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Remembering Tony Bennett

10 mins; July 21, 2023

How To Protect Ourselves From Extreme Heat — And Our Planet From Climate Change

11 mins; July 20, 2023

January 6, Election Interference Could Be Focus of New Trump Indictments

11 mins; July 19, 2023

New Research Could Change the Landscape of Human Reproduction

12 mins; July 18, 2023

The Spanish Tennis Pipeline That Led Carlos Alcaraz To A Wimbledon Trophy

8 mins; July 17, 2023

Ahead of the 2024 Election, Young Rural Voters Want To Be Heard

14 mins; July 16, 2023

Alabama's Last Two Executions Failed. They're Trying Again Next Week

14 mins; July 14, 2023

One Couple's Fight to Cure ALS

14 mins; July 13, 2023

The Anthropocene

9 mins; July 12, 2023

Trying to Reverse the Decline of Black Players in Major League Baseball

12 mins; July 11, 2023

The Impact of Cluster Bombs

13 mins; July 10, 2023

The Black Maternal Mortality Crisis and Why it Remains an Issue

15 mins; July 09, 2023

Are We Witnessing The Death Of Movie Stars?

13 mins; July 07, 2023

Confronting Police Violence and Racism in France

9 mins; July 06, 2023

Palestinians Deal with Loss and Destruction Following Israeli Attack on Jenin

9 mins; July 05, 2023

LGBTQ Vets Still Suffering The Consequences of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

13 mins; July 04, 2023

Hot Dog Eating Contests: A Distinctly American Tradition

12 mins; July 03, 2023

Supreme Court Term Ends With Decisions That Will Impact Millions

11 mins; July 02, 2023

Putin's Hold on Power

10 mins; June 30, 2023

The Death of Affirmative Action

12 mins; June 29, 2023

What — And Who — Is To Blame For Extreme Heat?

8 mins; June 28, 2023

Florida In The Political Spotlight

9 mins; June 27, 2023

Putin Survived An Uprising. What's Next?

9 mins; June 26, 2023

Mitch Landrieu, the man Biden hopes can rebuild America, bring broadband to millions

13 mins; June 25, 2023

A Year After Dobbs Ruling, Seeking Reproductive Health Care Can Mean Few Good Options

12 mins; June 23, 2023

A New Report Warns China And The U.S. Are 'Drifting Toward A War' Over Taiwan

11 mins; June 22, 2023

Insurers Flee California As Catastrophic Wildfires Become The Norm

9 mins; June 21, 2023

What It's Like Inside The Submersible That's Lost In The Atlantic

9 mins; June 20, 2023

Remembering The Children's Crusade On Juneteenth

11 mins; June 19, 2023

Made in America: It's trickier than it sounds

12 mins; June 18, 2023

Made in America: It's trickier than it sounds

12 mins; June 18, 2023

Celebrating Fathers From All Walks Of Life

13 mins; June 16, 2023

The drug fueling another wave of overdose deaths

9 mins; June 15, 2023

A North Korean Defector SharesThoughts On Diplomacy With U.S.

10 mins; June 14, 2023

Trump in Court...Again

9 mins; June 13, 2023

Making it Easier for Kids to Get Help for Addiction, and Prevent overdoses

12 mins; June 12, 2023

The PGA LIV Golf Deal Is All About The Green

13 mins; June 11, 2023

An American Indian Boarding School That Was Once Feared Is Now Celebrated

10 mins; June 09, 2023

Missing White Woman Syndrome: Media Bias And Missing People of Color

16 mins; June 08, 2023

Black Immigrants in the South

10 mins; June 07, 2023

If Allah Has No Gender, Why Not Refer To God As 'She?'

8 mins; June 06, 2023

For Russia and Ukraine, The Battlefield Includes The Economy

12 mins; June 05, 2023

The Future Of Black Owned Media

13 mins; June 04, 2023

The Power Of Lullabies

14 mins; June 02, 2023

This Is What Democracy Looks Like? How Erdogan Won Again In Turkey

12 mins; June 01, 2023

A right to repair in Minnesota and beyond

14 mins; May 31, 2023

Iran's Nuclear Program Marches Forward, 5 Years After The U.S. Abandoned The Deal

12 mins; May 30, 2023

Unraveling The Evolution of Hong Kong's Civic Life

11 mins; May 29, 2023

What's Up With Twitter?

