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What We Talk About When We Talk About Infrastructure

Monday, April 12, 2021

President Biden is looking to redefine what we mean by infrastructure by including social services, too – like nursing homes and child care.

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What Is Progressive Prosecution?

Tuesday, April 06, 2021

A small but growing number of attorneys are pushing for reform, ending policies that they deem to be unfair. 

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The Future Of U.S. Involvement In Afghanistan

Monday, March 29, 2021

Around 3,500 U.S. troops remain in a war that has killed more than 100,000 Afghans and 2,300 Americans.

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Ask A Public Defender

Monday, March 15, 2021

They do an important job, but do they get the support that they need?

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Music Education In The Pandemic And Beyond

Tuesday, March 02, 2021

Teaching music in-person or online right now presents some unique challenges.

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Illinois State Rep. Kam Buckner On Banning Cash Bail

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

The measure is part of a bill that also includes provisions to promote police accountability.

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The Hit List (Or, The 1A Pop Culture Roundup)

Monday, February 22, 2021

It's a cold pandemic winter. These movies, songs and TV shows are keeping us warm.

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Why Animated Content Is Thriving During The Pandemic (Rebroadcast)

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Live music venues are closed. Movie sets have been largely dormant. But animation artists are hard at work.

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In America, Who Gets Policed And How?

Monday, January 11, 2021

The insurrection at the Capitol provided some of the starkest contrast yet of differing police responses to different groups.

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How The United States Arrived At Pro-Trump Extremists Breaching The Capitol Building

Wednesday, January 06, 2021

Pro-Trump insurrectionists breached the Capitol Building. We bring you the latest on what we know about how the United States got here.

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Breathe In, Breathe Out: Why More People Are Meditating (Rebroadcast)

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

We break down the research behind meditation.

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Is This American Opera’s Makeover Movement? (Rebroadcast)

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

What's next for an art form struggling to attract a new generation? And how will it confront its exclusionary past?

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Rep. Lucy McBath On The Georgia Senate Runoffs And Her Priorities For The Biden Administration

Tuesday, December 08, 2020

President Trump called the GOP Secretary of state in Georgia the "enemy of the people." Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath, of Georgia's 6th District, disagrees.

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How President-Elect Joe Biden Plans To Fight The Climate Crisis

Monday, November 30, 2020

Trump wasn't focused on climate or the environment. Biden's looking to make a change.

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Kiese Laymon On ‘How to Slowly Kill Yourself And Others in America,’ Republished

Monday, November 09, 2020

In Mississippi, voters approved of the new magnolia flag to replace its previous flag that bore the stars and bars of the Confederacy. Mississippi writer Kiese Laymon talks with us about what it means to him to be Black in his home state.

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What A New York Doctor Is Seeing During The Third Wave Of COVID-19

Thursday, October 22, 2020

After 220,000 deaths, Americans are now enduring a third wave of coronavirus.

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The FDA And COVID-19: The Food And Drug Administration’s Role In A Vaccine

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

NIH. FDA. CDC. There are a lot of agency acronyms. What do they actually do?

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What The Data Tells Us About The Risks Of In-Person School

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Schools might not be the super-spreading locations of COVID-19 that we once feared. How can we measure the risk of sending our kids back to school?

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