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Amid a crumbling Indian media landscape, journalist Ravish Kumar remains resolute

Friday, September 08, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with filmmaker Vinay Shukla and journalist Ravish Kumar about the new documentary While We Watched.

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'You could be the hero': Fran Drescher tells NPR how the Hollywood strikes can end

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Fran Drescher, president of the actors' union SAG-AFTRA, says the Hollywood strikes are at an inflection point.

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She was convinced she didn't exist. This is how she tethered herself to reality

Thursday, August 31, 2023

As Alice Carrière entered her teen years, her brain started to splinter into a dissociative disorder. Year later, that extraordinary childhood is the basis for her new memoir.

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Alice Carriere pulled from an extraordinary childhood to write her new memoir

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with writer Alice Carriere about her debut novel, Everything/Nothing/Someone.

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Slew of new landownership bills are reminiscent of anti-Asian Alien Land Laws

Monday, August 28, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with legal expert Edgar Chen about the recent slew of legislation aimed at restricting U.S. land ownership for Chinese citizens and businesses.

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A pioneering casting director reflects on diversity in Hollywood

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with host of The Academy Museum Podcast, Jacqueline Stewart, and casting director Reuben Cannon about the art of casting in Hollywood.

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Maui latest: Head of Emergency Management Agency resigns after deadly fire

Friday, August 18, 2023

The official in charge of the island's Emergency Management Agency has resigned from his post after the deadly fire on Maui. The agency didn't use its siren system to warn residents to evacuate.

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Priceless connections to Hawaii's ancient past were lost when cultural center burned

Friday, August 18, 2023

As people grapple with more than 100 people who died in the Lahaina fire on Maui, they're still trying to understand the loss of priceless artifacts and their connections to the island's ancient past.

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The main road to Lahaina has been reopened to the public

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

On Wednesday, a previously restricted road to West Maui opened to all motorists. Access into Lahaina, the town leveled by a devastating fire, has been a challenge since the fire broke out a week ago.

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Priceless connections to Hawaii's ancient past were lost when cultural center burned

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Most Lahaina structures lost were homes, but the Na'Aikane o Maui Cultural and Research Center held artifacts of Native Hawaiian history and was a gathering place for the indigenous community.

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A Filipino congregation took in its own members after their Lahaina homes burned

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Members of Koinonia Pentecostal Church in Lahaina, Hawaii, were displaced by the fire there. The Filipino congregants are unsure when they'll be able to return home.

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See how one volunteer group organized aid deliveries after fire decimates Lahaina

Sunday, August 13, 2023

In Maui, NPR joined a tour boat operator to see the grassroots initiative the local surfing community and neighbors started to fill in gaps not currently being filled by official channels.

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A statewide survey of California's bumblebees hopes to help conserve them

Wednesday, August 09, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang searches coastal California for wild bumblebees with conservation biologist Leif Richardson, one of the leaders of the California Bumble Bee Atlas.

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She is trying to get the U.S. to take extreme heat more seriously. Here's how

Friday, July 28, 2023

Extreme heat killed more people in the U.S. last year than hurricanes, floods, lightning or tornadoes. One expert says it doesn't have to be this way.

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Heat kills, but it doesn't have to: How the government can help

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Kathy Baughman McLeod of the Arsht-Rock Resilience Center about why heat waves don't have the same legitimacy or federal funding as other extreme weather events.

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What Israel's new judicial law says about its democracy

Monday, July 24, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with political analyst at Century International Dahlia Scheindlin about the Israeli parliament's move to limit certain types of judicial oversight of the government.

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At the HBCU Swingman Classic, pro baseball confronts its decline in Black players

Saturday, July 15, 2023

Jackie Robinson's sport is at a low point in professional Black American representation. An exhibition game spearheaded by Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. and others aims to help change that.

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A tearful Damar Hamlin presents ESPY Award to the team that saved his life

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Wednesday night at the ESPYs, Damar Hamlin gave the Pat Tillman Service Award to the Buffalo Bills training staff, some of whom treated him when he suffered a cardiac arrest on the field mid-game.

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As Black representation in pro-baseball dwindles, the MLB tries something new

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

The MLB once led the way on integration. Now, it's attempting to address the dwindling number of Black players in the league by hosting events like the HBCU Swingman Classic.

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After days of violent protests against systemic racism, unrest calms in France

Monday, July 03, 2023

After six days of violent protests across dozens of cities in France, things are beginning to calm down. Last week, a teenager was shot and killed by a police officer.

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