12 mins; May 28, 2023

Remembering Rock and Roll Icon Tina Turner

14 mins; May 26, 2023

How A Jeopardy! Champ's Disappearance From The Show Left Fans Mystified For Decades

11 mins; May 25, 2023

Uvalde One Year Later

12 mins; May 24, 2023

With The Expansion of Carbon Capture Pipelines Come Safety Fears

11 mins; May 23, 2023

David Simon, Creator Of The Wire, On AI, Television and the WGA Strike

11 mins; May 22, 2023

Post Roe V. Wade, A Senator Wants to Make Birth Control Access Easier — and Affordable

12 mins; May 21, 2023

How The Class Of 2023 Survived High School In A Pandemic

14 mins; May 19, 2023

Parkinson's Threatened To Tear Michael J. Fox Down, But He Keeps On Getting Up

11 mins; May 18, 2023

Florida Guts Trans Rights

10 mins; May 17, 2023

Palestinian Family Stays Connected To Their Home Village, Long After Its Destruction

11 mins; May 16, 2023

COVID Public Health Emergency Ends, But For E.R.'s There's Still No "New Normal"

11 mins; May 15, 2023

Biden Administration Ends Title 42. What Now?

13 mins; May 14, 2023

Breaking Down The Conflict in Sudan

14 mins; May 12, 2023

Jordan Neely's Killing Turns Spotlight On New York's Crisis Of Homelessness

13 mins; May 11, 2023

Dolly Parton's New Kid's Book Is A Story Of Perseverance and Standing Up To Bullies

10 mins; May 10, 2023

How Parking Explains Everything

11 mins; May 09, 2023

Violence In Sudan Forces A Mother To Make Difficult Choice

12 mins; May 08, 2023

The Texas Lawyer Behind The So-Called "Bounty Hunter" Abortion Ban

11 mins; May 07, 2023

The Kids Are Not Alright

14 mins; May 05, 2023

The Push for the Supreme Court to Adopt an Ethical Code

10 mins; May 04, 2023

Trouble In Hollywood As Writers Continue To Strike For A Better Contract

13 mins; May 03, 2023

Iconic Bookstore Closes, But The Community It Helped Build Lives On

9 mins; May 02, 2023

College Acceptance: Check. Paying For It: A Big Question Mark.

12 mins; May 01, 2023

An Early Forecast Of Biden and Harris' Reelection Strategy

14 mins; April 29, 2023

Three Trans Americans Reflect On The Current State Of Trans Rights

14 mins; April 28, 2023

How Social Media Use Impacts Teen Mental Health

14 mins; April 27, 2023

Tucker Carlson Built An Audience For Conspiracies At Fox. Where Does It Go Now?

14 mins; April 26, 2023

What Lessons Have We Learned From The Covid Pandemic?

12 mins; April 25, 2023

Despite Layoffs, There Are Still Lots Of Jobs Out There. So Where Are They?

13 mins; April 24, 2023

Local Newsrooms Are Vanishing - Here's Why You Should Care

14 mins; April 22, 2023

Sen. John Fetterman On His Return To Congress

12 mins; April 21, 2023

Seven Years Of U.K. Drama

10 mins; April 20, 2023

Why Melting Ice In Antarctica Is A Big Problem For Coastal Texas

11 mins; April 19, 2023

How Sudan's Democratic Dreams Were Dashed

11 mins; April 18, 2023

A Possible Explanation for Long COVID Gains Traction

10 mins; April 17, 2023

Love, Loss And Resilience - Stories From A Kindergarten Class In Ukraine

18 mins; April 15, 2023

The EPA Wants Millions More EVs On The Road. Should You Buy One?

14 mins; April 14, 2023

In Nearly Every Part of Syria, Life Is Struggle

11 mins; April 13, 2023

Ukrainian Kindergartners And The Lasting Impact of War

12 mins; April 12, 2023

What, Exactly, Does 'Tough On China' Mean?

15 mins; April 11, 2023

Expelled Tennessee Lawmaker Could Be Back In State House Soon

13 mins; April 10, 2023

TikTok Vs. Everybody

14 mins; April 08, 2023

How A New Majority On Wisconsin's Supreme Court Could Impact Reproductive Health

10 mins; April 07, 2023

Authors Of Banned Books Are Fed Up – and Fighting Back

12 mins; April 06, 2023

The Lasting Impact Of Police Brutality On Black Families

11 mins; April 05, 2023

Trump, The Defendant

13 mins; April 04, 2023

How Over-The-Counter Narcan Could Help Save More Lives

12 mins; April 03, 2023

Pokémon Says Goodbye To Ash and Pikachu

13 mins; April 01, 2023

The Road to Trump's Indictment and What Comes Next

13 mins; March 31, 2023

Should We 'Pause' AI?

13 mins; March 30, 2023

The Politics Of Involuntary Commitment

14 mins; March 29, 2023

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