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Veteran anti-consumerist crusader Reverend Billy takes aim at climate change
Reverend Billy, the flamboyant "altar-ego" of New York performance artist William Talen, celebrates 20 years of crusading with his Stop Shopping Choir.
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Morning news brief
Europe and Asia are facing COVID-19 surges. Iran nuclear deal talks resume. And, Americans are buying more than ever.
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What's causing the COVID-19 surges in Europe and Asia
The surge in COVID-19 infections in Europe is being matched in South Korea. Like Germany, that country might be the victim of its own early success when the pandemic first started
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What Biden's 'Build Back Better' plan can do for the nation
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Sen Michael Bennett how Democrats are selling Build Back Better to their voters.
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This boy is celebrating his first Thanksgiving against all odds
The boy who made history as the world's most premature baby to survive is celebrating his first Thanksgiving at home.
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Brunswick pastor discusses the guilty verdicts in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery
What do the guilty verdicts of three men for killing Ahmaud Arbery mean for Brunswick, Georgia? NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Dr. John Perry, senior pastor of Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church.
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Three white men found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia
A Georgia jury convicted three white men of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. The 25-year-old Black jogger was shot and killed as he ran through a residential neighborhood.
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Rep. Jackie Speier will retire after her term ends
NPR's A Martinez speaks to Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier (D-California) about her decision not to run for another term in the 2022 midterms.
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Breaking down the Democratic turnover in Congress ahead of the mid-term election
With less than a year until the mid-term election, dozens of lawmakers are calling it quits. NPR's Dierdre Walsh explains why.
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What we should take away from the verdicts in Ahmaud Arbery killing
NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Eddie S. Glaude Jr. of Princeton University about the guilty verdicts in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in this moment of reckoning on racial justice in America.
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Morning news brief
Three white men are found guilty in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. Members of the U.S. military are experiencing food insecurity. And, unrest continues in Sudan.
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Mashpee Wampanoag chief reflects on the meaning of Thanksgiving
On the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, the 92 year old chief of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, whose ancestors were present with the pilgrims, talks about what the holiday means to him now.