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Shkoon's album 'FIRAQ' gets to their roots, fusing Arabic folklore and German techno

Friday, May 20, 2022

NPR's Emily Feng talks with the German-Syrian duo Shkoon, who are returning to their roots with the release of their new album FIRAQ.

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It's a mink... It's a muskrat... It's an otter in the Detroit River

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

The first recorded sighting of a river otter in the Detroit River in more than 100 years is an indicator that the environment is improving.

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A widow's unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus

Friday, May 06, 2022

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Shelby Van Pelt about her new novel, Remarkably Bright Creatures. It centers heartache, loss — and how friendship can help us get through that kind of pain.

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After Roe V. Wade: What's next for the anti-abortion movement?

Friday, May 06, 2022

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with National Right to Life Committee president Carol Tobias about the anti-abortion movement's priorities and policy objectives moving forward.

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A Palestinian-Syrian chef's cookbook invites people to see any meal as a celebration

Friday, April 29, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with chef Reem Assil about her debut cookbook Arabiyya: Recipes from the Life of an Arab in Diaspora.

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Kuwaiti Bidoons went on hunger strike for 19 days. Has anything changed?

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

For 19 days, activists have camped outside a police station in Sulaibiya, Kuwait, on hunger strike. They're asking the Kuwaiti government for citizenship.

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A new documentary focuses on the near-fatal poisoning of Russian opposition leader

Monday, April 25, 2022

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with Daniel Roher, director of the documentary Navalny, about the poisoning of the Russian opposition leader.

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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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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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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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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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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona discusses the student loan pause extension

Wednesday, April 06, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona about the extension on the student loan pause. Also, roughly 7 million borrowers who are in default right now will get a fresh start.

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A toymaker raised $145,000 for Ukraine by creating a Lego-based Zelenskyy figurine

Thursday, March 31, 2022

A custom LEGO store in a Chicago suburb has raised more than $145,000 for Ukraine relief by selling figurines of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Molotov cocktails.

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Ralph Lauren honors HBCUs in new collection with Morehouse and Spelman Colleges

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Robin Givhan, senior critic-at-large at The Washington Post, about the significance of Polo Ralph Lauren's collaboration with the HBCUs Morehouse and Spelman Colleges.

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A custom LEGO company raised more than $145,000 for Ukraine Relief

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

A custom LEGO store in a Chicago suburb has raised more than $145,000 for Ukraine relief by selling a figurine of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and an accessory of a Molotov cocktail.

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Russia stashed away billions before invading Ukraine. China may have helped hide it

Friday, March 25, 2022

The Kremlin stashed away billions before invading Ukraine. China helped them hide it. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with economist Benn Steil about his investigation into Russian assets.

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A new test looks at the way Muslim women are portrayed onscreen

Friday, March 25, 2022

The few Muslim women in American television shows or movies tend to be portrayed in contexts of oppression. A new test seeks assess the onscreen representation of Muslim women.

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Can Ukraine really win this war?

Thursday, March 17, 2022

As the fighting enters its fourth week in Ukraine, a question looms: could Ukraine actually win? NPR's Juana Summers talks with CEPA's Steven Horrell about the prospects of Russian defeat in Ukraine.

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