyone from 2020-06-05T21:33:27

Editor's note: In this episode, we mispronounced the name of professor Sven-Eric Jordt.

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Phase III Vaccine Trials Could Start In July from 2020-06-04T22:14:33

It's been 96 days since the first person in America was reported to have died of COVID-19. And for the first time, the federal government will require states to keep track of who's getting sick and...

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Fauci's New Vaccine Hopes For 2021; A Pandemic Election from 2020-06-03T21:43:17

Eight states and the District of Columbia went to the polls Tuesday. More mail-in ballots and f...

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The Coronavirus In America: One More Racial Inequity from 2020-06-02T21:39:24

The more we learn about the coronavirus, the clearer it becomes that it's disproportionately affecting communities of color. And Listen

Protesting In A Pandemic; The Fight Over Mail-In Voting from 2020-06-01T21:29

The coronavirus pandemic has collided with protests all over the country Listen

Q&A: Voting And Acts Of Kindness from 2020-05-30T21:00:36

Bestselling author Cheryl Strayed joins NPR's Ari Shaprio as listeners share stories about a...

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The Rural/Urban Divide; Safe Summer Activities from 2020-05-29T20:43

Democrats want another coronavirus relief bill. A sticking point for Republicans is $600 a week in federal unemployment benefits — which means some workers Listen

Why Are Some Countries Doing Better Than Others? from 2020-05-28T21:22

A new study suggests the coronavirus is both more common and less deadly than it first appeared, Listen

Global Vaccine Competition; More Than 100,000 Dead from 2020-05-27T22:28

According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 100,000 people have died in the United States from COVID-19, and experts at the World Health Organization warn a second peak of COVID-19 infections ...

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99,000 People Dead And A Dire Summer Prediction from 2020-05-26T21:54:53

As the United States nears 100,000 coronavirus deaths and states begin to re-open, what's next for the country? Listen

99,000 People Dead And A Dire Summer Prediction from 2020-05-26T17:54:53

As the United States nears 100,000 coronavirus deaths and states begin to re-open, what's next for the country? Listen

The Cost Of Being "Essential" from 2020-05-25T08:00:48

From NPR's Embedded: The workers who produce pork, chicken, and beef in plants around the country have been deemed "essential" by the gove...

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Q&A: Vaccine Development And Kids' Questions from 2020-05-23T21:00

NPR Science Correspondent Joe Palca answers listener questions about vaccine development, and medical experts tackle questions sent in by kids.

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Fauci Optimistic On Vaccine; What's Different About Military Homecomings from 2020-05-22T20:09:11

Earlier this week, an experimental coronavirus vaccine showed promise. But, for the mom...

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Optimism For A Vaccine; Strapped Unemployment Offices Leave Many Waiting from 2020-05-21T21:44:43

A new analysis from Columbia University says that roughly 36,000 p...

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What Contact Tracing Tells Us About High-Risk Activities from 2020-05-20T21:48

Three-quarters of Americans are concerned that a second wave of coronavirus cases will emerge, Listen

Indoor Spread, Workers' Anxieties, And Our Warped Sense Of Time from 2020-05-19T22:17

There are still a lot of questions about how the coronavirus is transmitted through air. Researchers are looking at how the virus is spread indoors and how to safely have people under one roof. Listen

Encouraging Vaccine News; Pandemic Grows More Political from 2020-05-18T21:20

A new coronavirus vaccine candidate shows encouraging results. It's early, but preliminary data shows it appears to be eliciting the kind of immune response capable of preventing disease.

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Q&A: Sleep Problems And Summer Childcare from 2020-05-16T21:00:27

Sleep experts answer listener questions about insomnia, and a nurse practitioner offers advice to parents about summer childcare.

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The Government's Vaccine Push; Businesses Struggle With Reopening Rules from 2020-05-15T21:47

To speed up the process of developing a coronavirus vaccine, the Trump Administration says the government will invest in manufacturing the top candidates even before one is proven to work.

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Whistleblower: U.S. Lost Valuable Time, Warns Of 'Darkest Winter In Modern History' from 2020-05-14T22:56

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Public Health Vs. Politics; Lessons From An Anti-Mask Protest from 2020-05-13T21:48

The U.S. has more coronavirus deaths than any country in the world. Listen

Testing, Reopening Schools, Vaccines: Fauci And Others Testify from 2020-05-12T21:48

In a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday, Chair Lamar Alexander of Tennessee asked Dr. Anthony Fauci whether coronavirus treatments or a vaccine could be developed in time to allow college students...

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How To Stay Safe As States Reopen; The Latest on Masks from 2020-05-11T21:13

Democrats want another stimulus plan, but Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says the Trump administration wants to wait before providing any further aid.

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Q&A: Home Cooking And Environmental Impact from 2020-05-09T21:00:53

Chef Samin Nosrat, author of 'Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat,' answers listener cooking questions. NPR's science correspondent discusses the pandemic's environmental impact.

