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The program wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories.
Florida Gov. DeSantis leads a nationwide shift to politicizing school board races
Governor Ron DeSantis is reshaping school boards in Florida. He's exerting control over local school policies, including how they teach children about race and sexual orientation.
Career Coach Answers Questions About Job Hunting During A Pandemic
Finding a job or changing your career in the midst of a pandemic is hard. We collected questions from four listeners about their journeys to find jobs, and posed them to career coach Akhila Satish.
Tenants In Northern Virginia Apartment Complex Worry About Eviction
by Pam Fessler
The complex houses hundreds of immigrants, mostly from Africa. Many of them have faced eviction because they lost service jobs during the pandemic.
Firms May Have To Disclose Climate-Related Risks In Financial Disclosures
by H.J. Mai
Companies like to talk about fighting climate change. But they're not necessarily keen to admit if they have a factory in an area prone to flooding or if their supplier was just hit by a hurricane.
India's COVID-19 Cases Break World Records 4 Days In A Row
by Lauren Frayer
Nearly 350,000 new cases were confirmed Sunday, more than any country on any day since the pandemic began. India's health system is collapsing. There are pleas for oxygen, hospital beds and medicine.
Orlando Church Reaches Out To Those Who May Be Vaccine Hesitant
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Father Jose Rodriguez about his vaccine outreach in Orlando. Florida is among the states where demand for the coronavirus vaccine is down.
Driessen's Latest Project Results From His Experiences Around The World
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with musician Casey Driessen about his latest project Otherlands: A Global Music Exploration. Besides recordings, his project includes short films and essays.
Roundtable: Examining Migrant Surge At Southern U.S. Border
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to NPR's Susan Davis and journalists Maria Martin and Valerie Gonzalez about the surge of migrants at the southern border.
Derek Chauvin's Trial Heads Toward Closing Arguments
by Adrian Florido
Closing arguments in Derek Chauvin's murder trial are scheduled for Monday, following nearly three weeks of witness testimony.
Reactions To Biden's Decision To Pull Troops From Afghanistan Are Mixed
President Biden's decision to pull out of Afghanistan leaves stakeholders with differing opinions.
New Research Answers Questions About Dinosaur's Big Head
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to entomology PhD student Cariad Williams about new research into a dinosaur with an unsual structure in its vertebra to support their large heads.
Sikh Community Mourns After FedEx Warehouse Shooting
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks the Sikh Coalition's Satjeet Kaur about the impact of the mass shooting in Indianapolis on his community.
Examining Biden's Foreign Policy Plans
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks University of Pennsylvania foreign policy and national security historian John Gans if there is a "Biden Doctrine" guiding American foreign policy.