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The teachers pushing back on screens in schools
It's not just phones anymore. More teachers and even entire U.S. school districts are cutting back the time students spend on laptops and other scree…
1 week, 2 days ago
The real cost of the war with Iran
The U.S. has been spending up to $2 billion every day on the war with Iran. But that’s just military expenditure. What’s the real, long-term economic…
1 week, 3 days ago
The Jackpod: Democracy by lottery
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty has been reading “Politics without Politicians” by political theorist Hélène Landemore, in which she makes the case…
1 week, 4 days ago
What happened to shame in politics?
Shame is a powerful feeling that can keep behavior in check. So what happens when political leaders feel no shame at all?
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1 week, 6 days ago
How China's superfast charging cars are leaving American EV's in the dust
An electric vehicle battery that charges almost as fast as it takes to fill a tank of gas. And it might soon be available almost everywhere except th…
2 weeks ago
What are Israel's goals in Lebanon?
So far, more than a million people have been forcibly displaced by Israel’s invasion of southern Lebanon. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says erad…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
What happens when religious fundamentalists come to power? (Part Two)
Military service members are filing a flood of complaints about religious justifications for the U.S. war in Iran. How Christian extremism came to in…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
What happens when religious fundamentalists come to power? (Part One)
Shia fundamentalism has come to define Iran’s place in the Middle East and the world. And that wasn’t an accident. How Iranian leaders use Shia Islam…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
The Jackpod: Dad Gummit!
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on how the U.S. Congress serves the financial interests of itself through insider trading.
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2 weeks, 4 days ago
From the archive: History-making astronaut Christina Koch
NASA astronaut Christina Koch is making history as the first woman to travel around the moon as a crew member on the Artemis II mission. It’s not the…
2 weeks, 6 days ago