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Can Speaker Of The House Mike Johnson Make A Deal?
Despite a last minute agreement to push a deadline for a shutdown, Congress and the White House have to agree on how to fund the government. So far,…
2 years, 1 month ago
Trying To Protect Access To IVF
The backlash to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling designating frozen embryos has been intense. Republicans at the state and national level have openly…
2 years, 1 month ago
How The Underground Railroad Got Its Name
Popular culture is filled with stories of the underground railroad - the legendary secret network that helped enslaved people escape from southern sl…
2 years, 1 month ago
"De-influencers" Ring The Alarm On The Environmental Impacts Of Overconsumption
In the last few years, a new trend has emerged on social media: De-influencers.
Instead of selling, de-influencers encourage their followers to stop b…
2 years, 1 month ago
Kansas City Communities Continue Block By Block Efforts To Prevent Violence
In Kansas City neighborhood organizations do the work of violence prevention one block, and one person at at time.
Learn more about sponsor message ch…
2 years, 1 month ago
Boredom Followed By Unexpected Tragedy: A Ukrainian Soldier's Life At War
Quote – "The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride." That statement, from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the U-S Embassy, came two …
2 years, 1 month ago
Wind Power Is Taking Over A West Virginia Coal Town. Will The Residents Embrace It?
Keyser, West Virginia, was once known for coal. But the jobs have been disappearing since the 1970s. First because of automation, then cheap natural …
2 years, 1 month ago
Does Portugal Have The Answer To Stopping Drug Overdose Deaths?
Brian Mann covers the U-S opioid and fentanyl crisis for NPR. That means he talks to a lot of people struggling with addiction. Again and again, he's…
2 years, 1 month ago
What Navalny's Death Means For The Russian Opposition
Much of the world has spent the weekend mourning Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. And asking why he chose to return to Russia, after he'd b…
2 years, 2 months ago
A Second Wind For Wind Power?
About two years ago, New Jersey's Democratic Governor Phil Murphy said that the state would be partnering with the Danish company Orsted, the largest…
2 years, 2 months ago