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CATEGORY: Society & Culture
Six days a week, from Monday through Saturday, the hosts of NPR's All Things Considered help you make sense of a major news story and what it means for you, in 15 minutes. In participating regions on weekdays, you'll also hear from local journalists about what's happening in your community.
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Mitch Landrieu, the man Biden hopes can rebuild America, bring broadband to millionsThe 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.It also allocates $65 million to… -
A Year After Dobbs Ruling, Seeking Reproductive Health Care Can Mean Few Good OptionsLast 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. While reproductive health providers had been feari…
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A New Report Warns China And The U.S. Are 'Drifting Toward A War' Over TaiwanThere 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 China, Preside…
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Insurers Flee California As Catastrophic Wildfires Become The NormAs 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.Host Ailsa Chang talk…
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What It's Like Inside The Submersible That's Lost In The AtlanticCBS Sunday Morning correspondent David Pogue was aboard the Titan last year. He says the interior is the size of a minivan, and passengers are bolted in from the outside.
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Remembering The Children's Crusade On JuneteenthWhile 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 as a national…
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Made in America: It's trickier than it soundsMade 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 launched a trade war…
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Made in America: It's trickier than it soundsMade 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 launched a trade war…
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Celebrating Fathers From All Walks Of LifeIt 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. There is no single,…
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The drug fueling another wave of overdose deathsXylazine is fueling the opioid crisis. Are authorities prepared to stop it?
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A North Korean Defector SharesThoughts On Diplomacy With U.S.For the first time, a North Korean defector offers a glimpse behind the curtain of the most isolated country in the world.
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Trump in Court...AgainPresident Donald Trump is being charged with crimes by the federal government he's once again running to lead.
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Making It Easier For Kids To Get Help For Addiction, And Prevent OverdosesAcross the country, cities and states are looking for strategies to help kids survive the opioid crisis.
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The PGA LIV Golf Deal Is All About The GreenFor 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 competed for m…
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An American Indian Boarding School That Was Once Feared Is Now CelebratedSome Indian boarding schools have transformed into places where Native culture can thrive.
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Missing White Woman Syndrome: Media Bias And Missing People of ColorEvery 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 actively missing were peopl…
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Black Immigrants in the SouthBeing Black and an immigrant is an increasingly common phenomenon in the South, where 1 in 10 Black people are immigrants. Still, despite growing numbers of Black immigrants in the region, their experience is f…
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If Allah Has No Gender, Why Not Refer To God As 'She?'Some Muslim women are using feminine pronouns to refer to Allah.
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For Russia and Ukraine, The Battlefield Includes The EconomyRussia's war in Ukraine is having an impact on the economies of both countries.
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The Future Of Black Owned MediaWhile 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.Moreover, experts say that biased practices from advertisers make it harder for…
