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- Fresh audio product: right-wing school politics and black Communist women December 1, 2022
Just added to my radio archive (click on date for link): December 1, 2022 Jennifer Berkshire on theDoug Henwood
- Black Skinhead: Book Review November 14, 2022
Going into Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future by Brandi Collins-DexteTayler Simon
- Herschel Walker for US Senate? This is a Joke Right? October 29, 2022
Herschel Walker for US Senate? This is a Joke Right? by Gary A. McAbee Herschel Walker was an outstaMotivationfortheworld
- Does Stacey Abrams Really Have a Problem with Black Voters? September 26, 2022
(PARTICULARLY MEN) Photo from the New Yorker The Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) is at it again rJabari Simama
- May 4: The Candidate Selection Process April 27, 2022
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- Fresh audio product: right-wing school politics and black Communist women December 1, 2022
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- An End to Impunity for Dictators—and Their Backers—Makes the World Safer June 2, 2016
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan It was a bad week for dictators, and a good one for international justice. Two brutal, U.S.-backed dictators who ruled decades ago were convicted for crimes they committed while in power. Hissene Habre took control of the northern African nation of Chad in 1982, and unleashed a reign of terror against his own people, killi […]
- Dave Zirin & Jules Boykoff on the 2016 Rio Olympics & Brazil’s Collapsing Political System June 1, 2016
We continue our conversation with Dave Zirin, author of the book "Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy," and Jules Boykoff, author of "Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics." In early August, more than 10,000 athletes across the world will convene in Rio de Janeiro's […]
- "I Want the World to Wake Up": Hiroshima Survivor Criticizes Obama for Pushing New Nuclear Weapons May 27, 2016
Extended interview with Setsuko Thurlow, who survived the Hiroshima atomic bombing, about the bombing of 1945 and her push to eliminate nuclear weapons. On August 6, 1945, Thurlow was at school in Hiroshima when the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on a civilian population. She has been an anti-nuclear activist for decades. Watch Part 1
- Peace Activist and Holocaust Survivor Hedy Epstein Dies at 91 May 27, 2016
Holocaust survivor and peace activist Hedy Epstein has died at the age of 91. Epstein was born in Germany and left in 1939 on a Kindertransport to England. Her parents died in Auschwitz. She later returned to Germany to work as a research analyst for the prosecution during the Nuremberg trials. She was involved in civil rights and antiwar movements throughou […]
- Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Takes High-School Detention to a New Level May 26, 2016
By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Thursday, Jan. 28, was a cold morning in Durham, North Carolina. Wildin David Guillen Acosta went outside to head to school, but never made it. He was thrown to the ground and arrested by agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ). He has been in detention ever since. Wildin, now 19 years old, fled his home […]
- An End to Impunity for Dictators—and Their Backers—Makes the World Safer June 2, 2016
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NPR | Top Stories
- 'Benjamin Banneker and Us' traces generations of descendants of the mathematician March 21, 2023
Rachel Jamison Webster learned she is related to Benjamin Banneker at a cousin's wedding. The news was unexpected, not only because of Banneker's place in history but also because the author is white.Ericka Taylor
- Can moderates survive state politics? In Montana, they may be going extinct March 21, 2023
Across the country, parties are consolidating political power in states and squeezing out the moderate middle. In Montana, that squeeze is changing political representation and whose voice counts.Shaylee Ragar
- Before the U.S. rolled into Baghdad 20 years ago, Iraqis warned us what would happen March 21, 2023
When the U.S. invasion of Iraq began, NPR's Mideast editor Larry Kaplow was a reporter in Baghdad. Looking back now, he writes that the signs and warnings of the chaos to come were all too clear then.Larry Kaplow
- A 90-year-old tortoise named Mr. Pickles just became a father of 3. It's a big 'dill' March 21, 2023
