James Doubek
Stories
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National
Portland Police Union Leader Worries Protests Can Be Overshadowed By Violent Acts
Daryl Turner, the president of Portland's police union, says federal agents in Portland need to communicate with local law enforcement. The city has seen weeks of protests.
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Health
A Teacher Who Contracted COVID-19 Cautions Against In-Person Schooling
Three teachers in rural Arizona contracted COVID-19 after working together in a classroom. One of them died. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jena Martinez-Inzunza about her experience.
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Arts & Life
Regardless Of What You Think, 'Irregardless' Is A Word
Grammarians are up in arms over dictionaries including "irregardless." The Merriam-Webster dictionary responds: "We do not make the English language, we merely record it."
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National
Police Researcher: Officers Have Similar Biases Regardless Of Race
Rashawn Ray, who studies the intersection of race and policing, says officers have similar implicit biases, especially about Black people.
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Sports
NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace On Confederate Flag Ban: 'A Long Time Coming'
Bubba Wallace is the only black driver to race full time in NASCAR's top series. He tells All Things Considered that banning the Confederate flag will bring in people who felt uncomfortable before.
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National
How A Mother Protects Her Black Teenage Son From The World
Minnesota state Rep. Ruth Richardson doesn't want her teenage son, Shawn, a track athlete, to go running outside. "You can't do the same things that your white friends do," she remembers telling him.
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Health
Harvard Researchers Find 'Inequality On Top Of Inequality' In COVID-19 Deaths
By studying the number of all current deaths compared to those in previous years, researchers have found that high-poverty, crowded areas where people of color live have been hard hit by the pandemic.
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Business
Ford Reopens With 'Rechoreographed' Factories
Almost 60,000 Ford workers were back on the job in the U.S. Monday. Ford head Jim Hackett says the company's factories "create the distance that we're going to need for this to work well."
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National
Kevin Harvick Wins As NASCAR Returns Without Fans
NASCAR is the first major sport to return since the coronavirus shutdown. "We miss the fans," driver Kevin Harvick said as he emerged victorious from his car.
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National
Bike Sales Gear Up As The Homebound Try Socially Distant Exercise
Retailers and manufacturers are talking about a "mini bike boom." People stuck at home are trying out bikes for exercise and recreation, a bike industry coalition group representative says.