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McCloskey's story has both deep roots and burgeoning relevance. He died this month at 96 and had long been out of the limelight, but the issues he had been willing to champion are as salient as ever.
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Maya Hawke broke out in 2019, with a role in Stranger Things and her first single. Now, she's got a new album and a new movie in the same month, but can she answer our questions about birdwatchers?
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Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.
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A group of people involved in past Democratic campaigns talks about skepticism that President Biden can win the state again in 2024.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Arshad Malik, Afghanistan country director for Save the Children, about the aftermath of the deadly floods that hit several provinces there last weekend.
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Boeing held its annual shareholders meeting on Friday. This follows a difficult week and year for the plane-maker, which is facing renewed scrutiny over its safety and production practices.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Amy McCarthy, a reporter for the food blog Eater and fan of Red Lobster, about the closure of dozens of the chain's restaurants.
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Cash-for-votes is such a pervasive problem in India that the election commission says it seized nearly half a billion dollars of cash and inducements before the polls even opened last month.
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NPR's Scott Simon and Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media talk about the struggles of the NBA's defending champion Denver Nuggets and about Caitlin Clark's first week as a pro in the WNBA.
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A historically Black university in North Carolina may have had its last graduation as the school fights for its accreditation.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with a Chinese observer of the U.S. and an American observer of China about the countries' competing interests.
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President Biden is giving a commencement address at Morehouse College this weekend, but that speech has created some controversy. Morehouse is in the swing state of Georgia.
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As part of our series on "the Science of Siblings," we looked at how some brothers and sisters are best friends. Here are some of the stories you shared of close ties with siblings.
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Grand Theft Auto 5 came out more than 10 years ago, and developer Rockstar Games has finally announced a release date for Grand Theft Auto 6 — Fall 2025. Some fans feel it isn't soon enough.
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The name is a nod to the hometown B-52s, whose debut single shares the same name. The moniker will be accompanied by a logo of a lobster holding a hockey stick doubling as an electric guitar.
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Speaking alongside brother/collaborator Finneas, Eilish says she discovered a new self-awareness on Hit Me Hard and Soft, after years of seeing herself through others' eyes.
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Gender equality in the workplace has been stalled for years. And one big reason behind this trend is something called the "winner-take-all" approach to business.
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In response to a lawsuit from environmentalists, the Biden administration is ending new leases for coal mining on federal lands in the most productive part of America's top coal producing state.
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As the civil war in Myanmar rages on, the country's military junta is forcibly conscripting young people to replenish its depleted ranks, but many are fleeing.
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President Biden to meet leaders of Black sororities and fraternities. Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama finish union vote. Boeing's shareholder meeting comes at a turbulent time for the company.