Tinbete Ermyas

Tinbete Ermyas appears in the following:

Former clerk remembers Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's legacy

Friday, December 01, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Justin Driver, former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, about O'Connor's life and legacy.

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Thousands of Palestinians are held without charge under Israeli detention policy

Friday, December 01, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Philip Luther of Amnesty International, about Israel's administrative detention policy, under which thousands of Palestinians are held without charge.

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EPA proposes new rule to require nationwide replacement of lead pipes

Thursday, November 30, 2023

Under the Biden Administration's new guidance, most U.S. cities would have to replace lead pipes within the next 10 years. About 9 million lead pipes are still bringing water into American buildings.

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Kissinger's troubling legacy in Chile can still be felt 50 years later

Thursday, November 30, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Peter Kornbluh, director of the National Security Archives' Chile Documentation Project, about Henry Kissinger's role in Chile.

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How one family gave a Cardinals linebacker a ride from the gas station to the stadium

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

After Cardinals linebacker Jesse Luketa got stuck with a flat tire before a game on Sunday, an Arizona family helped him make it to the stadium.

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After the Dobbs decision, birth rates are up in states with abortion ban states

Friday, November 24, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Caitlin Myers, co-author of a study that shows that births have increased in states that have abortion bans.

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The role that Qatar played in the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas

Thursday, November 23, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bader Al-Saif, a history professor at Kuwait University, about the role that Qatar is playing as a broker in the deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas.

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Family member of Hamas hostage says he finds strength in remaining hopeful

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Moshe Lavi, the brother-in-law of Omri Miran, who was kidnapped from his kibbutz by Hamas on Oct. 7.

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How one reporter tells the story of Philippines President Duterte's drug war

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Patricia Evangelista's new book, Some People Need Killing, chronicles her reporting during Philippines' president Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.

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Over 200 convicted in relation to Italy's most powerful mafia group

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Queens University professor Antonio Nicaso about the conviction of 207 people in a trial against Italy's most powerful crime syndicate.

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The U.S. and China agree to curb fentanyl. Will it work?

Thursday, November 16, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with reporter Ben Westhoff, author of Fentanyl, Inc., about President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping's agreement to curb fentanyl precursor chemical production in China.

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Wisconsin crowns the brandy old fashioned as the official state cocktail

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Lawmakers in Wisconsin have passed a resolution declaring the state's official cocktail: the brandy old fashioned.

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Proposed congressional spending plan leaves out military aid for Ukraine and Israel

Monday, November 13, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser about Congress' upcoming spending plan and how that relates to funding for Ukraine.

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This physics professor ran 3,000 miles across America in record time

Friday, November 10, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with physics professor JennyHoffman who just completely a run across the country.

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Officials say California is drought free — but water supply is still strained

Thursday, November 09, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jeffrey Mount, a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, about drought conditions in California.

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The Philadelphia Orchestra returns to China for anniversary of historic 1973 trip

Thursday, November 09, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with violinist Davyd Booth, who was part of the Philadelphia Orchestra's historic 1973 tour of China.

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Digging into the Israeli-Hamas war's implications for the broader region

Friday, November 03, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Bruce Riedel, a former CIA analyst and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center for Middle East Policy, about the leader of Hezbollah's speech on Friday.

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The UN agency for Palestine refugees is running out of supplies in Gaza

Thursday, November 02, 2023

UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, says it is running out of supplies in Gaza, where it is sheltering over 600,000 displaced Palestinians.

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Former FBI agent talks about potential difficulties in Lewiston manhunt

Friday, October 27, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with a former FBI agent on what law enforcement faces with the ongoing manhunt for the man who killed 18 people in Lewiston, ME.

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