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What it's like helping newly arrived Venezuelan migrants in Florida

Sunday, September 18, 2022

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Felipe Sousa-Lazaballet, executive director of HOPE Community Center near Orlando, which helps newly arrived migrants in Florida.

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Politics chat: What Republicans and Democrats are saying about migrants sent from Texas

Sunday, September 18, 2022

A look at how Republicans and Democrats are framing the story of migrants sent from Texas to Massachusetts - and what it reveals about the divide preventing immigration solutions.

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Zero-down payment loans to close the racial homeownership gap: What you need to know

Sunday, September 11, 2022

Vanessa Perry, nonresident fellow at the Urban Institute Housing Finance Policy Center, talks to NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about new "zero-down" mortgages for first-time Black and Hispanic homebuyers.

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Politics chat: State courts v. legislatures on election laws; Same-sex marriage bill

Sunday, September 11, 2022

We take a look at the battle between state courts and legislatures on who sets election rules, as well as the pending Senate vote on a same-sex marriage bill.

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New documentary 'Riotsville' digs into police militarization in America

Sunday, September 11, 2022

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Sierra Pettengill about her documentary "Riotsville, USA," which digs into police militarization in America.

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Santigold releases new album 'Spirituals'

Sunday, September 11, 2022

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to singer/songwriter Santigold about her new album, "Spirituals."

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Are federal judges more likely to side with presidents who appoint them?

Sunday, September 11, 2022

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with professor Neal Devins of William and Mary School of Law about whether federal judges side with the presidents who appoint them.

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How Charles' past will influence his new role as monarch

Sunday, September 11, 2022

Action Man, Plant Talker, Adulterer, Devoted Dad: Prince Charles cycled through many identities. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with biographer Sally Bedell Smith about his transition to King.

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Brazil's presidential election will determine the fate of deforestation in the Amazon

Sunday, September 11, 2022

NPR's Ayesha Rasco talks to journalist Gustavo Faleiros about the deforestation of the Amazon and how the results of Brazil's presidential election could affect it.

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Explained: New York City declares poliovirus a public emergency disaster

Sunday, September 11, 2022

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Nsikan Akpan, health and science editor at WNYC/Gothamist, about the poliovirus emergecy disaster declaration in New York state.

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Rachel Aviv's new book 'Strangers to Ourselves' tackles mental health diagnoses

Sunday, September 11, 2022

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with journalist Rachel Aviv about her book, "Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories that Make Us." It explores the lives of six people with mental illness.

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Schools are using COVID relief dollars to support immigrant students' mental health

Sunday, September 11, 2022

Schools have been looking for ways to support student mental health needs, and COVID relief dollars made a lot of that possible. We look at what that looks like one school in Oakland, California.

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Procession in Scotland moves Queen Elizabeth II's coffin to Edinburgh

Sunday, September 11, 2022

We are following the procession in Scotland, where Queen Elizabeth II's coffin is moved from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh, where she will lie in state.

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Ukraine makes surprise advances in the east; Russian-held nuclear reactor powers down

Sunday, September 11, 2022

Ukraine has retaken a number of villages in the country's east. These gains come as the operator of the Russian-held nuclear power plant said it will power down the last working reactor there.

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Florida Gov. DeSantis leads a nationwide shift to politicizing school board races

Sunday, September 04, 2022

Governor Ron DeSantis is reshaping school boards in Florida. He's exerting control over local school policies, including how they teach children about race and sexual orientation.

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Books We Love: Thrillers to get your blood pumping

Sunday, September 04, 2022

Need a good mystery to get your blood pumping? We hear NPR staff picks from our Books We Love list: "The Verifiers," "The Paris Apartment," and "The Latinist."

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Apple, Amazon and Google are in a bidding war to acquire the NFL Sunday Ticket

Sunday, September 04, 2022

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with John Ourande <> of Sports Business Journal about the bidding war among tech companies to acquire broadcasting rights for the NFL.

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Cincinnati Zoo's newest star, Fritz the baby hippo, turns one month old

Sunday, September 04, 2022

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with zookeeper Jenna Wingate of the Cincinnati Zoo about the new baby hippo, Fritz. He just turned one month and is already something of a star.

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Remembering Barbara Ehrenreich

Sunday, September 04, 2022

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe remembers writer Barbara Ehrenreich <> who died last week at 81. She talks with Alissa Quart who runs the Economic Hardship Reporting Project - founded by Ehrenreich.

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Mar-A-Lago connection fuels conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein

Sunday, September 04, 2022

Three years after the death by suicide of Jeffrey Epstein, conspiracy theories continue to flourish online in right-wing media circles that tie the notorious sexual predator to opponents of the right.

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