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In Queens, Speaker Pelosi Further Aligns Dems with Immigrants
Against a national backdrop of family separations and a border crisis, Speaker Pelosi indicated that Democrats were aligning more closely with immigrants.
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How Did 'Union Guy' Steve Sweeney Become Labor's Public Enemy No. 1?
New Jersey's powerful Senate President will be the first to tell you about his decades-long career as a labor leader. So why do state worker unions hate his guts? -
The Sound of Pride: Stonewall at 50
On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, WNYC present special radio, podcast and live event programming that captures the spirit, history, impact, and voices of the LGBTQ movement.
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1,000's of Great Movies Streamed Into Your Home for Free? No Longer
New York City's public libraries will cease offering Kanopy, a movie streaming service with thousands of movies available for library patrons, as of July 1. -
Migrant Children Moved From Border Patrol Center After Outcry
Reports of children detained in crowded and unsanitary conditions long beyond the maximum legal limit have created a new controversy over the administration's immigration policies. -
7 Policy Questions Ahead Of The 1st Democratic Presidential Debates
It's not just "Medicare-for-all" or the Green New Deal that will spark differences among candidates. Trade marks a big divide wedged by the Trump agenda. And what would each tackle first as president? -
Trump's Plan To Lower Your Hospital Costs: Here's What You Need To Know
A broad executive order issued Monday is supposed to help consumers get better estimates of health care costs. But whether it will be a game changer depends on the details, say health care analysts. -
Iran Says Trump's New Sanctions Have Ended Diplomacy
Tehran says Trump's sanctions to cut off the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei marks "the permanent closure of the path of diplomacy."
Arts and Culture
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1,000's of Great Movies Streamed Into Your Home for Free? No Longer
New York City's public libraries will cease offering Kanopy, a movie streaming service with thousands of movies available for library patrons, as of July 1. -
Prejudice and Pride: The March for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1979
The Brian Lehrer Show
Intersectionality was not a thing in the 70s. - Edit Bucket
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The Abortion Clinic That Won't Go Quietly
The Stakes
A broken democracy. A Supreme Court showdown. And a group of Alabama women who continue to provide care despite it all.
Tech and Media
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Summer Roundup: Best Podcasts
All Of It
Eliana Dockterman of 'Time Magazine' and Nick Quah of Vulture and Hot Pod round up the best podcasts of the year so far. -
Instagram Advertising: Do You Know It, When You See It?
All Things Considered
"Micro-influencers" work with big companies to sell products on social media. Consumer groups are increasingly concerned that many posts on Instagram and platforms aren't clearly marked as ads. -
The Scarlet E, Part III: Tenants and Landlords
On the Media
We continue our four-part series on eviction by picking apart the mechanics of the problem.
Music For Your Day
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Weekly Music Roundup: the Seratones, Sturgill Simpson, and Joan Shelley
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Week of June 17: This week, Louisiana soul from the Seratones, Louisville folk by Joan Shelley, and music for the zombie apocalypse by Sturgill Simpson. -
Saying What Must Be Said, The Oddysy Combines Funk, Bass, Beats, And Samples
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Electro-hip-hop-jazz-soul duo The Oddysy, plays in-studio, saying what must be said, combining samples, scratching, bass, beats, and classic funk grooves from their latest record. -
#4105: Something Is Happening with Shabaka Hutchings
New Sounds
Recorded in London, meet reed player, composer, and bandleader, Shabaka Hutchings (Sons of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming, and Shabaka and the Ancestors) who will not be limited to "jazz." -
#4234: New Works By Composers Who Happen to Be Women
New Sounds
Listen to new music by saxophonist/composer Shelley Washington and songs by German composer Alev Lenz, featuring the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Plus works by Kelly Moran and Nicole Lizée. -
Watch: Combo Chimbita Channels the Spirits Via Latinx Psych-Funk
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Hear tropical psych-rock from Combo Chimbita, a quartet based in New York City by way of Colombia. They bring their future-funk-trancey-cumbia dance party to play in-studio.
