Ailsa Chang

Ailsa Chang appears in the following:

Preparing the election system for poll workers who think it's rigged

Monday, May 02, 2022

In Michigan, election administrators are preparing for the possibility of new poll workers who believe President Trump's lies about a stolen election.

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They played a crucial role in confirming Biden's 2020 win. Now, they're out of a job

Monday, May 02, 2022

After the 2020 election, then-President Trump told Republican canvassers not to certify the results giving Biden a victory. Some say they've been removed from their posts for resisting that pressure.

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Election denialism beliefs animate some GOP candidates in Michigan

Friday, April 29, 2022

Michigan was a focal point in Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election. Zach Gorchow of Gongwer News Service tells NPR's Ailsa Chang that election misinformation still looms large there.

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Black Californians discuss the possibility of reparations in their state

Friday, April 22, 2022

California's Reparations Task Force voted to exclude some Black residents from eligibility. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to some Black Californians on how they view the possibility of reparations.

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What's happening in Jerusalem

Friday, April 15, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks The Washington Post's Jerusalem's bureau chief Steve Hendrix about the violence in Jerusalem.

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BA.2, holiday travel and you.

Friday, April 15, 2022

COVID-19 is still very much here. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Monica Gandhi about prepping for holiday travel.

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What the ruthless new commander of Russia's military in Ukraine signals for the war

Friday, April 15, 2022

General Aleksandr Dvornikov is infamous for his ruthlessness while leading Russia's intervention in Syria. Now he's heading Russia's war in Ukraine, signaling that the violence could intensify.

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Texas welfare workers are resigning over orders to investigate trans kids' families

Thursday, April 14, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune about the child welfare workers who are leaving their jobs over state orders to investigate the families of trans kids.

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What the ruthless new commander of Russia's military signals for war in Ukraine

Thursday, April 14, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Elizabeth Tsurkov of the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Foreign Policy about Russia's new top commander in Ukraine, Gen. Dvornikov, who is notoriously ruthless.

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Native American economy leads rural communities

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Mark Trahant, about his reporting in Indian Country Today on the "stealth" economy of tribes and tribally owned businesses.

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MTA official and lifelong Brooklyn resident on attack at subway station

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with John Samuelson, a member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board, about his reaction to the attack in a Brooklyn subway station that injured multiple people.

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He shields his identity with a mask, but country music lets Orville Peck be himself

Monday, April 11, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Orville Peck, the country musician whose identity is kept secret behind a fringed mask, about his second full-length album Bronco.

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Michelle Yeoh has a new leading role and a new motto: No more turning the other cheek

Sunday, April 10, 2022

Michelle Yeoh has been a star for decades, but she finally gets her turn at a lead role in Hollywood, playing failing laundromat owner Evelyn Wang in Everything Everywhere All At Once.

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What Fauci sees coming with the BA.2 coronavirus subvariant in the U.S.

Friday, April 08, 2022

Anthony Fauci walks through what he predicts the BA.2 subvariant will do in the U.S., whether we will need boosters every four months and his advice for masking at indoor events.

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Michelle Yeoh finds the beauty in the ordinary in 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'

Friday, April 08, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with actress Michelle Yeoh about her leading role in the new sci-fi action movie Everything Everywhere All at Once.

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A curfew in Peru prompts backlash — and questions over presidential leadership

Friday, April 08, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Peru-based journalist Jacqueline Fowks about protests in the country over inflation and President Pedro Castillo's reaction to them.

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A look ahead at the NBA playoffs

Friday, April 08, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Defector's Maitreyi Anantharaman about the NBA playoffs, which start next week with the play-in tournament to decide which teams get the last slots.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci talks about vaccine efficacy and second boosters

Friday, April 08, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, about the new study on vaccines and the current COVID-19 wave.

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Red Cross prepares for the worst in eastern Ukraine

Friday, April 08, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Pascal Hundt, the head of delegation at the International Committee of the Red Cross in Ukraine, about helping evacuate and bringing aid to the country.

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Secret $6 million home has allies and critics skeptical of BLM foundation's finances

Thursday, April 07, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Sean Campbell of Columbia's Journalism School about his report detailing how Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation bought a $6 million home with donation funds.

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