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Sam Gottesman, 95, in his Squirrel Hill apartment in Pittsburgh. Gottesman survived the Holocaust, and eventually came to Pittsburgh.

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'Pockets Of Poison' Still Exist: Holocaust Survivors Reflect On Pittsburgh Shooting

10:46am November 03, 2018

by Reid Frazier

Holocaust survivors Moshe Baran and Sam Gottesman live on the same floor of a Squirrel Hill apartment building just five blocks away from the Tree of Life synagogue.

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Gloria "Gigi" Johnson is the caregiver for her mother and two grandchildren. Johnson is a pillar of the Warner Robins community and promotes voting in her neighborhood.

The Complex Lives of Nonvoters

10:10am November 03, 2018

While many Americans are enthusiastic about voting in this year's midterm elections, a majority are unlikely to. Photographer Andrea Bruce traveled the U.S. to find out why people choose to stay home.

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Nonprofits Struggle To House Migrant Families Released By ICE

8:14am November 03, 2018

by Mallory Falk

Central American immigrant families are already arriving at the border. Due to lack of room, ICE is releasing many migrant detainees and counting on nonprofits to house and help the migrants.

Assessing Claims Of Voter Suppression And Voter Fraud

8:14am November 03, 2018

Democrats claim voter suppression is increasing in states such as Georgia, North Dakota and Florida. University of Florida political science professor Michael McDonald talks with NPR's Scott Simon.

The Delicate Task Of Burying The Tree Of Life Victims

8:14am November 03, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Rabbi Daniel Wasserman of the Jewish burial society that's been honoring and burying the bodies of the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.

A man panhandles along a sidewalk in downtown San Francisco, California on Tuesday, June, 28, 2016.

Voters May Tax Tech Companies To Fight Homelessness

8:14am November 03, 2018

by Guy Marzorati

Some big tech companies in the Bay Area have embraced the idea that tax hikes on big business are necessary to tackle problems like homelessness in the region.

Don Skidmore stands in front of a sign for United Auto Workers Local 735, the union chapter he represented as president when he was a General Motors employee.

Life After GM: A Family Upended By Auto Plant Closure Took Divergent Paths

8:02am November 03, 2018

Ten years after the financial crisis, the recovery hasn't reached everywhere. After the plant at which they worked was shuttered, three members of a family saw their lives change in unexpected ways.

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Republican Sherrie Conley (left) and Democrat Steve Jarman are competing to represent the same district in Oklahoma's House of Representatives. Both have more than a decade of teaching experience.

The Teacher Walkouts Moved These Educators To Run. Now, They're Facing Off

7:00am November 03, 2018

by Emily Wendler

Steve Jarman and Sherrie Conley have each spent more than 15 years working in Oklahoma public schools. Jarman is a Democrat, Conley is a Republican — and they're both running for the same state seat.

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Deidre DeJear is the Democratic candidate for Iowa's secretary of state.

Why Democrats See Opportunity In This Key State Office

6:00am November 03, 2018

by Clay Masters

The tight governor races in Kansas and Georgia, where the Republican candidate is also overseeing the election, have motivated Democrats to elect secretaries of states in other places.

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Americans Of All Faiths Plan To Attend Shabbat Services In Solidarity With Jews

11:22pm November 02, 2018

There is a call for non-Jews to join Jewish congregations this weekend in a show of solidarity. A rabbi and a pastor in St. Louis talks about the event, labeled #ShowUpForShabbat.

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