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Antibodies And Immunity; Why Even Health Care Workers Are Losing Jobs from 2020-05-08T22:07:42

Most people infected with the coronavirus develop antibodies in response. Listen

Track Your State's Testing; What A Possible Mutation Means from 2020-05-07T22:17

Testing for the coronavirus is still falling short in many places in the U.S. How is your state doing? Track it Listen

More Americans Are Getting Tested, But Experts Warn Of Second Wave from 2020-05-06T21:56

The White House Coronavirus Task Force is not disbanding, but instead shifting its focus to Listen

When To See A Doctor; Policing During The Pandemic from 2020-05-05T21:31

California, one of the first states to shutdown, joins a growing list of states that are trying to restart their economies. Customers around the country are deciding if they are comfortable startin...

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New Cases Plateau For Now As States Chart Their Own Course from 2020-05-04T21:36

One model forecast 60,000 Americans would die from COVID-19 by August. But fatalities keep rising, and the United States has surpassed that number.

Around the country, different states are t...

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Q&A: Dentists, Reopening Businesses, And Contact Tracing from 2020-05-02T21:00:30

A dentist, epidemiologist and NPR journalists answer listener questions on 'The National Conversation with All Things Considered,' NPR's nightly radio show about the coronavirus crisis. Excerpted h...

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Operation Warp Speed; Essential Workers Fight For Benefits from 2020-05-01T21:24

The Trump administration is calling the effort to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 "Operation Warp Speed." Dr. Anthony Fauci says if all goes well, we could have hundreds of millions of vaccines as e...

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Federal Stay-At-Home Guidance Ends; A Potential New Test For COVID-19 from 2020-04-30T22:16

The federal stay-at-home guidance ends on Thursday. Some governors are planning to open up their states, but others say it's too soon.

A potential new kind of test for COVID-19 could be sim...

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A Drug Could Speed Up Recovery; The Economy Declines from 2020-04-29T22:36

Results from a trial involving more than a thousand hospital patients showed the drug Remdesivir could speed up recovery from COVID-19 and possibly also reduce deaths.

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1 Million Confirmed Coronavirus Cases In U.S.; Labs Struggle To Test Faster from 2020-04-28T23:09

More than 1 million cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in the United States, according to Johns Ho...

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New Symptoms; A Missed Chance At Early Detection from 2020-04-27T21:37:34

Challenges with testing and logistics, clashes between federal and state officials and even hospitals' fears of being stigmatized as a source of infection — all cost valuable time in detecting the ...

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Q&A: Ethical Dilemmas And Disinfectants from 2020-04-25T21:00:38

A scientist and a philosopher answer listener questions on 'The National Conversation with All Things Considered,' NPR's nightly radio show about the coronavirus crisis. Excerpted here:

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Southern States, Moving To Reopen, Could Be Most Vulnerable from 2020-04-24T22:12

Data shared at a White House press briefing Thursday was unusual, says David Lappan of the Bipartisan Policy Center — and not just bec...

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Coronavirus Not Going Away Before Next Fall, Fauci Says from 2020-04-23T22:09

Dr. Anthony Fauci said we will still be dealing with the coronavirus next fall. The severity depends on what we do over the next few months.

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Georgia's Plan To Reopen; Anti-Shutdown Protests And Fox News from 2020-04-22T22:04

Posthumous autopsy results revealed the first U.S. death from COVID-19 happened much earlier than previously thought.

The state of Georgia will reopen parts of its economy on Friday, even as...

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More Small Business Aid; Antibody Test Results from 2020-04-21T21:58

The Paycheck Protection Program was created to help small businesses hit by the pandemic, but the program was exhausted quickly. Now congress has secured another round of funding.

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Why Testing Is Still So Far Behind from 2020-04-20T21:42

President Trump's guidelines for reopening the country put the onus on governors across the nation. But many say they don't have enough testing supplies to reopen their states.

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Q&A: Pets And COVID-19, Ventilators, And The View From Wuhan from 2020-04-18T21:00

Public health experts and NPR journalists answer listener questions on 'The National Conversation with All Things Considered,' NPR's nightly radio show about the coronavirus crisis. Excerpted here:...

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Testing Holds States Back; Vaccine Timeline from 2020-04-17T21:10

According to new White House guidelines, a state, city, or county has to show a decreasing rate of confirmed coronavirus cases for 14 days before reopening their economy.

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New White House Guidance for When States Can Move To Reopen from 2020-04-16T21:59

The White House Thursday offered a blueprint for states to re-open. It starts with a decline in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and includes extensive testing that does not yet exist. Listen

Reopening Won't Feel Normal; Tech Giants Plan For Contact Tracing from 2020-04-15T22:15

Governors around the country are starting to plan for what reopening their states could look like. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said testing will be a big part of his decision-making.

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Some Government Aid Checks Will Arrive This Week from 2020-04-14T21:30:01

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says 80 million Americans should receive economic impact payments by Wednesday.

President Trump said during Monday's contentious coronavirus task force bri...