It's significant, according to officials with the Houston Zoo, because the radiated tortoise is a critically endangered species whose numbers are in decline.Joe Hernandez
- 'Benjamin Banneker and Us' traces generations of descendants of the mathematician March 21, 2023
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The New York Times
- Push to Insure Big Deposits Percolates on Capitol Hill March 21, 2023
The government only insures deposits of less than $250,000, but there is precedent for lifting that cap amid turmoil. It could happen again.Jeanna Smialek
- U.S. Is Ready to Protect Smaller Banks if Necessary, Yellen Says March 21, 2023
In prepared remarks, the Treasury secretary pledged that the Biden administration would take additional steps as needed to support the banking system.Alan Rappeport
- Stock Markets Rise, Led by Banks, Ahead of Fed Meeting March 21, 2023
Relief over recent financial rescue measures pushed stocks up for a second day, as investors prepared for a pivotal decision from the Federal Reserve on interest rates.Jason Karaian and Joe Rennison
- Will the Fed Raise Interest Rates During a Banking Crisis? March 21, 2023
The central bank’s decision on interest rates on Wednesday is shaping up to be the most consequential of the Jerome Powell era.Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
- As War in Ukraine Grinds on, China Helps Refill Russian Drone Supplies March 21, 2023
China has shipped more than $12 million in drones to Russia since it invaded Ukraine, in an indication of quiet collaboration between the two.Paul Mozur, Aaron Krolik and Keith Bradsher
- Push to Insure Big Deposits Percolates on Capitol Hill March 21, 2023
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All Things Considered
- Her case ended in a joyful airport reunion, but the future of asylum is uncertain
After years of separation, the woman once known only as Ms. A.B. has reunited with her children. It's the latest twist in a legal case that is deeply intertwined with the asylum debate in the U.S.Joel Rose
- The memories of the start of the U.S. war in Iraq remain alive for eyewitnesses
Twenty years have passed since the U.S. invaded Iraq. Four people who witnessed it firsthand share their impressions.(STATIONS NOTE: Story includes descriptions of trauma and violence.)Linah Mohammad
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- Putin: China peace plan could be basis to end war
But after talks with President Xi in Moscow, Mr Putin claims the West and Ukraine are not ready for peace.
- Japanese and Chinese leaders visit opposing capitals in Ukraine war
Both leaders are on strategic foreign visits on opposing sides of the conflict.
- Ukraine says Russian missiles destroyed in Crimea
If confirmed, the strike suggests Ukraine's capacity to deploy drones has increased.
- Gwyneth Paltrow in court as ski crash trial starts
The Oscar-winning actress is being sued over allegations she injured a man in a skiing accident.
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- Farewell, summer October 1, 2015
- Oregon college shooting live updates: 'There's been another mass shooting in America,' Obama says October 1, 2015
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- Oregon college shooting live updates: 'There's been another mass shooting in America,' Obama says October 1, 2015
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- Lobbyist Paid for DeLay's Airfare April 24, 2005
House ethics rules bar lawmakers from accepting travel and related expenses from registered lobbyists. The House Majority Leader has said that his expenses on a 2000 trip were paid by a nonprofit organization, and that the financial arrangements for it were proper.R. Jeffrey Smith
- Panel to Start Writing Social Security Bill April 24, 2005
Five months after President Bush launched his drive to overhaul Social Security, the difficult, if not impossible, task of drafting legislation begins Tuesday when the Senate Finance Committee holds the first hearing on options to secure Social Security's future.Jonathan Weisman
- DNC Is Told Where to Move Into Bush Bloc April 24, 2005
Howard Dean's Democratic National Committee has been studying the electorate, and the party's problem with voters of faith is both worse and better than he feared.Dan Balz
- U.S. Loan Proposed to Rescue Alaska Power Plant April 24, 2005
Years ago, the federal government spent $117 million on an experimental "clean coal" power plant in Alaska designed to generate electricity with a minimum of air pollution -- but the project never got up and running.Justin Blum
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