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Stories
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Politics
A curfew in Peru prompts backlash — and questions over presidential leadership
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Peru-based journalist Jacqueline Fowks about protests in the country over inflation and President Pedro Castillo's reaction to them.
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World
'WSJ' reporter describes the looting and killing of civilians in southern Ukraine
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Wall Street Journal reporter Yaroslav Trofimov about reports of violence against civilians in southern Ukraine.
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National
A new group takes aim at voter rolls — but critics say their methodology is flawed
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with ProPublica writer Megan O'Matz about the Voter Reference Foundation, which enlists people to investigate voter roll irregularities. Critics say its methodology is flawed.
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National
2 months ago, he said the omicron surge could fade fast. To his surprise, it has
Back in January, Dr. Bob Wachter predicted that cases of COVID-19 would soon be on the decline. NPR's Ailsa Chang checks back in with him to see how that prediction has turned out.
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World
Doctors Without Borders describes declining situation in Mariupol, Ukraine
NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Alex Wade at Doctors Without Borders about the humanitarian crisis in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
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National
What the history of U.S. sanctions can tell us about their sway on the Ukraine crisis
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with assistant professor of history at Cornell, Nicholas Mulder, on the history of U.S. sanctions and the role they're playing now in the tensions between the U.S. and Russia.
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National
Remembering devoted father Arthur Schwartz, who died of COVID
Arthur Schwartz of Ann Arbor, Mich., was a longtime employee of General Motors, a baseball fanatic and a loving father. He died in 2020 from COVID-19.
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National
Over $5 billion in welfare spends were left unspent by states
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Hannah Dreyfus from ProPublica about the $5.2 billion of welfare funds that were left unspent by states, despite poverty in the U.S. worsening.
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Books
'Fiona and Jane' captures a friendship's intensity, loyalty and occasional torment
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jean Chen Ho about her new book, Fiona and Jane. It describes how two Taiwanese American women who grew up in Los Angeles grow apart and find their way back to each other.
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National
All audio recorded before 1923 — like possibly the 1st soda ad — enters public domain
On Jan. 1, all sound recordings before 1923 entered the public domain, due to the Music Modernization Act. The release is a treasure trove of opera, vaudeville, marching bands and spoken word.