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An Afghan NGO Worker Worries About How Her Family Will Obtain Visas To Leave

Friday, August 20, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with an Afghan NGO employee who was able to leave the country under a special immigrant visa. Her relatives and colleagues, however, are stuck in limbo.

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New Study Links Rate Of Emissions To Extreme Weather

Thursday, July 29, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Jennifer Francis, an expert who studies disproportionate Earth warming, about the new study linking the rate of emissions to the likelihood of extreme heat.

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Brazil And Argentina Prepare For Copa América Final Showdown

Thursday, July 08, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mauricio Noriega ahead of the Copa América final in which Argentina and Brazil will face off for the third time in the tournament's history.

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A 51,000-Year-Old Bone Carving Supports Neanderthals' Creativity

Tuesday, July 06, 2021

Scientists have discovered a giant deer toe bone, engraved by Neanderthals — a hint that our ancient cousins had conceptual imagination.

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A Subway Microbe Map Shows Life In Cities Around The World

Thursday, June 10, 2021

A team of more than 900 international researchers and volunteers has assembled an atlas of microorganisms present in the subways of 60 cities around the world.

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Neck And Neck In The Polls, Peru's Presidential Candidates Are Far Apart Politically

Monday, June 07, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Andrés Calderón, an independent lawyer and journalist, to check in about the Peruvian presidential election.

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U.S. Gold Gymnast Simone Biles Keeps Rewriting The Record Book

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Christine Brennan, USA Today sports journalist, explains why Simone Biles' Yurchenko double pike feat on Saturday was remarkable — and why it wasn't awarded as such.

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Ecuador Decriminalized Abortion In Rape Cases — What That Means For South America

Thursday, May 20, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with sociologist and lawyer Ana Cristina Vera about what Ecuador's recent expansion of abortion decriminalization means for reproductive rights in South America.

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Gov. Hutchinson On States Opting Out Of Unemployment Relief

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, about his decision to move towards ending federal COVID-19 unemployment benefits.

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Deadly Protests Continue In Colombia

Tuesday, May 04, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with freelance journalist Ramón Campos about what continues to fuel the deadly protests over tax reform in Colombia.

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Homeland Security Secretary On Reuniting Families

Monday, May 03, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish talk with the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the DHS announcement to reunite four migrant families separated under the Trump administration.

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