Tinbete Ermyas

Tinbete Ermyas appears in the following:

How corruption charges against a New Jersey senator are tied to meat prices in Cairo

Thursday, October 05, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Cairo-based reporter Nada Arafat about allegations that Sen. Bob Menendez used his power to boost a halal meat business in New Jersey.

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MacArthur Fellow E. Tendayi Achiume on the intersection of climate and racial justice

Wednesday, October 04, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with law professor E. Tendayi Achiume about receiving the MacArthur Fellowship and her research on racial injustice.

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The speed of fame almost made Dan + Shay split up. This is how they made it through

Wednesday, October 04, 2023

Country music duo Dan + Shay have had a successful few years: Three Grammys, a hit song with Justin Bieber, and a highly anticipated new album, Bigger Houses. But the album almost didn't happen.

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After 148 days of striking, Hollywood writers are going back to work

Tuesday, October 03, 2023

After 148 days, television and movie writers are headed back to work. Many say they're happy the strike has ended for the Writers Guild of America.

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'It was a photographer's dream': Remembering the Sycamore Gap tree

Friday, September 29, 2023

A 200-year-old beloved tree in northern England, was vandalized and cut down this week. One photographer shares what the Sycamore Gap tree meant to him.

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Brian Jordan Alvarez' internet ear worm says 'you deserve to sit'

Thursday, September 28, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to actor and comedian Brian Jordan Alvarez about his silly video turned viral musical sensation: Sitting

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The unclear fate of a top Russian commander

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Retired U.S. Navy admiral James Stavridis about Ukraine claiming to have killed the commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet.

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Barry Manilow topples Elvis' performance record at Vegas' International Theater

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

With his 637th performance at Vegas' International Theater, Barry Manilow has broken the performance record previously held by Elvis Presley.

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Group chat: How to keep friendships between parents and non-parents alive

Monday, September 25, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks to New York Magazine writer Allison P. Davis, and Claire Fallon of the podcast Rich Text, about the difficulties of maintaining friendships between parents and non-parents.

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U.S. Envoy for Yemen says we are at a moment for hope in near decade-long conflict

Friday, September 22, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen, Tim Lenderking, about his recent efforts to rally international support for the war-ravage country

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U.S. special representative for Ukraine talks economic recovery

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Penny Pritzker, who has been tapped by President Biden to serve as his special representative for Ukraine's economic recovery.

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Earthquake resiliency expert gives assessment from the ground in Morocco

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Kit Miyamoto, a structural engineer who specializes in earthquake resiliency. He's currently in Morocco, assessing damage from the earthquake.

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Illinois just eliminated cash bail. One lawyer says other states should follow

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Civil Rights Corps founder Alec Karakatsanis about the movement to eliminate cash bail on a national level, after Illinois abolished cash bail this week.

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Dan + Shay reached a tipping point in their careers. It made them closer

Monday, September 18, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney of the country music duo Dan + Shay about their new album, Bigger Houses.

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Humanitarian needs remain high following devastating floods in Libya

Friday, September 15, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Talal Burnaz, the acting country director for International Medical Corps in Libya, about the immense humanitarian needs after massive flooding.

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An inside account of devastation and survival in the Libya floods

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Huda Akram is a doctor based in Benghazi, Libya, whose family hails from Derna. She spoke to NPR on Wednesday, describing the harrowing scenes and what is happening now.

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A psychiatrist's view from Libya as the storm death toll reaches 5,000

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Huda Akram, who is based in Benghazi, about the devastating storm that collapsed two dams and killed at least 5,000 people in Libya.

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Minnesota is returning 1,400 acres of land to the Upper Sioux Community

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Minnesota is returning the Upper Sioux Agency State Park, once used for religious and communal ceremonies, to the Native people whose ancestors were killed on the land more than a century ago.

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Historical fiction 'The Fraud' is about a man's testimony of outrageous, obvious lies

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Zadie Smith about her first work of historical fiction The Fraud, about the trial of a man who says one provably false thing after another.

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Arkansas lawmaker describes going on the first congressional trip to Syria in 5 years

Thursday, August 31, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with GOP Rep. French Hill of Arkansas about his trip that he took to Syria with two other Republican members of Congress.

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