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Trump's Unfulfilled Promises; What Contact Tracing Could Look Like from 2020-04-13T21:48

Exactly one month ago, President Trump declared a national emergency and promised a mobilization of public and private resources to attack the coronavirus. NPR's Investigations Team finds that few ...

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Q&A: Masks, Unemployment Aid, And Recovering From COVID-19 from 2020-04-11T21:00

Public health experts and NPR journalists answer listener questions on 'The National Conversation with All Things Considered,' NPR's nightly radio show about the coronavirus crisis. Excerpted here:...

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Some Infection Rates Drop, But U.S. Hasn't Peaked Yet from 2020-04-10T22:02

Dr. Deborah Birx said despite signs of progress in New York and elsewhere, the United States hasn't reached the peak of the pandemic yet.

Rigorous testing and contact tracing specifically a...

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Antibody Tests Coming "Very Soon"; Is The Coronavirus Seasonal? from 2020-04-09T21:50

Antibody tests that could help determine who has had the virus are being developed Dr. Anthony Fauci said. There's hope those people will have some measure of immunity.

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Social Distancing Is Working; Why The Virus Hits Hard In The Second Week from 2020-04-08T21:58

New York state saw its highest daily death count today, but Dr. Anthony Fauci says because of mitigation strategies like social distancing, a turnaround may be in sight.

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Deaths Climb In Louisiana; Delays In Aid For Small Businesses from 2020-04-07T22:14

The Paycheck Protection Program was created to help small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. But the program got off to a rocky start, with some businesses having trouble applying for and ...

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Fauci: Half Of Those With Coronavirus May Have No Symptoms from 2020-04-06T21:59

Even as the total number of deaths grows, White House officials said Sunday that if the public forcefully practices social distancing, the United States might see the curve bending soon.

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Masks Now Recommended; Not All States Are 'Staying Home' from 2020-04-03T22:16:16

The CDC now recommends Americans cover their nose and mouth when they leave their home, but to save medical masks for healthcare workers. And as deaths from the coronavirus climb, some states have...

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Ventilator Shortages; 6.6 Million New Unemployment Claims from 2020-04-02T21:49:35

6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, doubling the record-setting numbers from the week before. The rapid increase has overwhelmed state offices.

Ventilators are ...

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The Mask Debate; Preventing More New York-Sized Clusters from 2020-04-01T22:03:33

Officials on the White House coronavirus task force have a goal: to limit the number of U.S. deaths from COVID-19 to 100,000 people. But they say preventing more clusters the size of New York and ...

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Trump And Governors Mix Messages; Managing Your Mortgage Or Rent from 2020-03-31T21:55:59

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, messages from President Trump and state governors have been mixed. Meanwhile, New York City has over 40,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, making it the epicenter...

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Social Distancing Extended; Grocery Store Tips from 2020-03-30T21:59:20

Two weeks ago, President Trump told Americans to stay home for 15 days. On Sunday, he extended that guidance for another month, as the U.S. trails behind other countries on per-capita testing. Listen

Trump Signs Aid Package, Epicenter Is Now The U.S. from 2020-03-27T20:59:38

The $2 trillion economic recovery package is now law, as the number of COVID-19 cases in America approaches 100,000 and deaths near 1,500. A Johns Hopkins scientist weighs in on the idea of relaxin...

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Unemployment Claims Hit Record as Testing Grows — But Is It Fast Enough? from 2020-03-26T21:31:26

Weekly unemployment claims soared last week to nearly 3.3 million and Congress works to finalize a coronavirus relief package. Plus Anthony Fauci talks about the state of testing for Covid-19 in th...

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Details Emerge On Senate's $2 Trillion Rescue Package from 2020-03-25T21:32:29

It would be the largest such stimulus package in American history. The Governor of New York says it's not nearly enough. Plus, NPR's Aye...

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New York City, U.S. Epicenter, Braces For Peak from 2020-03-24T21:29:10

Governor Andrew Cuomo said the pandemic could peak in New York in the next 14-21 days — around the same time President Trump said he'd love to "open" the economy. Plus why the aviation and other tr...

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The Cost Of Social Distancing from 2020-03-23T21:40:39

How do officials weigh the economic cost against the public health benefit? Plus a report from the hardest-hit area of Italy, and a sampling of free things that you had to pay for before the corona...

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CA, NY On Lockdown; Mortgage Relief For Some Homeowners from 2020-03-20T21:23:28

Two of the hardest-hit states order residents to stay home in an effort to fight the pandemic. Plus what the World Health Organization has learned about the coronavirus in the months since it began...

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GOP Senator Raised Virus Alarms Weeks Ago — In Private from 2020-03-19T21:42:42

U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, in a private luncheon, compared the coronavirus to the 1918 flu. NPR's Tim Mak obtained a secret recording — more of his reporting is Listen

Why U.S. Coronavirus Cases Are About To Rise Dramatically from 2020-03-18T21:19:03

White House officials expect a spike tied to increased testing. Plus a guide to social distancing, a look at the grocery store supply chain, and a suggestion from NPR Music to take the edge off fee...

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