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Why are so many government officials concerned about TikTok?
Congress and President Biden say TikTok must shed its financial ties to China or face a ban in the U.S. But Washington Post tech reporter Drew Harwell says selling the company is complicated.
'Fresh Air' Remembers Civil Rights Activist Vincent Harding
Harding died Monday at 82. He wrote several speeches for Martin Luther King Jr., including his controversial 1967 speech opposing the war in Vietnam. Harding spoke to Fresh Air in 1988.
A Second Posthumous Collection From Rock Critic Ellen Willis
by Maureen Corrigan
The Essential Ellen Willis focuses on the writer's explicitly feminist culture criticism. It was edited by Willis' daughter, who published an earlier collection of her mother's essays in 2011.
How The Koch Brothers Remade America's Political Landscape
Charles and David Koch have spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to bring their libertarian views into the mainstream. In a new book, Daniel Schulman looks at the roots of their ideology.
In 1970, Miles Davis Played Four Sets For A New Audience
by Kevin Whitehead
That June, Miles Davis played four nights at the New York rock palace Fillmore East. Those performances are now out in full for the first time.
Fresh Air Weekend: Glenn Greenwald, 'Godzilla' And Todd Barry
Greenwald says he "erred on the side of excess caution" when writing about Edward Snowden's NSA leaks; David Edelstein reviews the latest Godzilla; and Barry tries a new stand-up strategy.
'Godzilla': A Fire-Breathing Behemoth Returns To The Big Screen
by David Edelstein
In the Japanese original, he was a thinly disguised symbol of the atom bomb, but in later films he fought other giant monsters and even space aliens. The latest Godzilla is directed by Gareth Edwards.